Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 18 Aug 1783
Execution Place: Heavitree Gallows
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/devon.html
Monday, 18 August 1783 at Halldown, near Kingsteignton (Exeter Flying Post)
John Grimslade (aged 22) guilty of the murder of the Rev. Gilbert Yard.
They were brought from the County gaol at 9.30 in the morning to Halldown, where they were hanged at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
