Channel Islands and Isle of Man -
executions 1800 - 1959

Date	Name	Age	Place	Crime
03/06/1808	Robert Wilson		Guernsey	Murder
05/06/1818	Robert Kewley	52	Castle Rushen, Isle of Man	Sheep theft
18/04/1823	John Camaish & Catherine Kinrade	28	Castle Rushen, Isle of Man	Murder of John’s pregnant wife, who was Catherine’s sister
		19		Accessory to the above murder
19/06/1829	Thomas Kerruish	29	Castle Rushen Isle of Man	Rape
03/10/1829	Phillipe Jolin	21	St Helier, Jersey	Patricide
05/11/1830	F. Beasse		Guernsey	Murder
22/10/1832	Thomas Siddleton	44	Castletown, Isle of Man	Attempted murder
	James Moore	37
10/02/1854	John Charles Tapner	31	Guernsey (in private)	Murder of Elizabeth Saujon
11/08/1866	Francis Bradley		Jersey	Murder
01/08/1872	John Kewish	35	Castle Rushen, Isle of Man	Patricide
12/08/1875	Joseph Philip Le Brun		St Helier, Jersey * (last public hanging in the U.K.)	Murder of his sister, Nancy.
19/02/1907	Thomas Connan	29	St Helier, Jersey	Murder of Pierre Le Guen
09/10/1959	Francis Joseph Hutchet	31	St Helier, Jersey	Murder of John Perree

*The ending of public hangings in Britain from mid 1868 did not apply to Jersey until 1907.

All above executions were carried out by hanging.

Wartime executions on Jersey under German occupation. (Carried out by firing squad)

Date	Name	Age	Place	Crime
17/03/1941	Francois Scornet (French)	22	St. Ouen’s Manor	Military offence
02/08/1941	Louis Berrier (French)	-		Espionage
1942	Alois Kern (German)	-	La Moye Point	Military offence – disobeying orders

Totals : Guernsey : 3, Isle of Man : 7, Jersey : 5 + 3.

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