Mary Ball (poisoner)
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Mary Ball | |
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Born | Mary Wright c. 1818 |
Died | 9 August 1849 Cuckoo Lane, Coventry | (aged 31)
Cause of death | execution by hanging |
Resting place | Coventry Gaol |
Occupation | housewife |
Known for | last person to be executed in Coventry |
Criminal status | executed |
Spouse |
Thomas Ball
(m. 1838; died 1849) |
Motive | unhappy marriage |
Criminal charge | murder |
Penalty | death |
Details | |
Victims | Thomas Ball |
Date | 20 May 1849 |
Mary Ball (c. 1818–1849) was a Nuneaton housewife who poisoned her husband with arsenic. She was hanged in Cuckoo Lane, outside Coventry Gaol, before a crowd of about twenty thousand. She was the last person to be publicly executed in Coventry.[1][2][3][4]
A plaque on the former County Hall in Coventry marks the nearby site of her execution.
References
- ^ Mullen, Enda (16 February 2020). "Is this the exact spot where Coventry's last public hanging took place?". CoventryLive. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Tales from the Archives: Mary Ball, Murderer? - The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum". www.theherbert.org. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ Bell, Neil R. A. (2016). The A-Z of Victorian crime. Trevor N. Bond, Kate Clarke, M. W. Oldridge. Stroud, Gloucestershire. ISBN 978-1-4456-4787-6. OCLC 1012128380.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ McGrory, David (2003). A history of Coventry. Chichester, West Sussex, England: Phillimore. ISBN 1-86077-264-1. OCLC 54903656.
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