Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: highway robbery
Date Of Execution: 26 Jul 1793
Execution Place: Chelmsford
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/essex.html
Friday, 26 July 1793 (Ipswich Journal)
John Wilshere (otherwise William Wilshire, otherwise William Crowder) found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Humphrey Howarth in the parish of Woodford on 18th April 1793: robbing him a silk purse (value at 1/-), £38 in money numbered, 2 Promissory Notes for £100 and £50 and 11 bank Notes - one for £100, 2 for £50, 3 for £20 and 5 for £10.
