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Criminal penalty. Death by hanging. Louisa Collins ( née Hall; formerly Andrews) 11 August 1847 – 8 January 1889) was an Australian convicted murderer. She lived in the Sydney suburb of Botany and married twice, with both husbands dying of arsenic poisoning under suspicious circumstances.
Law Order. True Crime Scene. Louisa Collins died in a gruesome 1889 hanging for husband’s murder, but did she do it? IT took four trials to convict Louisa Collins of poisoning one of two husbands, with her young daughter’s evidence the key to her fate. But was she guilty? Caroline Overington. 18 min read. November 20, 2014 - 10:00AM.
- Caroline Overington
4. Dez. 2022 · Despite three trials and three jury panels believing there was insufficient evidence to make a conviction, the Crown was dogged in its pursuit of a murder conviction. A fourth trial succeeded. Louisa was found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang by the neck until she was dead.
16. Okt. 2014 · As journalist Caroline Overington describes in her new book, Last Woman Hanged, Louisa's body jerked as she fell, her head was nearly severed and, afterwards, her windpipe was left exposed. Death sentence: Louisa Collins' prison card. courtesy of HarperCollins.
27. Mai 2014 · One hundred and 20 years ago, Louisa Collins was the last woman to be hanged in New South Wales. She was accused of a crime that flew in the face of convention — poisoning to death her two husbands.
21. Okt. 2014 · He was dead within a fortnight and an autopsy found the cause of death 'arsenical poisoning'. The 'Borgia of Botany' Collins was immediately charged and jailed, where she languished while her first husband's remains were exhumed.
'One woman. Two husbands. Four trials. One bloody execution. The last woman hanged in NSW. 'In January 1889, Louisa Collins, a 41-year-old mother of ten children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Both of Louisa's husbands died suddenly.
