John Bishop and John Head, the latter using the alias Thomas Williams, were hanged in 1831 for murders in London committed in order to sell corpses for dissection.
Sources
- History Day 2022: Dissection and the resurrectionists in the archives of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (rcseng.ac.uk)
- https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng609.htm (exclassics.com)
- https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10340613 (discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk)
- http://www.britishexecutions.co.uk/execution-content.php?key=2374 (britishexecutions.co.uk)
- https://www.spookyisles.com/london-burkers-murder/ (spookyisles.com)
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