Rebecca Smith (infanticide)
(1807-1849)
British murderer
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Rebecca Smith (née Prior; chr. 17 May 1807 – 23 August 1849) was the last British woman to be executed for the infanticide of her own child. She was convicted of killing her infant son Richard, and was publicly hanged at Devizes, Wiltshire. After her trial she confessed to having poisoned seven of her other children.
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17 May 1807
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23 August 1849 (aged 42)
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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