Knight, Mary (1749–1788)
Knight, Mary (1749–1788)
English murderer. Born 1749; hanged at Warwick, Aug 24, 1778; widowed; children: at least 2 sons.
While living in Warwick, beat her younger son Roger with a stick when he failed to bring home enough corn from the fields, then closed him in the pantry where he died; was then seen by her surviving son and neighbors as she dumped son's body into the well.
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