James Botting

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Jemmy Botting was the hangman at Newgate Prison in London, England from 1817-1819 during which tenure he claimed to have hanged a total of 175 persons.

[edit] Further Reading

  • Erridge, J.A. History of Brighthelmstone (1862) pp 335-336
  • R. C. Grant "Notorious Brightonians" Sussex Family Historian (June 1996) p. 52
  • A. Griffiths. The Chronicles of Newgate (1987); pp 454-458
  • Linebaugh, Peter. The London Hanged (1992).
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