Ruth Blay
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Ruth Blay was executed by hanging
, having been convicted of concealing the body of her illegitimate child in the floor of the barn next door to the house in which she was staying in New Hampshire
. She was granted 3 reprieves before the hanging.There is no evidence that a pardon was forthcoming. Blay was the last female executed in New Hampshire.
Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
, having been convicted of concealing the body of her illegitimate child in the floor of the barn next door to the house in which she was staying in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. She was granted 3 reprieves before the hanging.There is no evidence that a pardon was forthcoming. Blay was the last female executed in New Hampshire.