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William Duell was a 17-year old English boy convicted of raping and murdering Sarah Griffin in Acton London. He was sentenced to death. On 24 November 1740 he was hanged in Tyburn along with four others. His body hung for about 20 minutes before being cut down. It was then brought to the Surgeon’s Hall to be anatomized for a medical training college a common practice at the time.