Robert Hubert

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Charge:	Murder and Arson
Sentence:	Death and Executed
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Year Convicted:	1666
Year Cleared:	1670
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution
Summary of Case:	"Robert Hubert was a French watchmaker wrongly accused, convicted and executed for starting the Great Fire of London that lasted four days from Sept. 2 to 6, 1666. He falsely confessed after being tortured into confessing. He was executed at the Tyburn gallows. Several "years later a Swedish ship's captain testified that he had landed the watchmaker [Robert Hubert] ashore two days after the fire had started." ("When London Started Over," Simon Winchester, The NY Times Book Review, 9-22-02, p 17) Hubert was exonerated approximately in 1670."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession after being tortured.
Innocence Proved By:	Swedish ship captain testified years later that Robert Hubert landed in England on his ship two days after the fire started.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"The Great Fire of London: In that Apocalyptic Year, 1666," Neil Hanson, John Wiley & Sons, NY 2002"
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Robert Hubert

Charge:

Murder and Arson

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1666

Year Cleared:

1670

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession after being tortured.

Innocence Proved By:

Swedish ship captain testified years later that Robert Hubert landed in England on his ship two days after the fire started.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Male

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"The Great Fire of London: In that Apocalyptic Year, 1666," Neil Hanson, John Wiley & Sons, NY 2002"

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""When London Started Over," Simon Winchester, The NY Times Book Review, 9-22-02, p 17"

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