| 词条 | William Duell (criminal) |
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| name = William Duell | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | birth_date = c. 1723 | birth_place = | death_date = Unknown | death_place = | alias = | conviction = Rape | conviction_penalty = Hanging (later changed) Transportation | conviction_status = Transported | occupation = | spouse = | parents = | children = }}William Duell was a 17-year-old English boy convicted of being an accessory to the rape of Sarah Griffin in Acton, London.[1] He was sentenced to death. On 24 November 1740, he was hanged in Tyburn, along with four others.[2] His body hung for about 20 minutes before being cut down.[3] It was then brought to the Surgeon's Hall to be anatomised for a medical training college, a common practice at the time.[4] RevivalDuell was stripped and laid on the board, about to be dissected. However, one of the servants noticed that he had begun breathing slowly. Duell's breath got quicker and quicker; he was then bled, and in two hours, he was able to sit upright.[2] That night, he was taken back to prison in Newgate.[5] Duell, suffering from a fever and delirium during his trial and execution, had no recollection of the hanging.[1] It was suggested that his bad state was what ultimately saved his life.[3] By the following day, he was back to full health.[5] Meanwhile, the public had apparently found out what happened to Duell, and there was great excitement over his case.[1][3] The authorities decided to change his sentence to penal transportation. He was exiled for life to North America.[6] See also
References1. ^1 2 Brayley, Edward Wedlake. [https://books.google.com/books?id=aKEKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Londiniana: or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including Characteristic Sketches, Antiquarian, Topographical, Descriptive, and Literary, Volume 2] (Hurst, Chance, and co., 1829), pp. 33-36. {{UK-crime-bio-stub}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Duell, William}}2. ^1 "The Newgate Calendar: William Duell". pascalbonenfant.com. Retrieved 2010-11-12. 3. ^1 2 Chambers, William and Chambers, Robert. [https://books.google.com/books?id=YbDQAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts] (W & R Chambers, 1866), p. 188. 4. ^"Execution escapes". chillifrog.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2010-11-12. 5. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=V5RukE04vlEC&printsec=frontcover The Gentleman's Magazine], Volume 262 (F. Jefferies, 1887), p. 56. 6. ^"Buried Alive". snopes.com. Retrieved 2010-11-12. 8 : Year of birth unknown|Year of death unknown|1740 crimes|English people convicted of rape|Execution survivors|1723 births|English people convicted of murder|18th-century English criminals |
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