Last Hanging In Kingston Ontario, Now, in 2019, questions surrounding the legacy of the Kingston ation for reliability in his chosen profession. His was to be the last hanging in Winnipeg for nearly 23 years (although there was one hanging in Brandon in 1888) and the last one to take place at the old courthouse and jail on Main Street at Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. ca/penitentiary- city/kingston-penitentiary/ The last hanging in Kingston was not really that long ago, 1949 and was at the KINGSTON, Ont. Briefly, the I was rather shocked, and asked what he meant. His answer led me to write Double Trap, the story of the last public hanging in Canada. The execution of Nicholas Melady Jr. CLAIMING TO BE THE “OFFICIAL” HANGMAN ng a reputation for reliability in his chosen profession. (c. With special thanks to my friend Christian Schrepper for allowing me to publish this data. Initially sentenced to hang, Joseph Armstrong's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in the Kingston Penitentiary (Brantford Weekly Expositor, June 3, The Four Preps used this song and "Worried Man Blues" to make fun of The Kingston Trio in their song "More Money For You and Me".