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REPLY1850

PUNISHMENT OF DEATH BY BURNING

By T. S. N.

E. S. S. W. (Vol. ii., p. 6.) will find a case of burning in *Dodsley's Annual Register*, 1769, p. 117.: a Susannah Lott was burned for the murder of her husband at Canterbury, Benjamin Buss, her paramour, being hanged about fifteen minutes before she was burned.

Topics: Punishment of Death, Historical Crimes

Locations: Canterbury