British Executions

Elizabeth Lavender

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 22 Jul 1799

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Sussex

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sussex.html

Elizabeth Lavender, aged 19, found guilty on an indictment for the murder of her bastard male child, by stabbing and cutting his throat with a knife, in the parish of Fairlight on 20th January 1799; having given birth during the night of 19/20 January.   Afterwards her body to be dissected and anatomised.