Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: burglary
Date Of Execution: 15 Sep 1739
Execution Place: Carlisle
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/cumbria.html
John Wilson guilty of a burglary in the Mansion House of Jonathan Fisher in the parish of Crosthwaite between the hours of ten and two o’clock on the night of 5 May 1739. The indictment accuses him of stealing linen cloth to the value of 20 shillings. He was also indicted for the burglary of the dwelling of William Pearson in Bride Kirk and stealing 6 yards of linen valued at 6 shillings.
