JOHN TILESTON DOWNES
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 51-E: 1
Department: Hancock County, Maine, S.O.
End of Watch: January 28, 1811
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Downes was shot as he approached a suspect's house who was wanted for counterfeiting. The suspect was found guilty of murder and executed by hanging, the first act of official capital punishment in Maine.
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