Jerry Abershawe

Jerry Abershawe
Born
Louis Jeremiah Abershawe

c. 1773
Died3 August 1795 (aged 21–22)
Occupation(s)Highwayman, murderer
Known forThe last hanged highwayman to have his body put on public display after execution in England.
Cigarette card issued in 1926

Louis Jeremiah Abershawe (c. 1773 – 3 August 1795), better known as Jerry Abershawe, or Abershaw, was an English highwayman who terrorised travellers, mostly along the road between Kingston upon Thames and London, in the late eighteenth century.