Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: stealing
Date Of Execution: 5 Apr 1766
Execution Place: York
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/yorkcircuit.html
Abel Hobson guilty of stealing 12 cured calf skins (valued at 40/-) and 2 cured cow hides (valued at 20/-) in the dwelling house of Joseph Jackson in the parish of Birstell on 23rd January 1766.