Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: arson
Date Of Execution: 25 Mar 1751
Execution Place: Gallows Hill, Ware Road, Hertford
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/herts.html
Monday, 25 March 1751 (Northamptn Mercury)
Joseph Watson found guilty of arson in maliciously setting fire to a barn, the property of Thomas Whitfield, which contained 10 cart loads of Wheat straw (valued at £3), the property of John Dyson, in the parish of Watford on 30th November 1750.
