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Events on Tuesday 26 May 1868 1
1868Last public execution in BritainMichael Barrett hanged outside Newgate PrisonMichael Barrett was hanged outside Newgate Prison for his role in the Clerkenwell explosion, becoming the last person publicly executed in Britain. Public executions were abolished shortly afterward under the Capital Punishment Amendment Act. Executions thereafter took place inside prison walls.