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Authors: John J Eddleston
1916, Frederick Rushworth in 1935 and Horace Carter in 1952.
27 The first double execution of the twentieth century was that of Charles Benjamin Backhouse and Thomas Mellor, at Leeds on Thursday, August 16 th , 1900. They were hanged for different crimes.
28 – The most number executed for the same crime was the five German prisoners of war who were all hanged at Pentonville on Saturday, October 6 th , 1945 for the murder of another prisoner at a camp in Perthshire. They believed he had been giving information to the British.
29 – The last execution for any crime other than murder was that of Theodore William John Schurch, hanged for treason at Pentonville on Friday, January 4 th , 1946. The day before, January 3 rd , William Joyce, the infamous Lord Haw-Haw, had been hanged at Wandsworth.
30 – The last person executed by any method other than hanging was Benjamin Pyegate, an American soldier, who was shot at Shepton Mallet prison on Tuesday, November 28 th , 1944. He had stabbed to death a fellow soldier, James Alexander, at a camp in Westbury.
31 – The youngest men executed were all aged eighteen . The first such man was Henry Julius Jacoby, at Pentonville on Wednesday, June 7 th , 1922. The last was Francis Forsyth, hanged at Wandsworth on Thursday, November 10 th , 1960.
Jacoby, who was only 18 when he was hanged
32 – Walter Graham Rowland was sentenced to death twice. In 1934 he was convicted of murdering his daughter. Sentenced to death, he escaped the noose and served time in prison. In 1946 he was found guilty of murdering Olive Balchin on a bomb site in Manchester, and was hanged for that crime on Thursday, February 27 th , 1947.
33 – The first five executions of the century all took place at Newgate prison.
34 – The last person executed at the Tower of London was Josef Jakobs, shot as a spy there on Thursday, August 14 th , 1941.
35 – A total of 263 people were executed in London at five different locations; Holloway, Newgate, Pentonville, Wandsworth and The Tower. That is just over 30% of all those executed.
36 – Seven women were hanged in London; five at Holloway and two at Newgate.
37 – The last two women executed; Ruth Ellis in 1955 and Styllou Christofi in 1954, killed within a few hundred yards of each other.
38 – On Saturday, May 8 th , 1909, William Joseph Foy walked to his execution at Swansea smoking a cigarette.
39 – On D-Day, in 1944, as his comrades were storming the beaches in Normandy, Ernest James Harman Kemp was being hanged at Wandsworth for the murder of Iris Miriam Deeley in Eltham, London.
40 – Patrick Herbert Mahon, who was hanged at Wandsworth on Wednesday, September 3 rd , 1924, tried to avoid his fate by leaping backwards as the trap was sprung. His back smashed into the back of the trap, breaking his spine. He then dropped into the pit and the rope tightened, breaking his neck. At the inquest afterwards, Mahon was described as being doubly hanged.
Patrick Mahon, the man who was
“doubly-hanged”
41 – Patrick Turnage would almost certainly have been found guilty of the manslaughter of Julia Beesley at Stockton-on-Tees but insisted on pleading guilty to murder as he could not face the prospect of years in jail. He was hanged at Durham on Tuesday, November 14 th , 1950.
42 – There were 778 executions in England, 34 in Scotland, 35 in Wales, 16 in Northern Ireland and two in the Channel Islands.
43 – The last man hanged in Scotland was Henry John Burnett, hanged at Aberdeen on Thursday, August 15 th , 1963.
44 – The last man hanged in Northern Ireland was Robert Andrew McGladdery, at Belfast, on Wednesday, December 20 th , 1961.
McGladdery, the last man
hanged in Northern Ireland
45 – Executions in Wales were carried out at five different prisons; Cardiff, Caernarfon, Ruthin, Swansea and
27 The first double execution of the twentieth century was that of Charles Benjamin Backhouse and Thomas Mellor, at Leeds on Thursday, August 16 th , 1900. They were hanged for different crimes.
28 – The most number executed for the same crime was the five German prisoners of war who were all hanged at Pentonville on Saturday, October 6 th , 1945 for the murder of another prisoner at a camp in Perthshire. They believed he had been giving information to the British.
29 – The last execution for any crime other than murder was that of Theodore William John Schurch, hanged for treason at Pentonville on Friday, January 4 th , 1946. The day before, January 3 rd , William Joyce, the infamous Lord Haw-Haw, had been hanged at Wandsworth.
30 – The last person executed by any method other than hanging was Benjamin Pyegate, an American soldier, who was shot at Shepton Mallet prison on Tuesday, November 28 th , 1944. He had stabbed to death a fellow soldier, James Alexander, at a camp in Westbury.
31 – The youngest men executed were all aged eighteen . The first such man was Henry Julius Jacoby, at Pentonville on Wednesday, June 7 th , 1922. The last was Francis Forsyth, hanged at Wandsworth on Thursday, November 10 th , 1960.
Jacoby, who was only 18 when he was hanged
32 – Walter Graham Rowland was sentenced to death twice. In 1934 he was convicted of murdering his daughter. Sentenced to death, he escaped the noose and served time in prison. In 1946 he was found guilty of murdering Olive Balchin on a bomb site in Manchester, and was hanged for that crime on Thursday, February 27 th , 1947.
33 – The first five executions of the century all took place at Newgate prison.
34 – The last person executed at the Tower of London was Josef Jakobs, shot as a spy there on Thursday, August 14 th , 1941.
35 – A total of 263 people were executed in London at five different locations; Holloway, Newgate, Pentonville, Wandsworth and The Tower. That is just over 30% of all those executed.
36 – Seven women were hanged in London; five at Holloway and two at Newgate.
37 – The last two women executed; Ruth Ellis in 1955 and Styllou Christofi in 1954, killed within a few hundred yards of each other.
38 – On Saturday, May 8 th , 1909, William Joseph Foy walked to his execution at Swansea smoking a cigarette.
39 – On D-Day, in 1944, as his comrades were storming the beaches in Normandy, Ernest James Harman Kemp was being hanged at Wandsworth for the murder of Iris Miriam Deeley in Eltham, London.
40 – Patrick Herbert Mahon, who was hanged at Wandsworth on Wednesday, September 3 rd , 1924, tried to avoid his fate by leaping backwards as the trap was sprung. His back smashed into the back of the trap, breaking his spine. He then dropped into the pit and the rope tightened, breaking his neck. At the inquest afterwards, Mahon was described as being doubly hanged.
Patrick Mahon, the man who was
“doubly-hanged”
41 – Patrick Turnage would almost certainly have been found guilty of the manslaughter of Julia Beesley at Stockton-on-Tees but insisted on pleading guilty to murder as he could not face the prospect of years in jail. He was hanged at Durham on Tuesday, November 14 th , 1950.
42 – There were 778 executions in England, 34 in Scotland, 35 in Wales, 16 in Northern Ireland and two in the Channel Islands.
43 – The last man hanged in Scotland was Henry John Burnett, hanged at Aberdeen on Thursday, August 15 th , 1963.
44 – The last man hanged in Northern Ireland was Robert Andrew McGladdery, at Belfast, on Wednesday, December 20 th , 1961.
McGladdery, the last man
hanged in Northern Ireland
45 – Executions in Wales were carried out at five different prisons; Cardiff, Caernarfon, Ruthin, Swansea and
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