Green’s Dictionary of Slang

twisted adj.¹

hanged.

1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1809		G. Andrewes Dict. Sl. and Cant.
1812		Vaux Vocab. of the Flash Lang.
1822		Egan Life and Adventures of Samuel Hayward 176: He was afraid he should be twisted*. [*A cant phrase for being hanged].
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1827		Egan Anecdotes of the Turf, the Chase etc. 182: Harry might either be lagged or twisted the first sessions after their marriage.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum.