Penitentiary Chapel History. On this day, 27th December 1922 George Carpenter was Executed. Edward Duncombe, known as ‘Old Deafy Duncombe’, lived about six kilometres from Swansea towards the Eastern Tiers. He ran a market garden and a small orchard. He was stone-deaf, very shortsighted and had only one leg. The locals believed that he had a substantial amount of money in his house. Duncombe was found shot dead on the 10th October 1922. His house had been ransacked. On the same day, Thomas Filbee Carpenter, a 37-year-old labourer of Swansea, was also found shot along with his dog. The following morning, Trooper Frederick Henderson was guarding Duncombe’s hut when the murderer appeared. When Henderson moved to arrest him, he too was shot and killed. George Carpenter, a 37-year-old man was eventually arrested and appeared in the Supreme Court, Hobart charged with killing his cousin, Thomas Filbee Carpenter by shooting. Footprints found near the body were compatible with the accused’s boots. The trial took two days, the jury spending the night in the Imperial Hotel in Collins Street. The next day, they travelled to Swansea to view the site of the killings. The trial resumed in Hobart and Carpenter was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was executed on the 27th December 1922, making a statement to the chaplain, which was not released to the press. There was a short burial service over the body before it was taken to Cornelian Bay Cemetery for internment in the section set aside for the burial of deceased prisoners. Find out more about the heinous history of The Tench through a guided tour. nationaltrusttas.rezdy/ Penitentiary Chapel Ghost Tour
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