Description: On 'Wednesday 14th September 1748. Was executed at Odd Down near Bath, Rich. Biggs, for the murder of his wife in a shocking manner, her head, breast, arms, legs and thighs, being cover'd with bruises and wounds and her lower parts greatly swell'd and black, after which he flung her dead body into the river near Bath: he was convicted on the evidence of his own son 11 years old; - When he was on the ladder he jump'd down and lay flat on the ground, so that the executioner was put to difficulty to hang him'.
A transcription from the Gentleman's Magazine, September 1748, Vol. 18, p.425.