High treason in the United Kingdom sentenced to be shot or hanged for this offence instead of for treason (one death sentence was commuted). Theodore Schurch was the last person to be put to death for treachery, in 1946. He was also the last person to be executed for a crime other than murder. Josef Jakobs, a German spy executed for treachery, was the last person to be executed in the Tower of London. The Treachery Act 1940 was suspended in February 1946, and was repealed in 1967. In June 1945 the Treason Act 1945 abolished the special rules of evidence and procedure formerly used in
The Catcher Was a Spy (film) Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen and Shea Whigham joining in April. Principal photography lasted for 30 days. The film was set to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017, but the film was pulled out after it was realized that post-production would not be complete in time. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. IFC Films acquired the film and set a release date of June 22, 2018. "The Catcher Was a Spy" made $114,771 from 49 theaters in its opening weekend, for an average of $2,459 per venue. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes,