Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: highway robbery
Date Of Execution: 23 Aug 1773
Execution Place: Durham
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/durhamcircuit.html
Monday, 23 August 1773 (Newcastle Journal)
Matthew Vasey guilty of the highway robbery of Jacob Simmon in the parish of Darlington on 19th July1773: robbing him of 25 gold guineas and 25/- in money numbered.