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About Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith was the last British woman to be executed for the infanticide of her own child. She was convicted of killing her infant son Richard, and was publicly hanged at Devizes, Wiltshire. After her trial she confessed to having poisoned seven of her other children.
Everything about Rebecca Smith →- Born
- May 17, 1807
- Died
- August 23, 1849