Executions in Portugal 1833 - 1863
With special thanks to Christian Schrepper for researching and sharing this article.
YMD	Name	Sex	Age	Place	Crime	Method	Source
1837-04-21	Pena, Antonio	m	42	Porto, Campo da Cordoaria	murder of Francisco Antonio Ramalho	Hanging	Secco II, 209
					DS: 1836-03-26 (Braga)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1836-08-18 (Porto)
					Queen refused pardon: 1836-12-20
1838-03-12	Nunes de Almeida, Antonio	m	?	Coimbra	rebellion	Firing Squad	Secco I, 451
	and his unnamed father	m	?
1838-07-23	Baptista, Domingos	m	21	Porto, Campo da Cordoaria	robbery and murder of José dos Sanctos and of Sancho Joaquim	Hanging	Secco II, 218
					DS: 1836-07-09 (Vouzella),
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1837-01-12 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1837-10-20
					Queen refused pardon: 1838-06-23
1838-08-	Marques Amado, João	m	?	Lisboa	murder	Hanging	Secco I, 450
					DS: ? confirmed CtAppeals: 1837-11-03
1838-08-02	da Silva Reis, Jose Joaquim	m	?	Faro	rebellion	Firing Squad	Secco I, 453
					DS: court martial 1838-08-01 (Faro)
1838-09-06	Martins, Francisco José	m		Braga, Campo de Santana	murder: his wife, father-in-law, sister-in-law	Hanging	Secco I, 456
					DS: 1836-07-05 (Braga)		Secco II, 211
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1836-12-12 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1837-07-03
1838-09-21	Barreto, António Manuel	m	27	Viana do Castelo, Caes do Postigo	robbery and murder of João Saraiva	Hanging	Secco II, 220
					DS: 1836-00-00 (Arcos de Valdevez)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1836-11-28 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1837-07-09
					Queen refused pardon: 1838-08-27
1839-07-19	Moreira de Carvalho, José	m	50	Porto, Largo da Cordoaria	murder of Manuel da Silva Pontes, 1828	Hanging	Secco II, 223
					DS: 1836-07-01 (Sancta Catharina, Porto)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1837-03-09 (Porto)
					Queen refused pardon: 1839-07-04
1839-07-29	da Costa Casimiro, José	m	27	Coimbra, ponte de Santa Clara	murder of Diogo Marques de Carvalho on 25 July 1835 at Almoinhas	Hanging	Secco I, 458
					DS: 1837-01-04 (Coimbra)		Secco II, 211
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1837-06-30 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1838-07-03
					Queen refused pardon: 1839-07-04
1839-08-?	Lima, Joaquim Antonio	m	?	Elvas, praça da Elvas	homicide	Firing squad	Secco II, 224
					DS: date unknown, court martial, no appeal
1839-10-?	two unidentified men	m	?	Silves?	rebellion	Firing squad	Secco I, 524
1839-10-25	Bento, Antonio	m	?	Lisboa	murder of a hairdresser in 1834	Hanging	Secco I, 459
					confirmed CtAppeals 1838-11-26
1839-10-25	Saldanha, Manuel Joaquim	m	?	Lisboa	murder	Hanging	Secco I, 459
					confirmed CtAppeals 1838-11-26
1839-10-25	Esteves Lopes, Manuel	m	?	Lisboa	parricide	Hanging	Secco I, 459
					confirmed CtAppeals 1838-11-26
1840-07-11	Lopes Queijo, Miguel Joaquim	m	25	Freixoeiro de Basto	robbery and murder of Manuel Joaquim da Motta; murder of Antonio Teixeira etc.	Hanging	Secco I, 460
