THE NEWGATE CALENDAR
Contents
Part I
PREFACE
To the 1780 Edition
PREFACE
To Knapp and Baldwin's edition
THE PREFACE
By John Osborn
THOMAS DUN
Head of a Gang of Outlaws, on Account of whom King Henry I. is credibly
supposed to have built Dunstable. Executed Piecemeal.
SIR GOSSELIN
DENVILLE
Head of a Gang of Robbers who had the audacity, so it is said, to hold up
King Edward II.
ALICE ARDEN of FEVERSHAM
Executed with her lover Mosbie and Others in the
Year 1551 for the Murder of her Husband
LORD STOURTON AND FOUR OF HIS SERVANTS
Executed 6th of March, 1556, for the Murder Of William Hartgill,
Esq., and his Son John, of Kilmington,
Somerset, after an implacable Persecution
THOMAS WYNNE
Housebreaker and Palacebreaker, whom Conscience
made confess a Murder twenty years afterwards. Executed in the Reign of Queen
Elizabeth
ALISTER
MACGREGOR
Who, for slaughtering the Laird of Luss's Friends,
caused the Name of Macgregor to be abolished. Executed in 1604
ROBERT
CREIGHTON, BARON OF SANQUIRE
Executed in 1612 for the Murder of John Turner, who had accidentally put out
one of his Eyes
SAWNEY
BEAN
An incredible Monster who, with his Wife, lived by Murder and Cannibalism in
a Cave. Executed at Leith with his whole Family in the Reign of James I
THOMAS WITHERINGTON,
JONATHAN WOODWARD AND JAMES PHILPOT
Who, in the Reign of King James I. were the first to hear the Exhortation of
the Bellman of St Sepulchre's
ARTHUR NORCOTT AND MARY NORCOTT, HIS
MOTHER
Executed in 1629 for the Murder of the former's Wife after the Test of
touching the Body
WALTER TRACEY
To whom is attributed a poetic Encounter with Ben Jonson. Executed in 1634
after a Robbery On the Duke Of Buckingham
SAWNEY CUNNINGHAM
An abandoned Villain who inveigled and murdered his Wife's Lover, murdered
his Uncle, terrorised the Country-side, and was executed at Leith, 12th of
April, I635
ISAAC ATKINSON
A Highwayman who specialised in robbing Lawyers. Hanged at Tyburn in 1640
WILLAM BRANDON ALIAS JACK KETCH
Who beheaded King Charles the First.
PATRICK FLEMMING
An Irish Highwayman who held Sway near the Bog of Allen and, after numerous
Murders, was executed On 24th of April, 1650
CAPTAIN ZACHARY
HOWARD
A Royalist who lost his Estates and turned Highwayman. Executed 1652
CAPTAIN JAMES
HIND
A Famous Highwayman who robbed Roundheads and even made an Attempt on
Cromwell. Executed 24th of September, 1652
CAPTAIN PHILIP
STAFFORD
Whose Patrimony being sequestered by the Roundheads took to the Highway and
was hanged at Reading
MAJOR GEORGE STRANGWAYES
Executed 28th of February, 1658, for the Murder of the Man who married his
Sister
GILDER-ROY
A most barbarous Murderer of his Mother and Sister, who led a bloodthirsty
Gang of Outlaws in Scotland and hanged a Judge. Executed in April, 1658
THOMAS GRAY
Nephew to the Exeter Hangman, who turned Thief and Highwayman, and ended by
marrying an Heiress. His Autobiography written about 1660
JOHN, RICHARD
AND JOAN PERRY
Mother and Sons, executed in 1661 on the false Statement of the First for
the alleged Murder of Mr William Harrison, who appeared alive two Years later
after strange Adventures
COLONEL JAMES
TURNER
A Spendthrift London Merchant, against whom three Robberies from other
Merchants were proved. Executed 21st of January, 1663
MOSES DRAYNE
Ostler, hanged at Brentwood in 1667 for the
Murder (by a Chelmsford Innkeeper and his Family some Years before) of Thomas Kidderminster,
a Guest.
MARY FRITH
OTHERWISE MOLL CUTPURSE
A famous Master-Thief and an Ugly, who dressed like a Man, and died in 1663
SAWNY DOUGLAS
A Scottish Highwayman who laid England under toll, and took a Copy of
"Chevy Chase" to Tyburn when he was hanged
on 10th of September, 1664
JAMES BATSON
A Rogue who became a pretty Soldier and saw much of Europe, finally dying by
the Rope at home in 1666
THOMAS SAVAGE
A Profligate Apprentice who murdered a Fellow-Servant, was executed twice,
and finally buried 28th of October, 1668
THE REV. ROBERT
HAWKINS
The Subject of a foul Conspiracy on the Part of Henry Larrimore and Sir John
Croke that failed at Aylesbury Assizes, 11th of
March, 1669
STEPHEN EATON,
GEORGE ROADES AND SARAH SWIFT
Executed 14th of July, 1669, for the Murder of the Rev. John Talbot; their
Accomplice, Henry Prichard, being reprieved
CLAUDE DU VALL
A Frenchman who, coming to England, became by his Politeness and Gallantry
on the Road the Romantic Darling of the Ladies. Executed 21st of January, 1670
THOMAS WILMOT
A Notorious Highwayman who hated and maltreated Women. Executed 30th of
April, 1670
THOMAS BLOOD,
GENERALLY CALLED COLONEL BLOOD
Who stole the Crown from the Tower of London on 9th of May, 1671
MARY CARLETON,
THE GERMAN PRINCESS
A Kentish Adventuress who travelled the Continent, acquired several
Husbands, and was executed on 22nd of January, 1673, for returning from
Transportation
ANDREW
RUTHERFORD OF TOWNHEAD
Executed for the Murder of James Douglass, Brother to Sir William Douglass
of Cavers, on 25th of November, 1674
GEORGE CLERK
AND JOHN RAMSAY
Executed 1st of March, 1675, for poisoning John Anderson, an Edinburgh
Merchant; Kennedy, the Chemist's Apprentice who supplied them, being banished
PHILIP, EARL OF
PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY
Tried for the Murder of Nathaniel Cony by his Brother Peers in 1678 and
found guilty of Manslaughter later
THE REV. ROBERT
FOULKES
Executed 31st of January, 1679, for the Murder of his newly-born Babe
CAPTAIN RICHARD
DUDLEY
[Note: The two versions of this man's life given in different editions are
so dissimilar that they may be two different men. Both are given here]
CAPTAIN VRATZ, JOHN STERN AND GEORGE BOROSKY
Foreigners who murdered Thomas Thynn, Esq., in Pall Mall, on behalf, it was alleged, of Count Coningsmark. Executed 10th of March, 1682
WILLIAM NEVISON
A Highwayman who, dying Of the Plague as was thought, reappeared as his own
Ghost, and was finally executed at York in 1684
JOHN COTTINGTON ALIAS MUL-SACK
Chimney-Sweep, Pickpocket and Highwayman, who brought off some big Coups.
Executed in April, 1655
EDWARD AND JOAN
BRACEY
Who robbed on the Highway together, the Woman being executed in 1685 and the
Man being killed by a Gunshot Wound
JONATHAN
SIMPSON
A Highwayman who was witty with a Halter round his Neck and, being
reprieved, found that Newgate would not have him. Executed 8th of September,
1686
WILLIAM CADY
A Highwayman who shot a Woman before the Eyes of her Husband for the
Wedding-Ring she had swallowed. Executed in 1687
PHILIP
STANSFIELD, SON OF SIR JAMES STANSFIELD
Executed 15th of February, 1688, for the Murder of his Father and for High
Treason
JOHN CHISLIE OF DALRY
Hanged 3rd of April, 1689, for the Murder of the Right Hon. Sir George
Lockhart, of Cornwath, Lord President of the Court of
Sessions, after being tortured under a Special Act
WILLIAM BEW
Who practised the Art of Flattery on the Highway. Executed 17th of April,
1689
PATRICK O'BRYAN
Hanged once for Highway Robbery, but lived to rob and murder the Man for
whom he had been executed. Finally hanged 30th of April, 1689
THOMAS RUMBOLD
Who, if all the Stories about him be true, was a very notable Cheat.
