Total executions in Scotland during the 20th century was 34 (33 men and one woman). Date Name Age Prison Victim(s) Hangman 12/11/1902 Patrick Leggett 30 Duke St. Glasgow Sarah Jane Leggett William Billington 26/07/1904 Thomas Gunning 48 Duke St. Glasgow Agnes Allen William Billington 14/11/1905 Pasha Liffey 20 Duke St. Glasgow Mary Jane Welsh Henry Pierrepoint 05/03/1908 Joseph Hume 24 … Read more
273 people were publicly hanged in Scotland between 1800 and 1868, comprising 259 men and 14 women.A further 207 were sentenced to death but reprieved or respited. At least 39 men and 3 women received the death sentence for murder between 1869 and 1899. Of these 16 men and 1 woman were subsequently hanged. Scotland had a system … Read more
Total number of executions in Northern Ireland during the 20th century was 16. Date Name Prison Victim(s) Hangman 11/01/1901 William Woods Belfast Bridget McGivern Thomas Scott 05/01/1904 Joseph Moan Londonderry Rose Ann McCann William Billington 22/12/1904 Joseph Fee Armagh John Flanagan Henry Pierrepoint 20/08/1908 John Berryman Londonderry William Berryman, Jean Berryman Henry Pierrepoint 19/08/1909 Richard Justin Belfast Annie Thompson … Read more
Date Name Age Place Crime 03/06/1808 Robert Wilson Guernsey Murder 05/06/1818 Robert Kewley 52 Castle Rushen, Isle of Man Sheep theft 18/04/1823 John Camaish &Catherine Kinrade 28 Castle Rushen, Isle of Man Murder of John’s pregnant wife, who was Catherine’s sister 19 Accessory to the above murder 19/06/1829 Thomas Kerruish 29 Castle Rushen Isle of Man Rape 03/10/1829 Phillipe Jolin 21 St Helier, Jersey Patricide … Read more
Frances Kidder became the last woman to be hanged in public when she was executed by William Calcraft at Maidstone on the 2nd of April 1868 for the drowning of her stepdaughter. After the passing of the Capital Punishment Amendment Act of 1868, all executions had to take place within the walls of county prisons. Priscilla Biggadyke becoming the first … Read more
