Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: rioting
Date Of Execution: 13 Jun 1795
Execution Place: Sussex
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sussex.html
William Sanson for rioting at Bishopstone on 17th April: stealing 3 bottles of rum (valued at 6/6) in the dwelling house of Thomas Barton as well as hempen sacks and wheat flour (valued at £10) the property of Thomas Barton and Edmund Catt. These executions followed the Special Commission held for the trial of rioters at which they were the only recipients of death sentences