					DS: 1838-07-06 (Celorico de Basto)		Secco II, 211
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1839-02-15 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1839-11-18
					Queen refused pardon: 1840-06-11
1840-12-11	da Silva, Manuel Joaquim	m	?	Lisboa	murder and robbery of D. Maria da Conceição Correia Mourão, widow, and her children, José Elias Correia Mourão (25), Emilia Correia Mourão (19), Vicencia Correia Mourão (12), on 27 Sept. 1839 at Lisbon.	Hanging	Secco I, 461
	Palhares, Antonio
1840-12-11	Rebello, Eleuterio Marianno	m	?	Pangim (=Panaji)	rape and murder	Hanging	Secco I, 461
					confirmed CtAppeals 1840-07-11 (Gôa)
1841-02-19	Alves, Diogo	m	31	Lisboa, Caes do Tojo	murder and robbery of D. Maria da Conceição Correia Mourão, widow, and her children, José Elias Correia Mourão (25), Emilia Correia Mourão (19), Vicencia Correia Mourão (12), on 27 Sept. 1839 at Lisbon.	Hanging	Secco I, 461
	Martins, Antonio	m	?		confirmed CtAppeals: 1840-10-20 (Lisboa)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1841-12-12
1841-04	da Costa, Ambrozio	m		Lisboa?	robbery and murder	Hanging	Secco I, 462
					DS: court martial 1841-03-18
1841-04-	unidentified man	m		Leiria		Hanging	CPP, 221
1841-08	unidentified man	m		Lisboa		Hanging	CPP, 221
1841-09-03	Santos Brandão, Jerónymo dos	m		Aveiro, Rossio de S. João	homicide	Hanging	Secco II, 226
					DS: no details, appeal: no details
					Queen refused pardon: 1841-08-07
1842-01-14	Braga, Manuel	m		Penafiel	murder of Albina on 17 March 1839	Hanging	Secco II, 227
					DS: 1840-01-25 (Penafiel)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1840-11-20 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1841-08-30
					Queen refused pardon: 1841-12-10
1842-02-	unidentified man	m		Lisboa		Hanging	CPP, 222
1842-04-	de Magalhães, Manuel Joaquim	m	34	Santiago de Custoias, Padrão de Legua	murder of his separated wife, Rosa Maria	Hanging	Secco II, 228
					DS: 1840-08-04 (Bouças)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1841-02-15 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1841-08-30
					Queen refused pardon: 1842-01-10
1842-07-16	de Matos Lobo, Francisco	m	28	Lisboa, Caes do Tojo	robbery and murder of D. Adelaide Pereira da Casa, widow, her maidservant, Narciza de Jesus, and her children, Julia Pereira da Costa and Emygdio Pereiro da Costa (11), on 25 July 1841 at Lisbon.	Hanging	Secco I, 463
in fact:					DS: 1841-08-30 (Lisboa)
1842-04-16					confirmed CtAppeals: 1841-12-17 (Lisboa)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1842-03-04
1842-12-23	de Araujo, Antonio Joaquim	m		Chaves, praça de Chaves	murder, armed robbery	Firing Squad	Secco I, 465
					DS: 1840-05-19
1843-03-22	da Silva, Jacinto José	m	37	Viana do Castello, Campo do Costello	murder of his lover, Maria Gaia, and their illegitmate 3-year-old son	Hanging	Secco II, 229
					DS: 1840-08-02 (Arcos de Valdevez)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1841-02-17 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: ?
