British Executions

Joseph Clark

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: house breaking

Date Of Execution: 8 Apr 1786

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Sussex

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sussex.html

Joseph Clark, aged 19, found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of Abel Parkhurst in the parish of Pulborough on 5th September 1785: and stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 21/-), a cloth waistcoat (valued at 10/6) and a linen sheet (valued at 6/-).