Executed in 1689
WILLIAM DAVIS,
THE GOLDEN FARMER
Who was Farmer and Highwayman for Forty-two Years without his Neighbours
suspecting. Executed 20th of December, 1689
JACK BIRD
A Highwayman who boxed an Earl's Chaplain for Twenty Guineas. Executed 12th
of March, 1690
OLD MOBB
A Highwayman who took to cheating the Citizens of London. Executed 30th of
May, 1690
TOM KELSEY
An audacious young Thief who robbed the Tent of King William in Flanders and
stabbed a Newgate Turnkey. Executed 13th Of June, 1690
SIR JOHN
JOHNSTON
Executed at Tyburn, 23rd of December, 1690 , for
assisting to steal an Heiress
JACK WITHRINGTON
One of five Brothers, all of whom were hanged. He earned Fame for his
Courage, challenged the Captain of his Regiment; turned Gamester, Thief and
Highwayman. Executed 1st of April, 1691
JACOB HALSEY
The Quaker Highwayman, who after being fooled by a "Spirit" led a
Life of Crime, and was executed at Maidstone in April, 1691
WILL MACQUEER
Who stole the Lord Chancellor's Mace and delighted in robbing Army Officers
on the Highway. Executed at Tyburn, 1st of May, 1691
TOM COX
A Handsome Highwayman who robbed the King's Jester and even held up men of
his own Trade. Executed 3rd of June, 1691
JACK COLLET
ALIAS COLE
Highwayman, who robbed in the Habit of a Bishop. Executed at Tyburn, 5th of July, 1691, for Sacrilegious Burglary
TOM WATERS
Highwayman, who held up Gipsies, robbed a Vice-Admiral, and was executed on
17th of July, 1691
MOLL JONES
Who became a Shoplifter for Love of her Husband. Executed at Tyburn 18th of December, 1691
TOM TAYLOR
Who, getting literally hooked as a Pickpocket, turned House-breaker.
Executed 18th of December, 1691, for using Arson as a means to Theft
HENRY HARRISON,
GENT.
Sentenced to Death 6th of April, 1692, for strangling Dr Clenche
in a Coach
JOCELIN HARWOOD
Highwayman, who committed such Barbarous Murders that his Associates gave
him up to Justice. Executed in 1692
SIMON FLETCHER
A most expert Pickpocket, who captained the Thieves of London. Executed in
1692
MADAM MARY
BUTLER
Mistress of the Duke of Buckingham, fined Five Hundred Pounds for forging a
Bond for Forty Thousand Pounds, and died in Newgate Prison in 1692
WILLIAM JONES
(ALIAS GOODWIN) AND JOHN BARBER
Two Highwaymen caught at the same Robbery and &executed together on 26th
of July, 1693
JAMES LEONARD
Eighteen-year-old Highwayman, who tried to cut the Fatal Rope, and died with
a Laugh in 1693
EDWARD HINTON
Highwayman, who was such a Danger to Society that he was condemned and
executed on the same Day, in 1694
TOM AUSTIN
Highwayman, guilty of unparalleled Butchery. He murdered his Aunt, Wife and
Seven Children. Executed in August, 1694
JAMES WHITNEY
Notorious Highwayman, who believed in dressing well. Executed at Smithfield,
19th of December, 1694
GEORGE SEAGER
A Rogue of a Soldier, who deserted from Johnny Gibson's Regiment and turned
Burglar. Executed 27th of January, 1697
WILLIAM JOYCE
A Chawbacon who, coming to London, was fleeced, so
took to fleecing Others. Executed in July, 1696
DR FRANCIS
SALISBURY AND THOMAS HOUGHTON
Executed at Tyburn, 3rd of November, 1697, for
forging a Sixpenny Stamp
WILL HOLLYDAY
Captain of the Ragged Regiment of the Black Guards, which Commission he
threw up to take to the Highway. Executed 22nd of December, 1697
JOHN SHORTER
Highwayman, who conspired a Revolt in Newgate and saw the Ghost of another
Malefactor there. Executed 22nd of December, 1697
SPENCER COWPER,
ESQ.; JOHN MARSON, ELLIS
STEVENS AND WILLIAM ROGERS, GENTS.
Tried for murder at Hertford Assizes and acquitted, 16th of July, 1699
TOM ROWLAND
Who worked the Highway disguised as a Woman for Eighteen Years. Executed
24th of October, 1699
JOHN BELLINGHAM
Son of a Justice, who took to the Highway, and was executed 27th of October,
1699, for Forgery
WILLIAM MORELL
A "Cavalier" Doctor and Fraudulent Impersonator, who continued his
Cheats even after his Death in 1700
JOHN LARKIN
Who committed so many Forgeries and Cheats that he had not Time to confess
them all before he died, on 19th of April, 1700
MICHAEL VAN BERGHEN, CATHERINE VAN BERGHEN
AND DROMELIUS, THEIR SERVANT, PUBLICANS
Executed 10th of July, 1700, for the Murder of their Guest, Mr Oliver Norris
GEORGE CADDELL
Executed for the Cruel Murder of Miss Price, Whom he had Seduced and
Promised Marriage
JOHN HOLLIDAY
OR SIMPSON
Housebreaker and Highwayman, who robbed a King at Hertford, and a Church,
and was hanged at Tyburn in 1700
GEORGE
GRIFFITHS
Who courted his Master's Daughter and then robbed him. Hanged at Tyburn on 1st of August, 1700 .
THE REV. THOMAS
HUNTER, M.A.
Executed on 22nd of August, 1700, near Edinburgh, for the diabolical Murder
out of Revenge of the Two Children of Mr Gordon
JOHN COWLAND, GENTLEMAN
Who suffered Death on 20th of December, 1700, for stabbing Sir Andrew Slanning, Baronet, near Drury Lane Theatre
CAPTAIN JOHN
KIDD
Known as the "Wizard of the Seas," who suffered for Piracy, at
Execution Dock, 23rd of May, 1701
HERMAN STRODTMAN
Executed at Tyburn, 18th of June, 1701, for the
Murder of Peter Wolter, his Fellow-Apprentice
MARY ADAMS
Executed for privately stealing, 16th June, 1702
MARY CHANNEL
Famous for her Wit and Beauty, compelled to marry a Man she detested,
poisoned him, and was executed in 1703, at the age of 18
TIM BUCKLEY
Highwayman, who fell after a hot Battle, and was hanged in 1701
TOM JONES
Highwayman, executed at Launceston, 25th of April, 1702, for robbing a
Farmer's Wife
DICK BAUF
Who executed his own Parents, and from a Pickpocket became a Cat Burglar,
and then a Highwayman. Executed at Dublin, 15th of May, 1702
ALEXANDER
BALFOUR
A Man of noble Family, who was convicted for the Murder of Mr Syme, escaped from Prison, and lived Fifty Years after the
Day fixed for his Execution by the "Maiden" or Guillotine
THOMAS ESTRICK
Executed for housebreaking on the 10th of March, 1703.
JACK WITHERS
A sacrilegious Villain who murdered a Footman and was executed on the 16th
of April, 1703
JOHN PETER DRAMATTI
Executed at Tyburn, on 21st of July, 1703, for the
Murder of his Wife, who said she was allied to the French Royal Family
THOMAS COOK
Murdered a Constable during a Riot in Mayfair, and was executed on 11th of
August, 1703
MOLL RABY
Who robbed many Houses, and was hanged at Tyburn
on 3rd of November, 1703
MOLL HAWKINS
A "Question Lay" Thief, whose End was at Tyburn,
on 22nd of December, 1703
HARVEY
HUTCHINS
Apprenticed as a Thief and became an expert Housebreaker. Executed at Tyburn in 1704
TOM SHARP
Resourceful Thief, Coiner and Trickster. Executed in Long Acre on 22nd
September, 1704
JOHN SMITH
Who proved that a Peruke-Maker does not make a good Highwayman, for his
Career lasted only a Week. Executed 20th of December, 1704
EDWARD
JEFFERIES
Murderer, executed at Tyburn, on the 21st Of
September, 1705.
