Complex sentence: The first execution under the new law was carried out by William Calcraft on 13 August 1868 at Maidstone Gaol; eighteen-year-old Thomas Wells had been convicted of the murder of his employer, the stationmaster at Dover Priory railway station.
Split into simpler sentences: The first execution under the new law was carried out by William Calcraft on 13 August 1868 at Maidstone Gaol. Eighteen-year-old Thomas Wells had been convicted of the murder of his employer, the stationmaster at Dover Priory railway station.