28 December

Williams is found hanged in his cell; the magistrates declare him guilty.

Ratcliff Highway murders Disputed verdict

Seven people killed in two East London households twelve days apart in 1811. The suspect hanged himself before trial, and doubts have outlived him.

Virgil Earp is ambushed and badly wounded by unknown gunmen.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Acquitted

About thirty shots in thirty seconds on Fremont Street, Tombstone, in 1881: three Cowboys dead, the Earps charged with murder, and a month-long hearing.