JOHN SMITH
Convicted of Robbery, reprieved while actually hanging upon the Scaffold,
24th of December, I 705, and afterwards had two other Escapes from Death
ROGER LOWEN
Executed for Murder, 25th October, 1706
ARTHUR
CHAMBERS
A Master of Thieves' Slang, who was full of Artful Tricks, which, however,
did not save him from the Gallows at Tyburn, where he
found himself in 1706
JACK GOODWIN
ALIAS PLUMP
A young but expert Thief, who was executed at Tyburn
in 1706 for Burglary
WILLIAM ELBY OTHERWISE DUNN
An Armed Criminal, who was hanged for Burglary and Murder at Fulham on the
13th of September, 1707
JOHN HERMAN
BRIAN
Executed for robbing and burning the House of Peter Persode,
Esq., St James's Street, Westminster, in October,
1707
JACK HALL
Who, with two Associates named Bunce and Low, committed many Robberies, and
was executed at Tyburn in 1707
DICK LOW
Who started thieving at the Age of Eleven. Executed at Tyburn
in 1707, when twenty-five years old
WILLIAM GREGG
Spy, executed at Tyburn on the 28th of April, 1708
JOHN MORGRIDGE
Murderer, executed at Tyburn, on the 28th of
April, 1708.
JACK OVET
An amorous Highwayman, who was executed at Leicester in May, 1708
ANNE HARRIS
Although only Twenty when she was executed at Tyburn,
on 13th of July, 1708, she was a notorious Shoplifter, and her two Husbands had
already suffered the Death Penalty
MADAM
CHURCHILL
Who with three Men committed a Murder, and was executed at Tyburn on I 7th of December, 1708
CAPTAIN EVAN
EVANS
Clerk to Sir Edmund Andrews, in Guernsey, and later Highwayman in England.
Executed in 1708
DICK HUGHES
A Robber whose thoughtful Wife bought the Rope to hang him. Executed at Tyburn in June, 1709.
CHRISTOPHER SLAUGHTERFORD
Executed at Guildford, July 9, 1709, for the murder of Jane Young
GRACE TRIPP
Convicted of Murder on Evidence of the actual Perpetrator of the Crime, and
executed at the Age of Nineteen at Tyburn, 27th of
March, 1710
DANIEL DAMAREE, GEORGE PURCHASE, and FRANCIS WILLIS
Tried for High-Treason.
JACK ADDISON
Committed fifty-six Highway Robberies, and was executed at Tyburn in March, 1711
RICHARD
THORNHILL, ESQ
Convicted of Manslaughter on 18th of May, 1711, for killing Sir Cholmondeley
Deering in a Duel
TOM GERRARD
Taught a Dog to pick Pockets, and was executed for Housebreaking at Tyburn in August, 1711
WILL MAW
Having committed a Robbery, Maw ordered his Wife to organise a Mock Funeral,
so that People should think he was dead. He was executed at Tyburn
in October 1711
DAVY MORGAN
Executed at Presteigne in April, 1712, for
murdering Edward Williams
ELIZABETH
MASON
Executed for the murder of her godmother, 18th June, 1712
ELIZABETH CHIVERS
Executed for the murder of her bastard child, 1st August, 1712
COLONEL JOHN
HAMILTON
Convicted of Manslaughter, 11th of September, 1712, as Second in a Duel between
the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mahon
RICHARD TOWN
Executed at Tyburn, December 23, 1712, for
Fraudulent Bankruptcy
JACK BLEWIT
Was taken into Slavery by the Blacks on Pirates' Island. After gaining his
Liberty and returning to England he became a Highwayman. Executed in 1713 for
the Murder of a Farmer's Daughter
TOM GRAY
Highwayman who set Fire to a Prison. Executed at Tyburn
in March, 1713
NED BONNET
Took to the Highway because he was ruined by a Fire. Executed at Cambridge
Castle in March, 1713
RICHARD NOBLE
Executed at Kingston, March 28, 1713, For the Murder of Mrs. Sayer.
DICK ADAMS
Once pretended to be the Bishop of London's Nephew in order to escape from a
Man he had robbed. Executed at Tyburn, 1713
NED WICKS
Highway Robber, executed at Warwick Jail in 1713 for Robbery
JACK SHRIMPTON
Convicted for Murder and Highway Robberies. Executed
WILL LOWTHER
Executed on Clerkenwell Green for the Murder of
Edward Perry, December, 1713
RODERICK
AUDREY
With the Assistance of a Sparrow he committed many Robberies, and was
executed at Tyburn in 1714 at the age of Sixteen
MACCARTNEY
Hanged at Gloucester Jail in April, 1714, for the Murder of one Mr Beachere
WILL OGDEN AND
TOM REYNOLDS
Housebreakers and Highwaymen. Executed at Kingston-upon-Thames in April,
1714
HENRY PLUNKET
Murderer, executed at Tyburn, on the 22nd of September,1714.
WILLIAM
JOHNSON AND JANE HOUSDEN
Executed in September, 1714, for the Murder of a Turnkey in the Court at the
Old Bailey
THOMAS
DOUGLASS
Murderer, executed at Tyburn on the 27th of
October, 1714.
WILL CHANCE
Robbed his Uncle by Forgery, and then turned Footpad. Was executed at Tyburn in April, 1715
NATHANIEL
PARKHURST, ESQ.
Executed for the Murder of Lewis Pleura, 20th May, 1715
ZACHARY CLARE
Highwayman, who was captured after a Fight, and executed with James Lawrence
in August, 1715, at Warwick Jail
THE FIRST
REBELLION IN SCOTLAND.
Account of the rise and progress of the rebellion in Scotland, 1715;
With full accounts of the principal traitors who were executed.
COLONEL HENRY OXBURGH,
Executed at Tyburn, May 14, 1716, for High
Treason.
RICHARD
GASCOIGNE
Executed at Tyburn, May 25; 1716, for High
Treason.
REV. WILLIAM
PAUL
Executed at Tyburn, July 18, 1716, for High
Treason.
JOHN HALL, ESQ.
Executed at Tyburn, July 18,1716, for High
Treason.
ROBERT WHITTY,
FELIX O'HARA, AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN
Executed at Tyburn, July 18,1716, for High
Treason.
JAMES GOODMAN
Executed March 12, 1716, for Horse Stealing, &c.
HENRY POWEL
Highwayman, executed at Tyburn, on the 23rd of
December, 1715.
JOHN HAMILTON,
ESQ.
Tried in Scotland for Murder, and beheaded by the Maiden, 30th of June, 1716
JAMES QUIN, ESQ.
The Celebrated Tragedian, tried for Murder at the Old Bailey in 1717, and
convicted of Manslaughter
THE MARQUIS DE
PALEOTTI
An Italian Nobleman, executed at Tyburn for the
Murder of his Servant, 17th of March, 1718.
JOSEPH STILL
Executed At Stanford-Hill, March, 22, 1717, For Murder
JAMES SHEPPARD
Jacobite, who plotted to assassinate King George I. Executed 17th March,
1718
JOHN PRICE,
COMMONLY CALLED JACK KETCH
A Rogue and Liar, who was not believed when he spoke the Truth. He held the
Office of Common Hangman, and was himself hanged in Bunhill
Fields in May, 1718, for murdering a Woman
JAMES FILEWOOD ALIAS VILET
Convicted of picking Pockets, and sentenced to Death. Executed at Tyburn in October, 1718
CATHERINE
JONES
Tried for Bigamy
LIEUTENANT
EDWARD BIRD
Took a Pinch of Snuff just before his Execution at Tyburn,
on 23rd of February, 1719, for murdering a Waiter
MARK ANTHONY
DE LA PORTE
A Catholic priest, sentenced to life imprisonment for performing a
Catholic marriage, 4th March 1719
NICHOLAS
HORNER
A Minister's Son who turned Highwayman, and was executed 3rd of April, 1719
THOMAS BUTLER,
Esq.
Highwayman, executed at Tyburn, on the 8th Of
February 1720.
BARBARA
SPENCER
Executed at Tyburn on the 5th of July, 1721, for
Coining. She was probably the first Woman to suffer the Death Penalty for what
was regarded as Treason
MATTHEW CLARKE
Executed for murder, 28th July, 1721
WILLIAM SHAW
Executed in 1721 for "Murdering" his Daughter, who, it was
afterwards proved, committed Suicide
JOHN MEFF
Executed for Returning from Transportation
ARTHUR GRAY
Convicted of Burglary
NATHANIEL
HAWES
Highwayman, who underwent Torture for the Sake of his Honour. Executed at Tyburn, 21st of December, 1721.
