At the gallows, convicted robber Hannah Dago breaks free and violently attacks the executioner before he can hang her.
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A grave, law-minded tour through mutiny, statute, and execution.
The episode moves from a mutiny on board the King George to the Coventry Act story, then into later convictions and executions. Its strength lies in the way it holds crime, law, and punishment in the same historical frame, so the legal detail feels part of the drama rather than…
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Press play if you want a mutiny-at-sea story that ends with execution.
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