Ann Davis (convict)

Ann Davis (c. 1758–1789) was the first woman to be legally executed in the Colony of New South Wales. She arrived in Sydney as a convict on board the First Fleet in January 1788 and was executed on 23 November the next year after being convicted of stealing clothing. The trial that led to Davis's execution was the first to involve a civilian jury in the colony, with twelve women being empanelled to assess whether she was pregnant after a jury of male military personnel found her to be guilty.