Flintshire 1735 - 1799 |
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12
confirmed executions plus 1 probable ones have been traced. |
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The usual
place of execution was on Flint Marshes. |
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There were
no executions in the unlisted years |
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Session |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1736 - 1
execution |
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M 30 August |
David Jones |
Housebreaking |
??/September |
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1743 - 1
execution |
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M 12 April |
Edward Ellis |
Murder of his wife Anne |
M 26 April |
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Hanged in chains on Flint Marshes |
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1747 - 2
executions |
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S 8 August |
James Fleming |
Sacrilege |
W 26 August |
" |
Thomas Handley |
Sacrilege |
W 26 August |
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1752
- 1 probable execution |
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M 30 March |
William Moores |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1756
- 1 execution |
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M 30 August |
John Jones |
Burglary |
M 13 September |
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1758 - 1
execution |
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M 21 August |
John Hughes (Jones) |
Murder of William
Roberts |
M 28 August |
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1769 - 1
execution |
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M 20 March |
Edward Edwards |
Burglary |
??/June |
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1774 - 1
execution |
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Tu 5 April |
Robert Jones |
Highway robbery |
M 25 April |
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Hanged in chains at Lightwood
Green |
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1778 - 2
executions |
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S 29 August |
John Phillips |
Burglary |
M 21 September |
" |
John Austin |
Burglary |
M 21 September |
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1784 - 1
execution |
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Tu 13 April |
John Jones |
Burglary |
Tu. 11 May |
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1786 - 1
execution |
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Tu 29
August |
Thomas Roberts |
Sacrilege |
M 25 September |
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