ARUNDEL COOKE,
ESQ., AND JOHN WOODBURNE
The First who suffered Death under the Coventry Act. Executed at Bury St
Edmunds, 5th of April, 1722
JOHN HARTLEY
AND THOMAS REEVES
Footpads, who were executed at Tyburn on the 4th
of May, 1722, after One had, by a Ruse, petitioned the King
JOHN HAWKINS
AND JAMES SIMPSON
Highwaymen and Mail Robbers. Executed at Tyburn on
the 21st of May, 1722
WILLIAM
BURRIDGE
Executed at Tyburn, May 22, 1722, for
Horse-stealing.
NATHANIEL
JACKSON
Highwayman, executed at Tyburn, on the 18th of
July, 1722
THOMAS BUTLOGE
Robber, hanged at Tyburn, for basely betraying
his trust, in robbing his master, on the 18th of July, 1722
MARGARET
FISHER
Sentenced to death for privately stealing, but afterwards pardoned,
September, 1722
MATTHIAS BRINSDEN
Executed for killing his wife.
ROBERT
WILKINSON, JAMES LINCOLN, AND THOMAS MILKSOP
Murderers, executed at Tyburn, Sept. 24, 1722.
WILLIAM
SPIGGOT AND THOMAS PHILLIPS
Who suffered the Torture for refusing to plead. Executed at Tyburn, 23rd of February, 1723, for Robbery
RICHARD OAKEY,
JOHN LEVEY, AND MATTHEW FLOOD
Executed at Tyburn, on the 23rd of February, 1723,
for robbery
JACOB SAUNDERS
Who murdered a Farmer at Caversham, and was
arrested at Church. Executed in March, 1723
CHRISTOPHER
LAYER, ESQ.
Executed at Tyburn, March 15, 1723, for High
Treason.
WILLIAM BURK
After an adventurous Seafaring Life as a Boy he became a Robber, and was
executed at Tyburn on the 8th of April, 1723
SARAH PRIDDON, alias SALLY SALISBURY
Convicted of stabbing a gentleman in a brothel
ALEXANDER DAY,
Alias MARMADUKE DAVENPORT, ESQ.
A Sharper
WILLIAM HAWKSWORTH
Soldier, who killed a Civilian with his Musket in St James's Park. Executed
at Tyburn on the 17th of June, 1723
THOMAS ATHOE, THE ELDER, AND THOMAS ATHOE,
THE YOUNGER
Executed for murder
CAPTAIN JOHN
MASSEY
Executed at Execution-Dock, July 26, 1723, for Piracy. (A Very Hard
Case.)
PHILIP ROCHE
Executed on 5th of August, 1723, for many Murders on the High Seas and
Piracy
WILLIAM DUCE, JAMES BUTLER, -- WADE, and -- MEADS
A desperate and cruel gang of murderers and footpads. Executed at Tyburn, August 14, 1723.
HUMPHRY ANGIER
Executed at Tyburn, September 9, 1723, for
Robbery.
RICHARD PARVIN, EDWARD ELLIOT, ROBERT KINGSHELL,
HENRY MARSHALL, EDWARD PINK, JOHN PINK AND JAMES ANSELL
The "Waltham Blacks," who were executed at Tyburn,
4th of December, 1723, for Murder and Deer-Stealing
JOHN STANLEY
An Insolent Puppy who presumed on his Swordsmanship. Executed at Tyburn, 23rd of December, 1723, for murdering his Mistress
STEPHEN
GARDENER
Executed at Tyburn, 3rd of February, 1724, for
House-breaking, after being warned that the Bellman would say his Verses over
him
JOSEPH BLAKE
ALIAS BLUESKIN
Made an Unsuccessful Attempt to kill Jonathan Wild by cutting his Throat.
Executed in November, 1724, at Newgate
JACK SHEPPARD
A Daring Housebreaker, who made Ingenious Escapes from Prison and even tried
to foil his Executioner at Tyburn on 16th of
November, 1724
LEWIS HOUSSART
Executed at Swan-Alley, Shoreditch, Dec. 7, 1724, for Murder.
THOMAS PACKER
and JOSEPH PICKER
Executed at Tyburn February, 1, 1725, For
Highway Robbery:
VINCENT DAVIS
Executed at Tyburn, April 3rd, 1725,
for the murder of his wife.
ROBERT HARPHAM
Under the Pretence of making Buttons he made Coins, and was executed at Tyburn, 24th of May, 1725
JONATHAN WILD
Director of a Corporation of Thieves, and a most famous Receiver. Executed
at Tyburn, 24th of May, 1725
EDWARD BURNWORTH, WILLIAM BLEWITT,
EMANUEL DICKENSON, THOMAS BERRY, JOHN LEGEE, JOHN
HIGGS, and ---- MARJORAM
Another gang of murderers and daring robbers.
CATHERINE
HAYES
Who with Others foully murdered her Husband, and was burned alive on 9th of
May, 1726
RICHARD
SAVAGE, ESQ. (THE CELEBRATED POET, SON OF THE EARL OF
RIVERS AND THE UNNATURAL COUNTESS OF MACCLESFIELD), JAMES GREGORY, ESQ., AND WILLIAM MERCHANT, ESQ.
Murderers who escaped Death
MARGARET DIXON
Who was married a Few Days after she was hanged for Murder in 1728
EDWARD BELLAMY
A Daring Shop-Robber, who was executed at Tyburn
On 27th of March, 1728
JOHN EVERETT
Highwayman, Turnkey and Ale-House Keeper. Executed at Tyburn,
20th of February, 1729
MAJOR JOHN ONEBY
Who murdered a Man in a Duel and cheated the Gallows, 1729
JAMES CLUFF
Murderer, executed at Tyburn, July 25, 1729,
on an appeal, after being acquitted.
JOHN GOW
Captain of a notorious Gang of Pirates. Executed at Execution Dock, 11th of
August, 1729 for Piracy
JEPHTHAH BIG
Executed at Tyburn, Sept. 19, 1729, for
sending a letter to extort money.
FRANCIS CHARTERIS
Convicted of using violence to the person of Ann Bond.
SIR SIMON
CLARKE, BART., AND LIEUTENANT ROBERT ARNOTT
Convicted as Highwaymen in 1731, but afterwards reprieved
ROBERT IRWIN
Executed at Tyburn, in the year 1731, for
Murder.
WILLIAM SMITH
A notorious horse-stealer, executed at Chelmsford, April 13,1731
ROBERT HALLAM
Executed for murdering his wife, February 14th, 1732
JOHN HEWIT AND ROSAMUND ODERENSHAW
Murderers, executed March 29, 1732
JONATHAN
HAWKINS
Who played Cards after committing a Double Murder and Arson near Wells.
Executed 14th of April, 1732
JOHN WALLER,
alias TREVOR,
Pilloried for perjury, and pelted to death by the populace, 13th June, 1732
ELY HATTON
Murderer, executed at Gloucester, August, 1732
ELEANOR BEARE
(A very curious and wicked case.)
JOSEPH POWIS
Strolling player turned housebreaker, executed 9th October, 1732
WILLIAM
SHELTON
Executed at Tyburn, October 9, 1732, for
highway robbery.
ISAAC AND
THOMAS HALLAM
Murderers and Highwaymen, hanged in Lincolnshire, 20th of February, 1733,
upon the Spot where they committed their Crime
SARAH MALCOLM
Executed for the Murder of a Wealthy Old Lady in the Inns of Court, 7th of
March, 1733
WILLIAM ALCOCK
Who first abandoned, and then murdered, his wife. Executed at
Northampton, March 9, 1733.
WILLIAM GORDON
Highwayman, on whose body, after execution, an experiment was made to
bring him to life
CAPTAIN JOHN PORTEOUS
Convicted of murder, but murdered by the mob
JOHN COLLINS
Executed for murdering Jane Upcot, and exposing
her head on a spike, 1737
THOMAS CARR, AN ATTORNEY , AND ELIZABETH ADAMS
Executed at Tyburn, 18th of January, 1738, for
Robbery
WILLIAM UDALL
A Profligate Apprentice, who turned Highwayman. Executed at Tyburn, 14th of March, 1738
JOHN TOON AND
EDWARD BLASTOCK
Executed at Tyburn, May 20, 1738, for highway
robbery.
