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Pages in category "Executed English people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 255 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Executioners were, whenever possible, selected from among slaves convicted for a capital crime. And except for the province of Rio Grande do Norte, executioners had obligatorily to be of African descent. As stayed or commuted convicts, executioners consequently lived as inmates in the prisons of the respective towns where they were based.
He was also an assistant executioner in 1900. After his father died in December 1901, William became the principal executioner for England. He was at first assisted by his older brother Thomas and then by his younger brother John, [2] along with Henry Pierrepoint. He was a small celebrity during this period among the populace, many of whom ...
People executed by the Kingdom of England (927–1649, 1660–1707). People executed by England after the creation of Great Britain in 1707 should be placed in Category:People executed by England and Wales.
His father, James, was an executioner from 1884 to 1901, and his two older brothers, Thomas and William were employed in the same occupation. In early 1902, at the age of 21, John attended an execution training course at Newgate Prison. [3] His brother William was England's primary executioner by this time, and the two became partners.
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