Marie-Josephte Corriveau

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Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733 – (1763-04-18)April 18, 1763), better known as "la Corriveau", was a New French woman who was sentenced to death in 1763 by a British court martial for the murder of her second husband. She was hanged, and her body was placed in a gibbet on public display in Lévis. Becoming a well-known figure in Québécois folklore, she is the subject of many books and plays.

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