JOSEPH JOHNSON
Pickpocket and "Esquire," who swindled many Farmers and was
executed at Tyburn, 19th of July, 1738, at the Age of
Sixty
WILLIAM
NEWINGTON
A Writer, who forged a Draft for One Hundred and Twenty Pounds and was
executed at Tyburn on 26th of August, 1738
JOHN TOTTERDALE
Executed at Tyburn, October 5, 1738, for the
murder of his wife.
GEORGE PRICE
Sentenced to Death for murdering his Wife, but died of Jail Fever, 22nd of
October, 1738
JOHN
RICHARDSON AND RICHARD COYLE
Pirates, hanged at Execution Dock, 25th January, 1738
GEORGE MANLEY
Executed at Wicklow, in Ireland, in August, 1738, for murder.
RICHARD TURPIN
A famous Highway Robber, who shot dead one of his own Comrades and was
executed at York On 7th of April, 1739
DAVID ROBERTS
Executed for high treason, in diminishing the gold coin of the realm,
April 3, 1739.
ABRAHAM WELLS
Executed at Tyburn, May 30, 1739, for
horse-stealing.
JAMES CALDCLOUGH
Executed for Robbery, July 2nd 1739.
THOMAS LYMPUS
Executed near Wells, in Somersetshire, 21st of September 1739, for robbing
the Mail.
THOMAS BARKWITH
An accomplished Scholar and Linguist, who was executed at Tyburn 1st of December, 1739, for Robbery
EDWARD JOINES
Executed for the murder of his wife, December 21, 1739.
MARY YOUNG
ALIAS JENNY DIVER
The Head of a Gang of Thieves of every Description. Executed at Tyburn, 18th of March, 1740
CHARLES DREW
Parricide, executed at St. Edmondsbury, 9th April,
1740
ELIZABETH AND
MARY BRANCH
Mother and Daughter, executed at Ivelchester on
the 3rd of May, 1740, for murdering a Girl
WILLIAM CREAK
Mail robber: Executed, much lamented, on Bagshot-heath,
and his body hung in chains, where he committed the robbery.
WILLIAM DUELL
Executed for Murder and came to Life again while being prepared for
Dissection in Surgeons' Hall, 24th of November, 1740
GILBERT
LANGLEY
Transported for robbing a man of three farthings, December, 1740
CAPTAIN SAMUEL
GOODERE, A FRATRICIDE; MATTHEW MAHONY
AND CHARLES WHITE
Executed for the Murder of Sir John Dinely Goodere, Bart., at the Hot Wells, Bristol, 20th of April,
1741
CAPTAIN HENRY SMYTHEE
Executed at Dorchester, April 12, 1741, for the murder or the female
whom he had seduced.
JAMES HALL
Hanged for Petit-Treason, in the Murder of his Master.
Part II
HENRY COOK
Notorious Horse-Stealer and Highwayman, executed at Tyburn,
16th of December, 1741
JONATHAN
BRADFORD
Executed at Oxford for a Murder he had contemplated but did not commit
JOHN BODKIN,
DOMINICK BODKIN AND OTHERS
Executed in Ireland on 26th of March, 1742, for the Murder of Eleven Persons
THOMAS LYELL
AND LAWRENCE SYDNEY
Swindlers, who cheated with Loaded Dice and were pilloried for Fraud, 2nd of
June, 1742
ROBERT RAMSEY
Highwayman, and a singular Cheat. Executed at Tyburn
on the 13th of June, 1742
JOHN JENNINGS
Executed at York, in the year 1742, on a charge of robbery, of which he
was innocent.
ROBERT FULLER
Convicted of shooting Mr Bailey, June Sessions, 1743, and pardoned because
he was wrongly identified
WILLIAM CHETWYND
A Curious Case of a Schoolboy who killed another Boy during a Quarrel about
a Cake, and was convicted of Manslaughter, October, 1743
LYDIA ADLER
Burned in the Hand for killing her Husband, who had four Wives.
PATRICK BOURKE
AND GEORGE ELLIS
Executed at Tyburn, 20th of February, 1745, for
Sheep-Stealing
MARTHA TRACY
Executed for a Street Robbery
MATTHEW
HENDERSON
Executed in Oxford Street, 25th of February, 1746, for murdering his
Mistress, Lady Dalrymple, who was angry because he trod on her Toe.
MARY HAMILTON
A Woman who was imprisoned and whipped for marrying Fourteen Women, 1746
THE SECOND
REBELLION OF THE PRETENDER TO THE BRITISH THRONE
in the year 1745.
THE EARL OF
KILMARNOCK, THE EARL OF CROMARTIE, THE LORD BALMERINO
Three of the principal rebel chiefs
CHARLES RATCLIFFE,
Who assumed the title of Earl of Derwentwater
THOMAS CAPPOCK
The rebel bishop of Carlisle.
THE ESCAPE OF
THE PRETENDER
After the Battle of Culloden
LORD LOVAT
Beheaded for High Treason, at the age of Eighty, on 9th of April, 1747
FRANCIS TOWNLEY, JEMMY DAWSON AND OTHERS
Lesser rebels against his Majesty
JOSEPH
RAWLINS, alias GREAT JOE;
A daring and notorious Smuggler, executed at Winchester, October 10,
1746 for burglary.
GEORGE
LANCASTER
Executed at Tyburn, 16th of November, 1747, for
forging a Seaman's Will, in order to rob his Wife and Child
HOSEA YOUELL
Executed at Tyburn, Nov. 16, 1747, for murder.
HENRY SIMMS
The Extraordinary Career of a Youth, who was executed at Tyburn,
16th of November, 1747, after returning from Transportation, for Highway
Robbery
SERJEANT SMITH
An English Deserter to the French, shot in the Park on the 11th day of
December, 1747.
JOHN PARKES
Executed at Tyburn, March 14, 1748, for
forging an order on a silversmith, for unwrought silver.
WILLIAM WHURRIER
Executed at Tyburn for murder, March 7, 1748,
and his body hung in chains on Finchley common. (A Hard Case.)
WILLIAM YORK
"The Boy Murderer," convicted of the Murder of another Child in
the Poorhouse of Eyke, in Suffolk, May, 1748
GEORGE COCK
A most Plausible Scoundrel, executed at Tyburn,
13th of June, 1748, for privately stealing
THOMAS
THOMPSON
Executed at Tyburn, Oct. 24, 1748, for
horse-stealing.
JOHN WHITMORE
AND JEREMIAH DAWES
Of the University of Oxford. Convicted and punished for Sedition, 28 th of November, 1748
THE THIEF, THE
PRIESTS, AND THE GREAT KING OF PRUSSIA
An Anecdotal Fact, and a touch at Superstition.
JOHN YOUNG
Executed for Forgery, at Edinburgh, 19th December, 1748
BENJAMIN TAPNER, JOHN COBBY, JOHN HAMMOND,
RICHARD MILLS, RICHARD MILLS THE YOUNGER, AND OTHERS
Revengeful Smugglers, who were executed for a Diabolical Murder, 18th of
January, 1749
USHER GAHAGAN AND TERENCE CONNER
Erudite Men, who were executed for High Treason, in diminishing the Current
Coin of the Realm, 28th of February , 1749
BRIAN SEYMOUR
Executed for murder, 2nd March, 1749
JOHN COLLINGTON
A Man of extraordinary Violence and Inhumanity. Executed at Canterbury with
his Accomplice, John Stone, for setting fire to a Barn
RICHARD
COLEMAN
Who was executed on Kennington Common, in Surrey, 12th of April, 1749, for a
Murder he did not commit1
THOMAS
KINGSMILL, FAIRALL AND PERIN
Three of the thirty Smugglers who broke open the Custom-House at Poole, and
were executed at Tyburn, 26th of April, 1749
SAMUEL COUCHMAN AND JOHN MORGAN, LIEUTENANTS OF MARINES, THOMAS
KNIGHT, CARPENTER, AND OTHERS
Part of the Crew of His Majesty's Ship Chesterfield, shot at Portsmouth,
for mutiny, July 14, 1749.
JOHN MILLS
His Father and Brother were hanged, and he suffered a similar Fate on Slendon Common, Sussex, 12th of August, 1749
THOMAS NEALE
and WILLIAM BOWEN
Highwaymen; (The former a most hardened Sinner, who died cursing the
Spectators of his Execution, August 12, 1749.)
