Elizabeth Chivers
1712, Elizabeth Chivers, in the agonies of despair, drowns her illegitimate daughter in a pond near Hackney, London, but her crime is witnessed by a group of passers-by. She was convicted of murder and hanged on 1st August 1712. Original Publication: From 'The (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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02 January, 1754
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