Quote Originally Posted by Flickerdart View Post
The best thing to do at the execution is cast Mayhem from a scroll (and you will have a scroll, Mayhem scrolls are everywhere, it's ridiculous). You only get fined for one casting of a spell, and in exchange get to loot pretty much everybody's stuff. Do you know how awesome the headsman's axe is? It is so awesome.
You can also get it by going into the dungeon (or getting jailed) and killing the executioner.