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Thread #138210 Message #3162743
Posted By: YorkshireYankee
30-May-11 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: Spencer the Rover- gibbeted highwayman?
Subject: RE: Spencer the Rover- gibbeted highwayman?
According to Wikipedia's "Gibbet" entry: "The last two men gibbeted in England were William Jobling and James Cook, both in 1832," and "In 1834 England outlawed gibbeting."