Oats 18; 1793
BULLET, John LARGE CARD
"The first recorded local execution (Staunton, Augusta Co,
Va.) took place Oct, 18,'1793. On that day John Bullet
was hanged after being caught with a horse belonging to
another man. Bullet apparently had hired the horse but
failed to return it within the Specified time. A gallows
for his public execution was erected in a wooded area at
what is now the intersection of New and Augusta Streets,"
THE STAUNTON LEADER, Staunton, Va., Feb. 28, 1977
Ost. 18, 1793
BULLET, John LARGE CARD
"The first recorded local execution (Staunton, Augusta Co,
Va.) took place Oct. 18, 1793. On that day John Bullet
was hanged after being caught with a horse belonging to
another man. Bullet apparently had hired the horse but
failed to return it within the Specified time. A gallows
for his public execution was erected in a wooded area at
what is now the intersection of New and Augusta Streets,"
THE STAUNTON LHADER, Staunton, Va., Feb. 28, 1977
Ost, 18, 1793
LARGE CARD
LLET, John
st recorded local execution (Staunton, ae Co
+) took place Oct, 18, 1793. On tha
was hanged after being caught with a horse belonging e
another man. Bullet apparently had hired the horse but
ed to return it within the specified time. A gallows
public execution was erected in a wooded area at
wit is now the intersection of New and Augusta Streets."
THE STAUNTO\ LEADER, Staunton, Va., Feb. 28, 1977
