Executed

Name not reported

died 1735 · Georgia

Alice Riley was hanged in Georgia in 1735, according to a Death Penalty Information Center page that records her execution as the first known in the colony. The page gives her cause of death as hanging, and it places the execution after a murder conviction.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: historical newspaper account.

Source

Georgia Death Penalty Information Center

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