James Freeman – ‘Hang or be Hanged’.    ‘For here was an opportunity of establishing a Jack Ketch who Should, in all future Executions, either Hang or be Hanged’. Dr John White, Chief Medical Officer, First Fleet Journal. 1788 –  Friday 29th February: Shaped as another busy day for the infant colony’s’ criminal court. To … Continue reading CATCH 22 – JAMES FREEMAN