Dans son livre intitulé Hanging in Canada: Concise History of a Controversial Topic, Frank Anderson signale qu'une des premières pendaisons enregistrées au Canada a eu lieu en 1749.
Frank Anderson, in a book entitled, Hanging in Canada: Concise History of a Controversial Topic, reports that one of the first recorded hangings in Canada was in 1749, that of a sailor, Peter Carteel, convicted of murder.