John Austin (died 7 November 1783) was an English footpad who became the last person to be hanged at the Tyburn gallows just outside London.
He was sentenced to death for the attempted murder of a labourer called John Spicer from Kent.
The Recorder of London, James Adair, described it as a "robbery with violence" that involved "cutting and wounding [...] in a cruel manner.
"[1] This hanging would mark the end of Tyburn, a village in Middlesex, being a place of executions for almost 600 years.
He would then be permitted to address the crowd, his last words were: However, for Austin the noose slipped up the back of his neck, and as the cart was taken from under him the slackness in the rope prevented rapid asphyxiation.