					Queen refused pardon: 1843-02-15
1843-03-24	Gonçalves, Seraphim José	m	30	Braga, Campo de Santana	murder and robbery of three persons	Hanging	Secco II, 230
					DS: 1840-04-03 (Povoa de Lanhoso)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1841-03-17 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1842-02-25
					Queen refused pardon: 1843-02-15
1843-0	Gonçalves, Manuel	m	?	Lisboa?	robbery and murder	Hanging	Secco I, 467
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1843-07-06
1844-04-04	Poeta, José Maria	m	?	Guarda	treason?	Firing Squad	Secco I, 525
1844-09-07	Monteiro Pereira, Manuel	m	24	Porto, praça da Cordoaria	murder of João Pinto Monteiro, José Monteiro and his wife, Josepha Antonia	Hanging	Secco II, 230
					DS: 1841-03-04 (Porto)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1841-12-20
					Queen refused pardon: 1844-08-28
1844-09-17	Fernandes Begueiro, José	m	25	Montalegre, praça do Toural	murder of Ignacia da Costa and a boy named Francisco, both of Braga	Hanging	Secco II, 231
					DS: 1840-01-21 (Montalegre)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1842-08-12 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1843-05-12
					Queen refused pardon: 1844-08-28
1845-05-08	Pires, Manuel	m	42	Rua	murder of Luis Gomes, his wife Joanna de Castro, his son Leandro Gomes and his niece Constança de Jesus	Hanging	Secco II, 232
					DS: 1842-04-28 (Moimenta de Beira)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1843-02-13 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1843-12-15
					Queen refused pardon in April 1845
1845-09-19	Calças, José Maria	m	35	Chaves	murder of his wife, Comba Maria, on 26 April 1841	Hanging	Secco II, 234
					DS: 1842-06-28 (Chaves)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1843-03-15 (Porto)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1844-04-23
					Queen refused pardon in August 1845
1845-10-25	Barnardine ??	m		Lisboa	robbery and murder	Hanging	Matthew Spicer; CPP
1846-01-	unidentified man	m		Lagos		Hanging	CPP, 222
1846-01-03	Conceiçao, Francisco da	m	19	Tavira, praça da Alagoa	murder of Catarina Placida de Mendonea, her 12-year-old grandson and her maidservant, on 3 April 1840 at Tavira	Hanging	Wolfgang Krüger
	Domingues, José Antonio	m	20		DS: 1840-11-14 (Tavira)
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1841-11-07 (Lisboa)
					Supremo Tribunal de Justiça: 1844-01-29
					Queen refused pardon in December 1845
1846-04-22	Grande, José Joaquim	m	44	Lagos, praça da Constituição	rape and murder of Bernarda, maidservant of his master in 1833	Hanging	Espresso,
					DS: 1843-10-14 (Lagos)		7/1/2017
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1844-05-07 (Lisboa)
1847-07-02	Campos Freire de Figueiredo Abreu e Castro, Alexandre	m	?	Sandomil	rebellion on 6 October 1846	Firing Squad	Secco I, 468
	Rodrigues, Joaquim				executive order of the government
	de Abrantes, José	m	?
	Nunes Marques, José Joaquim	m	?
	Madeira, Manuel	m	?
		m	?
1849-05-04	Pereira, António	m	?	Viseu	murder of Sergeant Ignacio Alves Fraga on 7 June 1848	Firing Squad	Secco I, 486
					DS: court martial, confirmed by Supremo Conselho de Justiça militar
1855-08-06	da Fonseca, Christiano Augusto	m	?	Villa-Verde	unknown crime, court martial	Firing Squad	Secco II, 239
1857-05-05	Narana Lalá, alias João Agostinho de Moraes	m	?	Damão Pequeno	murder and robbery	Hanging	Secco I, 490
					confirmed CtAppeals: 1856-01-25 (Goa)
					King refused pardon: 1857-01-10
1863-06-30	Gabriel, alias Timor Dahollo	m	?	Timor	crime unknown	Firing Squad	Secco I, 526
					order of the governor
Sources:
CPP: Codigo Penal Portuguez, tomo I, relatorio da commissão, Lisboa, 1861
Secco I: Memorias do tempo passado e presente para Liçao dos vindouros, por Antonio Luiz de Sousa Henriques Secco, tomo I, Coimbra, 1880
Secco II: Memorias do tempo passado e presente para Licçao dos vindouros, por Antonio Luiz de Sousa Henriques Secco, tomo II, Coimbra, 1889
The Charter of Law of Abolition of the Death Penalty was approved in 1867 and is preserved in the National Archives of Torre do Tombo in Lisbon, Portugal.
It is one of the first examples of the permanent suspension of the death penalty being codified in a national legal system.
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