At the Fayetteville (Arks.) Court on the 8th inst., John Burnett was sentenced to be hung on the 26th inst., for the murder of Jonathan Selby.
-Newark (N.J.) Daily Advertiser, Dec. 29, 1845
John Burnett, the son and collaborator of murderers Lavinia and Crawford Burnett — a case we addressed in a previous post — belatedly shared his parents’ fate on this date in 1845.
On this day..
- 2019: Wei Wei
- 2017: Fifteen Sinai Islamic militants
- 831: St. Euthymius of Sardis, iconophile
- 1864: James Utz, St. Louis spy
- 1502: Ramiro d'Orco, discarded by Cesare Borgia
- 1936: Harry Singer, in the holiday spirit
- 1942: Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, Darlan's assassin
- 1872: Du Wenxiu, Panthay rebellion leader
- 1870: Kumoi Tatsuo
- Feast Day of St. Stephen
- 1862: Asa Lewis, Confederate deserter
- 1862: 38 Sioux
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