#288 | Albert Pierrepoint | Britain’s Most Famous Executioner
English Learning for Curious Minds
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Pierpoint's Hanging of Timothy Evans
Pierpoint hanged a man called james corbett who had been sentenced to death for murdering his mistress, his lover. As pierpoint put the noose around his neck, corbet said, hallo, tosh, to which pierpoint replied, hallo tish. Before executing the man seconds later. This all adds to the image of pierpoint being an ordinary man, a pub landlord who simply happened to be the country's most famous executioner. However, being an ordinary, kind man sometimes worked against him. People thought it was strange that such a kind and gentle person made money from hanging people. And although pierpoint clearly did believe that he was simply doing a job
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