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| Picture No | 10170111 |
| Date | 1740 |
| Description | CATALEPSY / DEWELL 1740 |
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Vicious rapist and murderer, William Dewell, hanged at Tyburn 24 November 1740, while on the slab at Surgeon's Hall began to breath. He was instead transported for life.
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| Source | Engraving by George Cruikshank in "...Remarkable Persons..." Vol.III by James Caulfield 1820 page 217 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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