Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 4 Aug 1749
Execution Place: Chelmsford
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/essex.html
Friday, 4 August 1749
Phillis Dikes found guilty on an indictment for the murder of her male bastard, by stangling him at birth, in the parish of Dedham on 2nd May 1749.