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Date & Year Name Crime Method Place of Execution
1st/1942 Private Harold Hill Murder Hanging Oxford Castle, England
2nd/1931 Kurt Erich Tetzner Murder Hanging Ratisbon, Germany
3rd/1740 Elizabeth and Mary Branch Murder Hanging Ovelchester, Somerset, England
4th/1932 Maurice Freedman Murder Hanging Pentonville Prison, London, England
5th/1820 William Arnold Extortion Hanging Old Bailey, London, England
6th/1902 George Woolfe Murder Hanging Newgate Prison, London, England
7th/1809 John Nicholls Forgery Hanging Old Bailey, London, England
8th/1811 Hon. Arthur William Hodge Murder Hanging Tortola, West Indies
9th/1726 Catherine Hayes Petty Treason Burnt at Stake Tyburn Tree, London, England
10th/1909 William Joseph Foy Murder Hanging Swansea Gaol, Wales
11th/1920 Bert Salisbury Murder Hanging Walton Gaol, Liverpool, England
12th/1868 Robert Smith Murder Hanging Dumfries Prison, Scotland
13th/1828 Hanby Price Coining Hanging Old Bailey, London, England
14th/1913 Andrija Mircovich Murder Firing Squad Carson City, Nevada, USA
15th/1888 John Alfred Gell Murder Hanging Strangeways Prison, Manchester, England
16th/1975 Adbul Malik (aka Michael X) Murder Hanging Trinidad
17th1871 Edward Rulloff Murder Hanging Binghampton, New York, USA
18th/1932 Charles James Cowle Murder Hanging Strangeways Prison, Manchester, England
19th/1891 Alfred Turner Murder Hanging Strangeways Prison, Manchester, England
20th/1879 William Cooper Murder Hanging Strangeways Prison, Manchester, England
21st/1883 George White Murder Hanging Taunton Prison, Somerset, England
22nd/1866 Joseph Bell Murder Hanging Perth Prison, Scotland
23rd/1892 Frederick Deeming Murder Hanging Melbourne Prison, Australia
24th/1917 Dr Arthur Warren Waite Murder Electric Chair Sing Sing, New York State, USA
25th/1885 Moses Shrimpton Murder Hanging Worcester Prison, England
26th/1961 Victor John Terry Murder Hanging Wandsworth Prison, London, England
27th/1879 John Darcy Murder Hanging York Castle, England
28th/1888 Daniel Moriarty/Daniel Hayed Murder Hanging Tralee County Gaol, Ireland
29th/1827 John Eagles Letter-stealing Hanging Old Bailey, London, England
30th/1807 George Holden Murder Hanging Stafford, England
31st/1962 Karl Adolf Eichmann War Crimes Hanging Ramleh Prison, Tel Aviv, Israel