http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-9453 ExecutedToday.com » 1868: Thomas Wells, the first private hanging in England Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:27:37 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-9453 [...] a century in the making; in 1783, Albion had eliminated London’s traditional, disorderly procession to Tyburn in favor of public hangings just outside the walls of the prison — to the chagrin of [...] [...] a century in the making; in 1783, Albion had eliminated London’s traditional, disorderly procession to Tyburn in favor of public hangings just outside the walls of the prison — to the chagrin of [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-6230 ExecutedToday.com » Unspecified Year: Clever Tom Clinch, hung like a hero Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:22:05 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-6230 [...] 13th, 2009 Headsman This 1726 poem by Jonathan Swift toasts a charismatic client of the Tyburn tree — who is, alas, completely [...] [...] 13th, 2009 Headsman This 1726 poem by Jonathan Swift toasts a charismatic client of the Tyburn tree — who is, alas, completely [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3973 ExecutedToday.com » 1763: Hannah Dagoe, violently Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:06:13 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3973 [...] behavior on the way to the gallows would have done many a condemned wretch proud: On the road to Tyburn she showed little concern at her miserable state, and paid no attention to the exhortations of the [...] [...] behavior on the way to the gallows would have done many a condemned wretch proud: On the road to Tyburn she showed little concern at her miserable state, and paid no attention to the exhortations of the [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3932 ExecutedToday.com » 1699: William Chaloner, Isaac Newton’s prey Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:17:45 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3932 [...] Chaloner, a convicted coiner, refused the Newgate Jail Chaplain’s plea to show proper penitence, shouting with “more Passion than Piety,” of his wronged state and unmerited destination (according to his anonymous biographer in the one surviving account of his life). In time, he calmed sufficiently to accept the sacrament, and so proceeded to the execution convoy to be borne from Newgate to the hanging tree at Tyburn (now Marble Arch, just to the west of the old City of London). [...] [...] Chaloner, a convicted coiner, refused the Newgate Jail Chaplain’s plea to show proper penitence, shouting with “more Passion than Piety,” of his wronged state and unmerited destination (according to his anonymous biographer in the one surviving account of his life). In time, he calmed sufficiently to accept the sacrament, and so proceeded to the execution convoy to be borne from Newgate to the hanging tree at Tyburn (now Marble Arch, just to the west of the old City of London). [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3900 ExecutedToday.com » 1741: Jenny Diver, a Bobby Darin lyric? Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:17:37 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3900 [...] but flesh must have bread. Like countless others through time — indeed, like countless other clients of Tyburn — Jenny found metropolis less than convivial to aspirations of honest [...] [...] but flesh must have bread. Like countless others through time — indeed, like countless other clients of Tyburn — Jenny found metropolis less than convivial to aspirations of honest [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3599 ExecutedToday.com » Themed Set: At the End of the Rope Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:58:18 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3599 [...] the public hanging — were the very image of the death penalty; its most characteristic venue at the corner of Hyde Park is still marked with a [...] [...] the public hanging — were the very image of the death penalty; its most characteristic venue at the corner of Hyde Park is still marked with a [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3178 ExecutedToday.com » 1783: The first hangings at Newgate Prison Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:15:48 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/03/1783-john-austin/#comment-3178 [...] Tyburn era drew to a close late in the 18th century. Five weeks before, its last victim swung there. The former hanging grounds of Tyburn, sketched by William Capon in 1785. The gallery [...] [...] Tyburn era drew to a close late in the 18th century. Five weeks before, its last victim swung there. The former hanging grounds of Tyburn, sketched by William Capon in 1785. The gallery [...]

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