Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 15 Mar 1790
Execution Place: Chelmsford
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/essex.html
Monday, 15 March 1790 at Manuden
William Saville found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Thomas Bray in the parish of Manuden on 25th October 1789 by knocking him to the ground and striking him on the head and chest with a stick (called a Hodge stake). Afterwards his body was hanged in chains there.
