Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: forgery
Date Of Execution: 28 Apr 1753
Execution Place: York
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/yorkcircuit.html
Edward Wells, aged 40, of Water Poppleton guilty of forging a Promissory Note for £40 in the city of York on 27th October 1752 with intent to defraud William Horseman. A city execution.