On 19 April 1779, clergyman James Hackman was hanged there following his 7 April murder of courtesan and socialite Martha Ray, the mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. The Tyburn gallows were last used on 3 November 1783, when John Austin, a highwayman, was hanged; for the next eighty-five years, hangings were staged outside Newgate prison. Then, in 1868, due to public disorder during these public executions, it was decided to execute the convicts inside the prison.
On 19 April 1779 clergyman James Hackman was hanged there following his 7 April murder of courtesan and socialite Martha Ray the mistress of John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich The Tyburn gallows were last used on 3 November 1783 when John Austin a highwayman was hanged; for the next eighty-five years hangings were staged outside Newgate prison Then in 1868 due to public disorder during these public executions it was decided to execute the convicts inside the prison