Amazing Facts You Might Not Know

Did you know the date that the last woman was lawfully executed by 'burning at the stake' was in Britain?. Believe it or not, it was Catherine Murphy, in only in 1788, just over a mere 230 years ago. Interestingly, only women warranted to be burnt at the stake, men were just hanged. Women were sentenced to be burnt at the stake for just two reasons only, 'Petty Treason', [the murder of a spouse] and 'High Treason' [interfering with the Crown's Coinage, known as coining, either by counterfiting, or chipping, cutting and the filing off of coins edges].

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