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Trial and execution[modifier | modifier le code]

British authorities hanged John the Painter on 10 March 1777 from the mizzenmast of HMS Arethusa for arson in royal dockyards after he was caught setting the rope house at Portsmouth on fire.^[1] The mast was struck from the ship and re-erected at the dockyard entrance so as many people as possible could watch the execution. It was the highest gallows ever to be used in an execution in England.^[2] Some 20,000 people reportedly witnessed the hanging.^[3] His remains were gibbeted and displayed at Fort Blockhouse for several years.^[4]

↑ « History 1690 – 1840 », Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust, 2007 (consulté le 4 août 2008)
↑ 1777: James Aitken, aka John the Painter, terrorist of the American Revolution, ExecutedToday.com, March 10th, 2013.
↑ Pindar, Ian, « Burning Ambition », The Times, London, 5 mars 2005 (consulté le 18 janvier 2008)
↑ Pindar, Ian. Jessica Warner's John the Painter outlines the dispiriting but dogged efforts of an 18th-century arsonist, The Guardian, March 5, 2005. Archive

[1] « History 1690 – 1840 », Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust, 2007 (consulté le 4 août 2008)

[2] 1777: James Aitken, aka John the Painter, terrorist of the American Revolution, ExecutedToday.com, March 10th, 2013.

[3] Pindar, Ian, « Burning Ambition », The Times, London, 5 mars 2005 (consulté le 18 janvier 2008)

[4] Pindar, Ian. Jessica Warner's John the Painter outlines the dispiriting but dogged efforts of an 18th-century arsonist, The Guardian, March 5, 2005. Archive

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