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Whippings and Hangings

Tshusanhusset was not the only one hanged in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. The articles below are a selection of reports about other hangings and punishments.

Books

  • Alfred Waddington, Judicial Murder, August 27, 1860

Colonial Correspondence

  • John Williams, John Williams Praying Grant of Pardon, December 3, 1864

Newspaper or Magazine Articles

  • Victoria Gazette, "Punishment with the Lash" and "Police Court", Victoria Gazette, August 12, 1858
  • British Colonist, Another Hanging, British Colonist, November 16, 1861
  • British Colonist, The Condemned, British Colonist, February 6, 1862
  • British Colonist, The Doomed Man, British Colonist, February 8, 1862
  • British Colonist, The Execution of "Charley", British Colonist, February 10, 1862
  • British Colonist, Execution of the Indians, British Colonist, May 24, 1863
  • British Colonist, Execution of Three of the Murderers of Brady, British Colonist, May 25, 1863
  • British Colonist, Execution, British Colonist, July 6, 1863

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