Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 18 Jul 1796
Execution Place: Chelmsford
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/essex.html
Monday, 18 July 1796
James Orwell found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Joseph Chiswell in the parish of Braintree: striking him on the right temple with an iron poker on 18th March 1796 and giving him a mortal wound of which he died on 27th March.
