Tasmania had been phasing out the death penalty it hadn't conducted a hanging since 1922. Sibson Bragg, by throwing him overboard the schooner, Robert Smith - 10 March 1836 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Capt. Nathaniel Westerman (Weston) - 4 April 1848 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of fellow-prisoner Joseph Blundell at Port Arthur, James Sullivan 9 May 1848 Hanged at Oatlands for the attempted murder of Constable James Kelly at Swanston, near Andover, Patrick Shea 9 May 1848 Hanged at Oatlands for the attempted murder of Constable James Kelly at Swanston, James McGough 9 May 1848 Hanged at Oatlands for the attempted murder of Constable James Kelly at Swanston, John Shale 9 May 1848 - Hanged at Oatlands for wounding John Connell with intent to murder, Thomas Smith 4 August 1848 Hanged at Oatlands for stabbing with intent to murder Constable Clough at Jericho, Jeremiah Maher 4 August 1848 Hanged at Oatlands for stabbing with intent to murder Constable Clough at Jericho, Thomas Liner 8 August 1848 - Hanged at Hobart for the stabbing murder of Hugh Gilmore in Kelly St, John Jordan 7 November 1848 Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Zimran Youram at Norfolk Plains, Matthew Mahide 7 November 1848 Hanged at Launceston for armed robbery at Snake Banks (present-day Powranna), Michael Rogers- 3 January 1849 - Bushranger. Gloucester Assizes. Alofiana Khan-Pereira, Gold Coast Titans, NRL 2023, Round 1, debut A 2014 text message poll of 1,307 people, asking whether anyone who commits a lethal act of terror in Australia should face the death penalty, showed narrow support for the proposition - 52.5%, with 47.5% against. Even this year, talk has resurfaced after a car was allegedly deliberately driven down a Melbourne pedestrian mall, killing six people and injuring dozens. There are legal barriers, too. Witch hunts Execution of Two Irish Women in Kilmainham Jail in Ireland
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