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The Poisoning of Those Close to Mary Britland but Was She Responsible?

Manchesters first woman hung.

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Sam H Arnold
May 22, 2023
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Mary Britland is famous for being the first woman executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison in Manchester. James Berry executed her on 9th August 1886; as she went to the gallows, she still proclaime…

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