BENJAMIN NEALE
Executed at Surrey, August 12, 1749, for burglary.
HUGH DAWSON
and JOHN GAMMELL
Executed on Kennington-common, August 22, 1749.
ROBERT COX
Late Captain's Clerk of the Royal George Man-of-War. Executed at Winchester,
1st of September, 1749, for Forging Seamen's Tickets
ANN FLYNN
A Sad Case with a Humorous Sequel
BOSAVERN PENLEZ
Executed for rioting, 18th October, 1749
CAPTAIN
CLARKE, R.N.
Convicted and condemned to be hanged for the Murder of Captain Innis, in a
Duel, and pardoned, 12th of June, 1750
MARGARET
HARVEY
Executed for Privately Stealing
JAMES COOPER
Executed for murder, August 26th, 1750
JAMES MACLANE
Called "The Gentleman Highwayman." Executed at Tyburn,
3rd of October, 1750, for Highway Robbery
WILLIAM SMITH
A Captain's Clerk in the Royal Navy, Forger of Seamen's Tickets;
Executed at Tyburn, October 3, 1750.
AMY HUTCHINSON
Executed at Ely, 7th of November, 1750, for Petit Treason, in the Murder of her
Husband
JOHN VICARS
Executed at Ely, 7th of November, 1750, for the Murder of his Wife, after first
witnessing the Strangling of a Woman for murdering her Husband
JOHN CARR
The Victim of Swindlers himself, he became a Pirate and Smuggler, and was
executed at Tyburn, 16th of November, 1750, for
Forgery
GEORGE
ANDERSON ALIAS JOHN EVERETT
Who picked Pockets at Newgate, became a Highwayman, and was executed for
stealing Ribbons, 31st December, 1750
WILLIAM RILEY
A young Soldier, whose Zeal for Sport led to a Murder, for which he was
executed at Tyburn in 1750
THOMAS
REYNOLDS
Executed at Tyburn, for enlisting soldiers for
the service of the king of France.
NORMAN ROSS
A footman, executed at Edinburgh, January 8, 1751, for murdering his mistress
RICHARD BUTLER
Executed at Tyburn, February 10, 1751, for
forgery.
WILLIAM
PARSONS, ESQ.
Eldest Son of a Baronet, who became a Swindler and Highway Robber, and was
executed for returning from Transportation, 11th of February, 1751
JOHN CAULFIELD
Murder foretold by a Dream, in consequence of which the Murderer was
apprehended, convicted, and executed at Waterford in 1751
THOMAS COLLEY
Executed 24th of April, 1751, for the Murder of People who were reputed to be
possessed of Witchcraft
THOMAS QUIN,
JOSEPH DOWDELL, AND THOMAS TALBOT
A Gang of Notorious Thieves, executed at Tyburn,
June 17, 1751, for robbery.
WILLIAM DELLICOT
Convicted of Petty Larceny, in July, 1751, and his Estate forfeited for
stealing a Penny
THE QUIBBLING
THIEF.
Who stole a goose, and saved himself by a pun
WILLIAM
CHANDLER
A singularly artful villain, transported in the year 1751, for perjury.
JAMES WELCH
AND THOMAS JONES
Executed on Kennington Common, 6th of September, 1751, for Murder.
MATHIAS KEYS
Executed on Kennington Common, 6th of September, 1751, for Highway Robbery
WILLIAM BAKER
A City Merchant, executed at Tyburn, 31st of
December, 1751, for forging an East India Warrant in order to avoid Bankruptcy
WILLIAM STROUD
A Notorious Impostor, who was Six Times whipped through the Streets of
Westminster, in the Month of March, 1752
ELIZABETH
JEFFRIES AND JOHN SWAN
Deprived of her Uncle's valuable Estate, the Woman and an Accomplice shot him
dead after paying another Man to commit the Crime.
MARY BLANDY
Executed 6th of April, 1752, for murdering her Father at the Request of her
Lover
JOHN CATHER,
PATRICK KANE, AND DANIEL ALEXANDER
Pilloried for extortion, 1751.
ANTHONY DE
ROSA
Hanged at Tyburn for robbery and murder, 23rd
March, 1752
NICHOLAS
MOONEY and JOHN JONES
Executed at Bristol, May 24, 1752, for highway robbery.
JOHN M'CANNELLY AND LUKE MORGAN
A Daring Burglary committed in the House of Mr Porter, of the Raike Farmhouse, near Chester, by M'Cannelly,
Morgan, Stanley, Boyd and Neill, Irish Haymakers, for which the first two were
executed on the 25th of May, 1752
THOMAS WILFORD
A Cripple, who murdered his Wife in a Fit of Jealousy, and was executed at Tyburn on the 22nd of June, 1752
MOSES MORAVIA
AND JOHN MANOURY
Convicted at the Old Bailey, 27th of June, 1752, for sinking a Ship and
swindling Insurers
ANN WHALE AND
SARAH PLEDGE
Ann Whale, strangled and then burned, for the Murder of her Husband; and Sarah
Pledge, hanged for being her Accomplice.
WILLIAM
MONTGOMERY
Executed at Tyburn, December 2, 1752, for
defrauding his creditors
CAPTAIN PETER
DE LA FONTAINE
Convicted of Forgery
ANN WILLIAMS
Burnt at the stake for murdering her husband, April 13, 1753
DR. A. CAMERON
Executed at Tyburn, 7une 7,
1753 (greatly lamented) for High Treason.
CHRISTOPHER
JOHNSON AND JOHN STOCKDALE
Executed at Tyburn, 3rd of July, 1753, and their
Bodies hanged in Chains, for Murder
WILLIAM SMITH
Executed at York, 14th Of August, 1753, for poisoning Thomas Harper, his
Stepfather, and his two Children, William and Anne Harper
MARY SQUIRES
and ELIZABETH CANNING
The first was convicted of robbery, and pardoned; the second was convicted of,
and transported for, Perjury, in swearing to that robbery.
JOHN HAMBLETON
A Soldier of the Guards, executed at Tyburn, 10th of
December, 1753, for the Murder of Mr Crouch
NICHOL BROWN
Executed for the murder of his wife, August 14th, 1754
CAPTAIN JOHN LANCEY
Executed at Execution Dock, 7th of June, 1754, for burning a Ship at the
Instigation of a Member of Parliament
PAUL TIERNEY
A Traitor, executed August 30, 1754, for enlisting Englishmen to serve
the enemy.
DAVIS, THE
MAIL-ROBBER
Executed and hung in chains near the place where he committed the robbery
ROBERT ALSOP,
A MIDSHIPMAN, AND SIX SEAMEN
Convicted in 1755 for committing a Riot in the City of London, and impressing a
Citizen thereof, but treated leniently in order that they might fight against
France
HENRY SAMUEL
A Jew, punished for breaking the Christian Sabbath.
JOHN GRIERSON
Transported for marrying without Banns, or License, December, 1755.
BLI GONZALEZ ALIAS JOHN SYMMONDS
ALIAS SPANISH JACK
After a varied Criminal Career he was finally executed at Maidstone, 18th of
April, 1756, for stealing a Silver Tankard
CHARLES
FREDERICK WYSENTHALL
Transported in the year 1756, for subornation of perjury.
LIEUTENANT
JOHN LANDER
Executed on Pennenden Heath, in Kent, 16th of August,
1756, for Murder
WILLIAM CANNICOTT
Executed at Tyburn, 20th of September, 1756, for the
Murder of his Wife
JOHN BERRY,
STEPHEN M'DANIEL, JAMES EGAN, JAMES SALMON AND -- BLEE
A new Species of Murderers, who conspired against the Lives of many Innocent
Men
JOSHUA KIDDEN
A Victim of the horrid Conspirators, whose crimes and punishments are described
above
CHRISTOPHER
WOODLAND
Another Victim of the horrid gang of Thief-takers
ADMIRAL BYNG
Shot to death on board the Monarque, at Spithead, for
Misbehaviour before the French Fleet in the Mediterranean
EDWARD MORGAN
Executed and hung in Chains at Glamorgan, 6th of April, 1757, for murdering a
Family and burning down their House
JOHN YOUNG
Convicted of Crimping, or Kidnapping, young Men for the Service of the East
India Company, 27th of April, 1757
WILLIAM ADAMS
A Custom-House Officer in London, executed at Tyburn
on 18th of May, 1757, for Forgery
RICHARD HUGHES
Executed at Tyburn, May 18, 1757, for forgery.
