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# Half Hanged Maggie
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/half-hanged-maggie-16630238/
- Published: 2022-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: half-hanged Maggie was her name this is how her story went the event that brought her fame you might think was heaven-sent 'tis a tale of subterfuge a town judge that was a scrooge but in justice did relent
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

half-hanged Maggie was her name  
this is how her story went  
the event that brought her fame  
you might think was heaven-sent  
'tis a tale of subterfuge  
a town judge that was a scrooge  
but in justice did relent

she was hanged: adultery,  
the concealing of a child  
was the charge: what doltery  
she was hanged for it, but smiled  
in the coffin, she woke up  
the town judge -- he then spoke up  
double jeopardy -- thus filed

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**Author notes:** https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/half-hangit-maggie-scots-woman-who-survived-hanging-622567