This day Miss Berenice Hill was executedIn accordance with the sentence pronounced against him by the royal courtIn the morning the condemned woman was informed of her execution by the governor of the fortress upon hearing the court's sentence. At noon she was dressed in the dress of the tortured and delivered to La BourelleWho proceeded to prepare him with the guillotine by tying his wrists and arms and cutting his hair to free his neck.Led to the scaffold erected in the courtyard of the fortress, the condemned woman was strapped as required to the plank of the guillotine which tipped over and her neck inserted into the lunette.At 1:12 p.m. the executioner triggered the fall of the blade separating the head from the body of the condemned Berenice Hill

The Royal CourtHaving heard and judgedBerenice Hill,Who has appeared before usOn charges of theft, robbery, and defrauding of services,Finds the accused guiltyAs charged.We hereby declare the young woman, Berenice Hill,A thief and a swindler,And sentence herTo death by beheading.Consequently,We order that, on the appointed day,She be dressedIn the attire of those condemned to execution,Handed over to the executioner,And thus led into the courtyard of the fortressTo be guillotined—Granting her the mercy of a private execution.Until that day, the condemnedShall be held in confinementWithin the fortress.

Arrested in connection with a burglary, Berenice Hill was immediately placed in police custody within the holding cells of the courthouse.A search of her home uncovered numerous items that had been reported stolen.Accused of theft and larceny, she was brought before the court the very next day.