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Date & Year Name Crime Method Place of Execution
1st/1831 John Any Bird Bell Murder Hanging Maidstone, Kent
2nd/1904 George Breeze Murder Hanging Durham Gaol, England
3rd/1943 William Quayle Murder Hanging Winsom Green prison, Birmingham, England
4th/1908 James Dodd Murder Hanging Durham Gaol, England
5th/1896 William Pugh Murder Hanging Derby Gaol, England
6th/1890 William Kemmler Murder Electric Chair Auburn, New York State, USA
7th/1907 Charles Paterson Murder Hanging Walton Gaol, Liverpool, England
8th/1955 Ernest Charles Harding Murder Hanging Winsom Green Prison, Birmingham, England
9th/1910 John Raper Coulson Murder Hanging Armley Gaol, Leeds, England
10th/1910 John Alexander Dickman Murder Hanging Newcastle Prison, England
11th/1954 William Sanchez de Pina Hepper Murder Hanging Wandsworth Prison, London, England
12th/1927 John Robinson Murder Hanging Pentonville Prison, London, England
13th/1915 George Joseph Smith Murder Hanging Maidstone Prison, Kent, England
14th/1907 Rhoda Willis Murder Hanging Cardiff Gaol, Wales
15th/1905 Arthur Devereus Murder Hanging Pentonville Prison, London, England
16th/1900 Charles Buckhouse Murder Hanging Armley Gaol, Leeds, England
17th/1885 Thomas Boulton Murder Hanging Stafford Gaol, England
18th/1746 LORD Balmerino Rebellion Beheaded Tower Hill, London, England
19th/1922 Thomas Henry Allwayx Murder Hanging Winchester Prison, England
20th/1891 John Conway Murder Hanging Kirkdale Prison, Liverpool, England
21st/1900 William Lacy Murder Hanging Cardiff Gaol, Wales
22nd/1947 John Edward Gartside Murder Hanging Armley Gaol, Leeds, England
23rd/1305 William Wallace Treason Hanged/Drawn/Quartered Elm, Smithfield, London, England
24th/1874 James Henry Gibbs Murder Hanging Usk Prison, Monmouthshire
25th/1879 James Dilley Murder Hanging Newgate Prison, London, England
26th/1738 William Newington Forgery Hanging Tyburn Tree, London, England
27th/1827 Thomas Norton Highway Robbery Hanging Old Bailey, London, England
28th/1987 Dale Selby Pierre Murder Lethal Injection Utah State Prison, USA
29th/1927 Gerard Toal Murder Hanging Dublin, Ireland
30th/1898 Joseph Lewis Murder Hanging Swansea Gaol, Wales
31st/1909 Mada Lal Dhingra Assassination Hanging Pentonville Prison, London, England