Capital Punishment U.K

[terrysfamily]

I'm not sure if this has been posted before.

http://www.
capitalpunishmentuk.org/contents.html

If you click HERE it will take you straight to a list of the british females between 1868-1955 and some of their facinating stories on the same site.

Hope you have a couple of hours to spare

Terry

[notanotherminer]

An interesting website. A little macabre but nevertheless an important piece of history.

Thanks Terry

[v.wells]

Gruesome! Thankfully none of mine are on the list!

[RobinC]

In the interest of genealogy were people, who were hanged or executed, given proper death certificates?

[terrysfamily]

They did indeed. Here are the death registrations for 3 people hanged at the same time 12th of January 1874. Most had a post mortem too or at the very least a formal inquest

Barry Mary Ann = Barry Anne on FreeBMD

Deaths Mar 1874 BARRY Anne 31 Gloucester 6a 195
Deaths Mar 1874 Bailey Edwin 32 Gloucester 6a 195
Deaths Mar 1874 BUTT Charles Edward 22 Gloucester 6a 195

Mary Ann Barry and Edwin Bailey were accused of killing baby Sarah Jenkins

Deaths Dec 1873 Jenkins Sarah 0 Clifton 6a 115

Charles Edward Butt shot and killed Amelia Selina Phipps

Deaths Sep 1873 PHIPPS Amelia Selina 23 Wheatenhurst 6a 182

[terrysfamily]

The gallows at Gloucester prison and further details on the story can be found here.

http://www.
flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/5046573971/