• Execution as a deterrent

  • Oct 12 2023
  • Length: 13 mins
  • Podcast

Execution as a deterrent

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  • William Robert Robertson, commonly known as Robby, about 19 years old, was hanged in the prison in New Westminster in the spring of 1884. He was convicted mainly on his own evidence for the murder of Richard (Dick) Bailey, like him, a son of mixed ancestry. His contemporaries questioned the verdict. In all probability he was innocent 

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