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1745: William Hook

Posted on 4 January, 2019 by Headsman

From the London Evening Post, Jan. 5-8, 1745:

COUNTRY NEWS. Canterbury, Jan. 5. Yesterday William Hook, the notorius Housebreaker, &c. was executed here in the Presence of a prodigious Croud of Spectators. He behav'd in a very decent manner, and said he did not desire a farther Reprieve, and chose rather to be hang'd than transported, if he had had Friends to have gain'd that Favour for him. The Robberies he confess'd amounted to near seventy, committed by him (alone) in this City, its Neighbourhood, Sandwich and Chatham, in about fourteen Years.

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Posted in 18th Century, Capital Punishment, Common Criminals, Crime, Death Penalty, England, Execution, Hanged, Public Executions, Theft | Tagged 1740s, 1745, canterbury, january 4, william hook

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