Having nothing to say, Poo was sentenced to death by hanging and removed to Adelaide Gaol. Mah Poo waited out his execution date at Adelaide Gaol in the condemned cell. At first he would not eat and developed a sulky attitude. He was visited constantly by the City Missionary, Mr Berry.

Mah Poo was convicted and sentenced to death on 13 October. He was hanged at Adelaide gaol at 8 a.m. on 10 November 1883. Several days before his execution, Mah Poo admitted killing Ah Fook, because he "was always cursing and swearing" at him, so Mah Poo lost his temper and shot him. He claimed that he did not rob him.-----

The extreme penalty of the law was carried out at the Adelaide Gaol on Saturday morning, November 10, on the Chinaman Mah Poo, who was convicted at the last Criminal ...

The final hanging on a portable gallows, in the Adelaide Gaol, was Mah Poo in 1883. After Mah Poo, there was to be an 11 year period where no hangings took place. The gallows were soon to become a permanent fixture, no doubt largely due to the costs associated with erecting and dismantling of a portable gallows.

Prisoners list: Adelaide Gaol hangings and executions. Below is a list of inmates who were hung at the gallows in Adelaide Gaol. In addition to this, there were five public executions in Adelaide and sixteen executions in various South Australian country locations.

The tragedy which terminated at the Adelaide Gaol on Saturday morning, November 10, was commenced in Hindley, street on August 10, exactly throe months before. ...

퐎퐍 퐓퐇퐈퐒 퐃퐀퐘 퐓퐡퐞 퐂퐞퐬퐬 퐏퐢퐭 퐌퐮퐫퐝퐞퐫 – 퐌퐚퐡 퐏퐨퐨 (퐁퐚퐫퐤 퐁퐨퐰, 퐌퐮퐜퐤 퐏퐨퐨) Mah Poo (Bark Bow, Muck Poo) was hanged on 10/11/1895 at the Portable gallows inside Gaol between the walls for the killing of...

The execution of a Chinaman, Mah Poo, took place at the gaol on 10 November 1883. He was a man of 26 years, who hailed from one of the most barbaric parts of the celestial Empire. He graduated in English, reading, writing and arithmetic in the Stockade.

In front of Gaol (Public) Permanent Gallows in New Building.

Most executions in South Australia were at the Adelaide Gaol. Several at Mount Gambier and, prior to the gaol opening, in random locations. South Australia was a settlement that was not founded on convicts, and as such, being a free colony …