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NEW BRUNSWICK
All executions were carried out by hanging. Executions took place in a wide variety of locations. On two occasions two brothers were hanged.


NEW BRUNSWICK (1784-1867)
The territory was first settled by the French and became part of Acadia. England claimed the area in 1621 and it then became part of Nova Scotia. In 1784 the land known as Sunbury County became the separate colony of New Brunswick.
Name Date Method Location Crime Sex Race Age Occupation Executioner Notes
ZZ 1785 February ? Saint John ? ? ? ? ? ? First execution in Saint John
Nelson, David 1786 June 23 hanged Fredericton murder M ? ? ? ? Shot Pierre Bonwah.
Babcock, Amasa 1805 June 28 hanged Dorchester murder M ? ? farmer ? Stabbed his sister in February 1805. He went insane after listening to a sermon from a fanatic preacher.
Bergren, Patrick 1824 hanged Saint John theft M ? 18 ? ? Stole 24 cents.
Smith 1831 hanged Fredericton murder M ? ? ? London Killed 2 men and injured a 3rd with an ax in a lumber camp in York County. Hanged at the entrance of the Old Burial Ground.
Slavin, Patrick 1857 December 11 hanged Saint John murder M ? abt 60 railway construction labourer ? Murdered a family for money.
Hicks, Amos 1864 September 08 hanged Dorchester murder M ? ? ? Botsford, Sheriff Killed his neighbour, William Hill. Supposedly Hill squatted on a piece of land belonging to Hicks' uncle.
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NEW BRUNSWICK (1867-PRESENT)
In 1867 New Brunswick was one of the four original colonies to form Canada. Executions from this date on were under Canadian jurisdiction.
Name Date Method Location Crime Sex Race Age Occupation Executioner Notes
Munroe, John A 1870 February 14 hanged Saint John murder M ? 31 architect ? Murdered Maggie Vail and their infant daughter Ella May.
Gallien, Olivier 1874 October 29 hanged Bathhurst murder M ? ? ? ? Murdered Xavier Poulin on 20 Apr 1874 in Caraquet Island. Poulin's wife, Angele, was charged with accessory before the fact. She was pregnant during the trial and her death sentence was commuted to life in prison.
O'Neil, Thomas 1876 August 03 hanged Saint John murder M ? ? ? ? Stabbed his mother-in-law, Bridget Fothergill, on 03 Feb 1876.
Vaughan, William 1878 June 22 hanged Saint John murder M ? 28 ? ? Murdered Mary Quinn on Feb 1878.
Dowd, Thomas 1879 January 14 hanged St Andrews murder M ? ? farmhand ? Murdered Thomas Ward on 09 Sept 1878. Ward's wife was a co-defendant; her death sentence was commuted.
Hugues, William 1883 May 09 hanged Saint John murder M black ? ? ? Murdered his wife, Catherine Hugues, on 13 Feb 1883.
Olsen, Robert 1892 December 01 hanged Dorchester murder M ? ? ? ? Shot police officer Joseph Steadman during a jail escape on 01 Aug 1892.
Whalen, Buck 1892 hanged Dorchester murder M ? ? ? Radclive, John Killed police officer Joseph Steadman.
Sullivan, John 1898 March 12 hanged Westmorland County murder M white 36 mill labourer, former soldier and sailor ? Murdered Mrs Eliza Dutcher on 11 Sept 1897.
Gee, George 1904 July 22 hanged Woodstock murder M ? 23 ? ? Shot Millie Gee on 12 Mar 1904 in Homesville.
Cammack, Thomas 1905 January 12 hanged Woodstock murder M ? elderly ? Hayward, Sheriff Shot his brother-in-law, William Doherty, on 17 Jul 1904. Cammack's son was initially accused of the same crime but the charge was dismissed.
Collins, Thomas Francis 1907 November 15 hanged Hopewell murder M ? 22 rectory hired hand Radclive, John Killed Mary Ann MacAulay, a minister's cousin, in 1906.
Arosha, Tony 1909 May 04 hanged Victoria murder M white 19 labourer ? Shot Edward Green during a robbery.
Sepepil, Leon 1909 May 04 hanged Victoria murder M white ? ? ? Shot Edward Green during a robbery.
Swim, Bennie 1922 October 06 hanged Woodstock murder M ? ? ? Doyle, W.A., Gill, F.G. Murdered Olive and Harvey Trenholme.
Williams, Henry D. 1925 April 23 hanged Fredericton murder M white 37 farmhand, WWI veteran English, Arthur Shot two girls. Also known as Darius Thornton.
Pitre, Norman Joseph 1933 June 01 hanged Bathurst murder M ? 25 ? ? Killed George Smith in a shooting-robbery on 20 Apr 1932.
Bannister, Arthur William 1936 September 23 hanged Dorchester murder M ? 17 labourer English, Arthur He and his brother killed the Lake family.
Bannister, Daniel Robert 1936 September 23 hanged Dorchester murder M ? 20 labourer English, Arthur He and his brother killed the Lake family.
Oliver, John Arthur 1942 April 22 hanged Saint John murder M ? 63 watchman ? Shot Herbert Lobb on 27 Dec 1941.
Hutchings, Thomas Roland 1942 December 16 hanged St Andrews murder M white 21 RAF armourer Blanchard, Camille Raped and murdered 19 year-old Bernice Conners after a dance in Black's Harbour on 5 Jun 1942. Hutchings was from England.
Hefferman, Thomas Henry 1947 February 12 hanged Saint John murder M white 28 steelworker ? Raped and killed Leversey May Power . Hit her with a hammer and drowned her on 30 Sept 1946.
Hamilton, George 1949 July 27 hanged Fredericton murder M black/Native 23 petty thief, labourer ? Robbed and killed Norman Burgoyne.
Hamilton, Rufus 1949 July 27 hanged Fredericton murder M black/Native 22 petty thief ? Robbed and killed Norman Burgoyne.
Ayles, Clifford Edward 1956 November 06 hanged Saint John murder M ? 26 ? ? Stabbed David Allison Graves during a robbery on 20 Oct 1955.
Richard, Joseph Pierre 1957 December 11 hanged Dalhousie murder M white 29 lobster fisherman (fired) ? Sexually assaulted and strangled 13 year-old Mary Katherine de la Perelle on 09 Feb 1957. Last execution in New Brunswick.
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