Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: horse stealing
Date Of Execution: 25 Sep 1756
Execution Place: Carlisle
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/cumbria.html
Saturday 25 September 1756 (Newcastle Journal)
John Burton guilty of stealing a grey gelding, valued at £4, the property of William Gunson, in the parish of Lorton, on 22nd February 1756
However Sheriff’s cravings shows Amstrong as executed and Burton as reprieved
