1777
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- January 27: John Aitken, a.k.a. "John the Painter," pro-American Revolutionary War saboteur, is arrested in Odiham, Hampshire, England.
- February 2: Interrogation of John Aitken, a.k.a. "John the Painter," by the Admiralty Board. Aitken is without legal counsel.
- March 6: Trial of John Aitken in Winchester's Great Hall. The crown deploys 5 prosecutors while Aitken is without legal counsel.
- March 10: John Aitken, aged 28, is executed by hanging from the 60 foot mast of the Arethusa. His body is gibbeted.
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