In order to achieve belated justice for the victims, there are still some countries around the world that maintain the death penalty, including Singapore, Japan, the United States, etc.; in fact, the death penalty in the 18th and 19th centuries was still a fairly common way to punish prisoners, and the government even publicly executed them in order to kill chickens and monkeys. In Scotland, England, there was a woman who was hanged for committing the crime of abandoning a baby, but after 30 minutes, she miraculously survived and became one of the legendary figures in history.
Maggie was hanged for concealing her pregnancy and on suspicion of murder, but miraculously survived.
Born in Ireland in 1702, Maggie grew up marrying a local fisherman, but was soon abandoned. In order to survive, Maggie found a job in a hotel in Kelso in 1723, and during the work, she met the owner's son, had a relationship, and became pregnant.
Because of her conservative thinking at the time, Maggie feared that she and her boss's son would be expelled after the affair was exposed, and was criticized by the local church elders, so she concealed the fact of pregnancy, but finally could not keep the child, she sadly took the dead baby to the Riveri Tweed to bury the body, only to be found and raised, and was taken to Grass Square in Edinburgh for public execution according to the crimes of "Concealment of Pregnancy" and "suspected murder". According to the sentence, she was hanged, and the execution lasted about 30 minutes before the executioner put her back on the ground.
Maggie's family took the body back to her hometown to prepare for burial, on the way relatives and friends rested in a bar, the coffin actually had a commotion, as soon as it was opened, it was found that Maggie was not dead at all, and a fierce debate was launched in this amazing development court, and finally believed that Maggie's punishment had been executed, she was indeed punished, and even the doctor at the time also pronounced her "dead", so it was impossible to hang her again, and Maggie earned 40 more years of life, and "Halfh Hangit Maggie" The local bar ,Maggie Dickson pub, also named after her, is just a few metres from Grasse Square, where the hanging was carried out, and is still open today.