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Somerset / Re: Ancestor hung at Taunton Gaol
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EXECUTION OF A WOMAN AT TAUNTON. Catherine Churchill, a middle-aged woman, convicted at the recent Somerset Assizes for the wilful murder of her husband at Knowle, near Chard, on March 4th, was executed at Taunton on Monday, in the presence of the sheriff and the prison officials. Churchill's victim was a very aged and infirm man, to whom she had shown great brutality long before she murdered him. Marwood was the executioner. No reporters were admitted, and informatiion as to the occurrence was refused. A large crowd assembled, outside the prison, and punctually at eight o'clock the black flag was hoisted.
Monmouthshire Merlin May 30th 1879
Monmouthshire Merlin May 30th 1879