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'''Rhoda Willis''' was a [[baby farmer]] convicted of [[murder]]. |
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'''Rhoda Willis''', also known under the alias of '''Leslie James''', (14 August 1867 – 14 August 1907) was an English [[baby farmer]] convicted of [[murder]]. She was the last woman to be executed in [[Wales]].<ref>[https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/horrible-story-last-woman-hanged-13906837 The horrible story of the last woman to be hanged in Wales]</ref> |
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She was born in [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]] in 1867. |
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She was sentenced to death at [[Glamorgan]] [[Assizes]] for murdering the illegitimate child of a single woman named Maud Treasure on 3 June. |
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Willis was executed by [[hanging]] at Cardiff prison on August 14 1907, her 40th birthday.<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0611FB345A1B7A93C0A81789D95F468285F9</ref> She was the only woman to be hanged in Wales in the 20th century.<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=16PPAAAAIAAJ&q=hanged+%22rhoda+willis%22&dq=hanged+%22rhoda+willis%22&hl=en&ei=lZdVTrC0DYfNsgbB2vmdDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ</ref> |
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While lodging with a Mr. and Mrs. Wilson at Cardiff, Willis induced them to adopt a child for £1. One day, when Willis came home drunk and fell out of bed, Mrs. Wilson went to her aid and discovered in the bed the dead body of another child wrapped in a parcel. The infant, which had been suffocated, was Maud Treasure's child, which Willis had undertaken to adopt and bring up for £6. |
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Willis was executed by [[hanging]] at [[Cardiff]] prison on 14 August 1907, her 40th birthday.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/12/12/98795799.pdf TWO ARE CONDEMNED IN LONDON MURDER – Mrs. Thompson and Her Paramour, Bywaters, Are Sentenced to Be Hanged.BOTH CRY AGAINST VERDICTWoman Collapses In Dock-LondonQuestions Wheth...<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She was the only woman to be hanged in Wales in the 20th century and the last baby farmer to be executed.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=16PPAAAAIAAJ&q=hanged+%22rhoda+willis%22 Dead woman walking: executed women ... – Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historytools.org/babyfarming/INTRODUCTION.pdf|title=History Tools is under construction}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:21, 16 May 2024
Rhoda Willis, also known under the alias of Leslie James, (14 August 1867 – 14 August 1907) was an English baby farmer convicted of murder. She was the last woman to be executed in Wales.[1]
She was born in Sunderland in 1867.
She was sentenced to death at Glamorgan Assizes for murdering the illegitimate child of a single woman named Maud Treasure on 3 June.
While lodging with a Mr. and Mrs. Wilson at Cardiff, Willis induced them to adopt a child for £1. One day, when Willis came home drunk and fell out of bed, Mrs. Wilson went to her aid and discovered in the bed the dead body of another child wrapped in a parcel. The infant, which had been suffocated, was Maud Treasure's child, which Willis had undertaken to adopt and bring up for £6.
Willis was executed by hanging at Cardiff prison on 14 August 1907, her 40th birthday.[2] She was the only woman to be hanged in Wales in the 20th century and the last baby farmer to be executed.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ The horrible story of the last woman to be hanged in Wales
- ^ TWO ARE CONDEMNED IN LONDON MURDER – Mrs. Thompson and Her Paramour, Bywaters, Are Sentenced to Be Hanged.BOTH CRY AGAINST VERDICTWoman Collapses In Dock-LondonQuestions Wheth...
- ^ Dead woman walking: executed women ... – Google Books
- ^ "History Tools is under construction" (PDF).
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- Executed people from County Durham
- British female murderers
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- British people executed for murder
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