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The Most Unsuccessful Hangings

There are two hangmen that we must remember. The first of them worked in Sydney in Australia. In 1803 he tried three times to hang a Mr Joseph Samuels. The first two times Mr Samuels fell to the floor. The third time he just hung there until he and all the other people were tired of waiting. Since they could not hang him they decided to forgive him and he went free.

The second one was British, a Mr James Berry. Mr Berry tried three times in 1885 to hang Mr John Lee at Exeter Prison, but each time he was unable to open the special door under the prisoner’s feet.

After this, the British government decided to send Lee to prison for a long time instead. He came out of prison in 1917, travelled to Australia and lived there until 1933.