Execution
Locally there was reluctance in becoming involved in the execution. Craftsmen initially refused to build the gallows and an executioner, Calcraft, had to be brought over from England to carry out the sentence. Kewish was hanged in Castle Rushen at Castletown on 1 August 1872 and he is buried there. It was the only non-public execution that took place under Manx law.
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