Trial File Record
Convict:
David Robertson
, 48 yrs , Male
Trial date:
1806-05-21 - 1806-05-24
Crime:
Sodomy (17-year-old boy)
Judge, Jury:
Graham, R : 1800-1827 , M(2)
Trial Reference(s):
OBSP 1805-6, p.322 ; OldBaileyOnline
Respited Sentence:
[none]
Recorder's Report:
To Die (RR) 1806-08-06
Outcome:
Hanged (W, 13 Aug 1806)
+ SimpleHanging
Related Publications:
THE TRIAL OF DAVID ROBERTSON ... MAY 24, 1806 (free-to-the web
at http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu; gives the victim's
age)
Other Documents:
[none]
Notes:
The convict was reported to be a brothel-keeper (MORNING CHRONICLE, 26 May
1806).