Executions in Scotland in the 20th century.

Total executions in Scotland during the 20th century: 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	Inverness	John Barclay Smith	Henry Pierrepoint
19/08/1908	Edward Johnstone	32	Perth	Jane Wallace (Withers)	John Ellis
06/07/1909	Alexander Edmundstone	23	Perth	Michael Swinton Brown	John Ellis
02/10/1913	Patrick Higgins	38	Calton Edinburgh	William Higgins, John Higgins	John Ellis
16/05/1917	Thomas McGuiness	34	Duke St. Glasgow	Alexander Imlach	John Ellis
11/11/1919	James Adams	31	Duke St. Glasgow	Mary Doyle (Kane)	John Ellis
26/05/1920	Albert James Fraser	24	Duke St. Glasgow	Henry Senior	John Ellis
26/05/1920	James Rollins	23	Duke St. Glasgow	Henry Senior	John Ellis
21/02/1922	William Harkness	31	Duke St. Glasgow	Elizabeth Benjamin	John Ellis
11/06/1923	John Henry Savage	50	Calton Edinburgh	Jemma Grierson	John Ellis
10/10/1923	Susan Newell	30	Duke St. Glasgow	John Johnston	John Ellis
30/10/1923	Philip Murray	31	Calton Edinburgh	William Ronald Cree	John Ellis
24/09/1925	John Keen	22	Duke St. Glasgow	Noorh Mohammed	Thomas Pierrepoint
24/01/1928	James McKay	40	Duke St. Glasgow	Agnes Arbuckle	Robert Baxter
03/08/1928	George Reynolds	40	Duke St. Glasgow	Thomas Lee	Robert Baxter
13/08/1928	Allen Wales	22	Saughton Edinburgh	Isabella Wales	Robert Baxter
08/02/1946	John Lyon	21	Barlinnie Glasgow	John Brady	Thomas Pierrepoint
06/04/1946	Patrick Carraher	40	Barlinnie Glasgow	John Gordon	Thomas Pierrepoint
10/08/1946	John Caldwell	20	Barlinnie Glasgow	James Straiton	Thomas Pierrepoint
06/02/1948	Stanislaw Myszka	23	Perth	Catherine McIntyre	Albert Pierrepoint
30/10/1950	Christopher Harris	28	Barlinnie Glasgow	Martin Dunleavy	Albert Pierrepoint
16/12/1950	James Robertson	31	Barlinnie Glasgow	Catherine McCluskey	Albert Pierrepoint
15/09/1951	Robert Dobie Smith	30	Saughton Edinburgh	Police Sgt. William Gibson	Albert Pierrepoint
12/04/1952	James Smith	21	Barlinnie Glasgow	Martin Joseph Malone	Albert Pierrepoint
29/05/1952	Patrick Gallagher Deveney	42	Barlinnie Glasgow	Jeannie Deveney	Albert Pierrepoint
26/01/1953	George Francis Shaw	25	Barlinnie Glasgow	Michael Connolly (Conly)	Albert Pierrepoint
23/04/1954	John Lynch	45	Saughton Edinburgh	Lesley Jean Nisbet (Sinclair), Margaret Curran (Johnson)	Albert Pierrepoint
23/06/1954	George Alexander Robertson	40	Saughton Edinburgh	Elizabeth Robertson, George Robertson (child)	Albert Pierrepoint
11/07/1958	Peter Manuel	31	Barlinnie Glasgow	Marion Hunter McDonald Watt, Vivienne Isabella Reid Watt, Margaret Hunter Brown, Isabelle Wallace Cooke, Peter James Smart, Doris Smart, Michael Smart	Harry Allan
22/12/1960	Anthony Miller	19	Barlinnie Glasgow	John Cremin	Harry Allan
15/08/1963	Henry John Burnett	21	Aberdeen	Thomas Guyan	Harry Allan

All of these executions were for murder. There were 12 hangings at Duke Street prison Glasgow, prior to closure in 1955 and then 10 at Glasgow's Barlinnie prison. Four were carried out in Edinburgh's Saughton prison, with three at the Calton prison there, prior to its closure. There were three at Perth and one each at Aberdeen and Inverness. Susan Newell was the only woman executed.

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