WILLIAM PAGE
A Gentleman of the Road who drove in a Phaeton and Pair, and after many
Adventures was executed for Highway Robbery on 6th of April, 1758
JAMES WHITE
AND WALTER WHITE
Brothers who were executed at Kennington Common, 19th of April, 1758, for
Robbery with Violence
DOCTOR
FLORENCE HENSEY
Convicted of High Treason, and sentenced to Death on the 12th of June,
1758; respited, and then reprieved, by King George the Second; but who received
a free Pardon from King George the Third.
JOSEPH HALSEY
Ship's mate, hanged for beating two of his men to death
MARY EDMONDSON
Strongly protesting her Innocence, she was executed on Kennington Common, 2nd
of April, 1759, for the Murder of her Aunt
JOHN STEVENSON
Convicted of the Manslaughter of Francis Elcock, an
Attorney-at-Law, who had issued a Writ against him
EUGENE ARAM
A Self-Educated Man, with remarkable Linguistic Attainments, who was executed
at York on 6th of August, 1759, for a Murder discovered Fourteen Years after
its Commission.
JOHN AYLIFFE, ESQ.
Commissary of Musters in the War Office. Executed at Tyburn,
7th of November, 1759, for Forgery
WILLIAM ANDREW
HORNE, ESQ.
Executed at Nottingham, 11th of December, 1759, in the Seventy-fifth Year of
his Age, for Murder, concealed Twenty-five Years
THE REVEREND
MR WHEATLEY
Sentenced to do Public Penance for Adultery
ROBERT TILLING
Executed at Tyburn, 28th of April, 1760 for robbing
his Master
LAURENCE, EARL
FERRERS
Executed at Tyburn, 5th of May, 1760, for the Murder
of his Steward, after a Trial before his Peers
FRANCIS DAVID STIRN
Convicted of Murder, but poisoned himseff in Newgate,
12th of September, 1760, after a Hunger Strike
PATRICK M'CARTY
Executed at the bottom of Bow Street, Covent Garden, Westminster, 24th of
October, 1760, for Murder
THEODORE GARDELLE
An Artist, who was executed in the Haymarket, 4th of April, 1761, for murdering
a Woman
THOMAS ANDREWS
Convicted of an unnatural crime
THOMAS
DANIELS,
Condemned for the supposed Murder of his wife but subsequently pardoned,
1761
PETER PATTISON
Executed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5th of October, 1761, for being concerned in a
Riot at Hexham
JOHN PERROTT
A Bankrupt, who refused to make Full Disclosures of his Effects, and was
executed in Smithfield, 11th of November, 1761
ROBERT GREENSTREET
Executed at Tyburn, 14th of December, 1761, for the
Murder of his Master, from whom he demanded an Increase of Wages
JOHN M'NAUGHTON, ESQ.
Who was twice executed in Ireland, 15th of December, 1761, for the Murder of
Miss Knox, whom he pretended to marry
CAPTAIN JAMES
LOWRY
Executed at Execution Dock, March 25, 1762, for murdering one of his Crew
JOHN PLACKETT
Executed on the City Road, London, 28th of July, 1762, for robbing a Danish
Gentleman, whom he treated with great Barbarity
PETER ANNET
Convicted and pilloried for Blaspheming, in Michaelmas Term, 1762
JAMES FARR,
WILLIAM SPARRY AND WILLIAM BIDDLE
Executed at Tyburn, 10th November, 1762 for
forging a Will
DANIEL BLAKE
Executed for the Murder of John Murcott, Butler to
Lord Dacre, 28th of February, 1763
WILLIAM HARROW
The Flying Highwayman, executed at Hertford, 28th of March, 1763
ANN BEDDINGFIELD AND RICHARD RINGE
The Woman burned for the Murder of her Husband, and the Man hanged for being
her Accomplice, near Ipswich, 8th of April, 1763
JOHN RICE
A City Stockbroker, executed at Tyburn, 4th of
May, 1763, for Forgery
PAUL LEWIS
An Officer of the Royal Navy, who became a Highwayman, and was executed at Tyburn, 4th of May, 1763
HANNAH DAGOE
Sentenced to Death for robbing a Poor Woman. She struggled violently with
the Executioner on the Scaffold, 4th Of May, 1763
THOMAS WATKINS
Executed in the Market-Place of Windsor, 7th of March, 1764, for Murder
WILLIAM
CORBETT
An American, executed at Tyburn, 4th of April,
1764, for the Murder of his Landlord and his Family
MAJOR COLIN
CAMPBELL,
Cashiered for the murder of Captain M'Kaarg, 1764
JOHN WESKET AND JOHN COOPER
The Former was executed at Tyburn, 9th of January,
1765, for robbing his Master, the Earl of Harrington; and the Latter
transported for Fourteen Years for receiving Stolen Goods
BARNEY CARROL
AND WILLIAM KING
Convicted under the Coventry Act for cutting and maiming, and executed at Tyburn, 31st of July, 1765
PATRICK
OGILVIE AND CATHARINE NAIRN
Convicted of Murder. Ogilvie hanged 13th November, 1765, but Nairn escaped
from custody.
PETER M'KINLIE, GEORGE GIDLEY, ANDREW ZEKERMAN,
AND RICHARD ST. QUINTIN
Executed for Piracy and Murder, December 19th, 1765
WILLIAM
WHITTLE
Excited by religious zeal he murdered his wife and children and was executed
April 5th, 1766
JOHN CROUCH
AND WIFE
Convicted for offering to sell, on the Royal Exchange, a Young Girl, 12th of
May, 1766
THE COUNTESS
OF BRISTOL,OTHERWISE THE DUCHESS OF KINGSTON
Whose Trial for Bigamy, at Westminster Hall, was attended by the Queen and
other Members of the Royal Family
SAMUEL ORTON
Clerk to the Court of Requests, executed 14th of January,1767,
for forging Two Letters of Attorney, in the Name of Captain Bishop, by means of
which he received One Thousand Pounds from the Bank of England
JOHN
WILLIAMSON
A deliberate and cruel Murderer, who tortured and starved his Wife to
Death. Executed in Moorfields, 19th of January, 1767
ELIZABETH
BROWNRIGG
Executed at Tyburn, 14th of September, 1767, for
torturing her Female Apprentices to Death
WILLIAM GUEST
Executed at Tyburn, 14th of October, 1767, for
High Treason, in diminishing the Current Coin of the Realm
JOHN POWER,
Alias WINN
Pirate, hanged at Execution Dock, 10th March, 1768
JAMES SAMPSON
A treacherous and base Villain, executed at Tyburn,
11th of March, 1768, for robbing and setting fire to his Benefactor's House
FREDERIC LORD
BALTIMORE, ELIZABETH GRIFFENBURG, AND ANNE HARVEY
The former tried for committing a rape on Sarah Woodcock, and the two latter
as accessories before the fact, 26th March, 1768
JAMES GIBSON
A Gentleman, executed at Tyburn, 23rd of March,
1768, for Forgery on the Bank of England
JOHN WILKES, ESQ., M.P.
Whose arrest and conviction for writing seditious and blasphemous pamphlets
led to riots in London in 1768.
WILLIAM
HAWKINS AND JOSEPH WILD
Indicted for rioting, July, 1768
SARAH METYARD AND SARAH MORGAN METYARD,
HER DAUGHTER
Executed at Tyburn, 19th of July, 1768, for the
Cruel Murders of Parish Apprentices
ELIZABETH
RICHARDSON
Executed at Tyburn, 21st of December, 1768, for
murdering an Attorney-at-Law, in Symond's Inn,
Chancery Lane
WILLIAM
TAUNTON
Executed for the murder of Mrs. Phipps, 11th September, 1769
MUNGO CAMPBELL
A Gentleman, who was convicted of killing the Earl of Eglinton,
and to avoid an Ignominious Death hanged himself, 28th of February, 1770
Mr BARETTI
An Italian, who was indicted for the wilful Murder of Evan Morgan, and
acquitted
JAMES ATTAWAY AND RICHARD BAILEY
Executed at Tyburn, 4th of July, 1770, for
committing a Burglary after tying up the Butler
PETER CONWAY
AND MICHAEL RICHARDSON
Executed at Tyburn, 19th of July, 1770, for a
Murder which was their first Essay in Crime
CAPTAIN DAVID
FERGUSON
Hanged in chains at Execution Dock, 5th January 1771, for the murder of his
cabin-boy.
