Joseph Burns (murderer)

Plaque in Devonport, Auckland, on the spot where Burns was hanged.

Joseph Burns (c. 1806 – 17 June 1848) was a New Zealand murderer, born in Liverpool, England.[1] He was the first European in New Zealand to be executed for a capital crime.[1] He was hanged on 17 June 1848[2][3] at what later became Devonport, today a suburb of Auckland.[4]

The plaque on the spot of his hanging erroneously states that this was also the place of the murders, and that the crime occurred in 1848.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mogford, Janice C. "Joseph Burns". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Papers Past – Daily Southern Cross – 17 June 1848 – A Murder by Law". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Papers Past – New Zealander – 21 June 1848 – Execution of Joseph Burns". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hanging of Joseph Burns, 1848". NZ History.


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