Reginald Birchall
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Reginald Birchall (25 May 1866 – 14 Nov. 1890) was a convicted murderer who, after due process, was hanged at Woodstock, Ontario
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Birchall was born into a situation of some privilege in Lancashire, England. He attended Oxford where he has the dubious distinction of founding there the Black and Tan Club. He became heavily indebted and sold of his inheritance at a discount, purchasing a farm in Woodstock, Ontario. He traveled there with his new wife after an elopement, arriving in 1888. He was soon in debt there and left again for England. A scheme to defraud some wealthy people led him back to Canada with one of his victims. This person he murdered to silence him. He was caught, tried and hanged, making him one of the more colorful English emigrants of the time.
Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...
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Birchall was born into a situation of some privilege in Lancashire, England. He attended Oxford where he has the dubious distinction of founding there the Black and Tan Club. He became heavily indebted and sold of his inheritance at a discount, purchasing a farm in Woodstock, Ontario. He traveled there with his new wife after an elopement, arriving in 1888. He was soon in debt there and left again for England. A scheme to defraud some wealthy people led him back to Canada with one of his victims. This person he murdered to silence him. He was caught, tried and hanged, making him one of the more colorful English emigrants of the time.