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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. He was the first European in New Zealand to be executed for a capital crime. He was hanged on 17 June 1848 at what later became Devonport, today a suburb of Auckland.

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.

References

  1. ^ 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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