PETER M'CLOUD
Hanged for Housebreaking, on 27th of May, 1771, before lie had attained the
Age of Sixteen
JOHN EYRE, ESQ.
Transported, in 1771, for stealing Paper out of the Guildhall of the City of
London
DR LEVI WEIL,
ASHER WEIL, JACOB LAZARUS AND SOLOMON PORTER
A Gang of Robbers who committed Murder, and were executed at Tyburn, 9th of December, 1771
HENRY JONES,
FRANCIS PHOENIX AND CHARLES BURTON
Executed at Tyburn, 3rd of February, 1772, for
Burglary at the House of Sir Robert Ladbroke, a City Banker
JAMES BOLLAND
A Sheriff Officer, and a most unconscionable Villain, executed at Tyburn, 18th of March, 1772, for Forgery
JONATHAN
BRITAIN
A plausible Rascal, who was executed at Bristol, 15th of May, 1772, for
Forgery
JOHN ADSHEAD AND BENJAMIN ALSWORTH
Hanged for housebreaking, 8th July, 1772
SAMUEL ROBERTS
and THOMAS BACCHUS
Hanged for High Treason, in counterfeiting the current Coin of this Realm.
WILLIAM
GRIFFITHS
Executed at Tyburn, 20th of January, 1773, for a
Highway Robbery
GEORGE
BARRINGTON
A Well-Dressed Pickpocket who "worked" in Churches and the Houses
of Parliament, and was convicted on 15th of March, 1773
JOHN LENNARD
Executed for Rape, 11th August, 1773
WILLIAM FIELD
ALIAS GREEN
Executed on Kennington Common, 1st of September, 1773, for Highway Robbery
WILLIAM COX
Who played Marbles and kept a Pet Sparrow to aid him in the Commission of
Robberies. Executed at Tyburn, 27th of October, 1773
ELIZABETH
HARRIET GREEVE
A clever Swindler, transported for Felony, in the Year 1773
JOHN RANN
Commonly called "Sixteen-String Jack." Executed at Tyburn, 30th of November, 1774, for Highway Robbery
AMOS MERRITT
Having saved an Innocent Man from the Gallows, he himself was executed at Tyburn, 10th of January, 1775, for Burglary
JOHN BOLTON
Convicted of murdering a girl he had seduced and made pregnant, but cheated
justice by committing suicide, 29th March, 1775
LAMBERT
READING
Hackney-Coachman and Leader of a Gang of Robbers, executed at Chelmsford,
10th of August, 1775, for Burglary
JANE
BUTTERFIELD,
Tried for murder but acquitted, 19th August, 1775
THOMAS AIKNEY AND ELIZABETH BROADINGHAM
Executed for the murder of Broadingham's husband,
20th March, 1776
DANIEL AND
ROBERT PERREAU
Twin Brothers, who, though popularly believed to be innocent, were executed
at Tyburn, 17th of January, 1776, for Forgery
MARGARET
CAROLINE RUDD
Tried for Forgery and acquitted
PETER LE MAITRE
Convicted, 7th of March, 1777, of robbing the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford
JAMES HILL
Commonly called "John the Painter," an Incendiary, who aimed at
the Destruction of the Nation. Executed at Portsmouth, 10th of March, 1777
JOSEPH
ARMSTRONG
Convicted of Murder, but cheated the Gallows by hanging himself, 17th of
March, 1777
DAVID BROWN DIGNUM
Convicted, 5th of April, 1777, of fraudulently pretending to sell Places
under Government, and sentenced to Hard Labour on the Thames
ANN MARROW
Pilloried at Charing Cross, 22nd of July, 1777, for marrying three Women
DR WILLIAM
DODD
Doctor of Divinity, Prebendary of Brecon,
Chaplain-in-Ordinary to his Majesty, and Minister to the Magdalen Hospital.
Executed at Tyburn, 27th of June, 1777, for Forgery
JOHN HARRISON
An Assurance Corporation Accountant, who was convicted of Forgery in 1777,
but afterwards received his Majesty's Pardon
FRANCIS
MERCIER OTHERWISE LOUIS DE BUTTE
Executed in Prince's Street, opposite Swallow Street, in the City of
Westminster, 8th of December, 1777, for Murder
JOHN HOLMES
AND PETER WILLIAMS
Publicly whipped, by the Sentence of the Middlesex Court of Quarter
Sessions, for December, 1777, for stealing Dead Bodies
THE REVEREND
BENJAMIN RUSSEN,
Executed for rape, 12th December, 1777
JAMES ELLIOT
Executed at Maidstone, in March, 1778, for a Forgery on the Bank of England,
attended with Circumstances which were left to the Twelve Judges for determination
JOHN PIERCE,
VINCENT PIERCE AND ELIZABETH LUKER
Sentenced to Imprisonment for a Riot at Sadler's Wells Theatre which
occasioned the Death of Eighteen of the Audience
GEORGE ROACH,
ROBERT ELLIOT AND JONAS PARKER
Who were convicted, the first two of stealing, and the other of receiving
Part of a Lead Coffin from Aldermanbury Church, in
1778
ALEXANDER
SCOTT
City of London hoaxed by a False Proclamation of War, April, 1778
THOMAS HORNER
AND JAMES FRYER
Executed for Burglary and Robbery under Threats of Violence, 24th of June,
1778
FRANCIS LEWIS
OTHERWISE GRIMISON
Cobweb as a Clue to a Bogus Burglary committed by a Butler, who was executed
at Tyburn, 24th of June, 1778
MARY KNIGHT
Executed for the murder of her child, 24th August, 1778
JOSEPH RELPH
Who was indicted for Murder, and found guilty of Manslaughter.
JAMES DONALLY
A Blackmailer, who was convicted of Highway Robbery, 22nd of February, 1779
MORGAN
PHILLIPS
Executed for murder, robbery and arson, 5th April 1778
THE REV. JAMES
HACKMAN
Executed at Tyburn, 19th of April, 1779, for
murdering Miss Reay outside Covent Garden Theatre
JAMES MATHISON
Who forged Bank-Notes so cleverly that they could not be distinguished from
Genuine Ones. Executed at Tyburn, 28th of July, 1779
ELIZABETH BUTCHILL
Executed for infanticide, March 17th, 1780
A. DURNFORD AND W. NEWTON
Executed at Tyburn, 22nd of November, 1780, for a
Robbery under Singular Circumstances
LORD GEORGE
GORDON
An Account of the Riots in London in 1780
JOHN DONELLAN, ESQ
Executed for the Murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton,
Bart., his Brother-in-Law, 2nd of April, 1781
FRANCIS HENRY
DE LA MOTTE
A French Spy, who was executed at Tyburn, 27th of
July, 1781, for High Treason
WILLIAM WYNNE
RYLAND
Engraver to his Majesty. Executed at Tyburn, in
August, 1783, for forging a Bill of Exchange
RICHARD
CARPENTER
Convicted at the Lent Assizes, 1785, Hampshire, of forging Seamen's Wills
and executed at Winchester
CHARLES PRICE
A Notorious Swindler and Bank-Note Forger, who committed Suicide in 1786
MICHAEL
WALKER, RICHARD PAYNE AND ROBERT COX
Executed opposite Smart's Buildings, Holborn, London, 18th of December,
1786, for Murder
JOHN ELLIOT, M.D.
Acquitted of a Serious Crime, he killed himself, by Hunger- Striking because
of a Vindictive Sentence for a Minor Offence
HENRY STERNE
Commonly called "Gentleman Harry." Convicted of stealing the Duke
of Beaufort's Pendant, 1787
THOMAS DENTON
His Misapplied Talents led to his Downfall, and he was executed before
Newgate, 1st of July, 1789 for making Base Coin
THOMAS GORDON
Executed at Northampton, 17th of August, 1789, for a Murder ordered by his
Mother
THOMAS PHIPPS,
ESQ., AND THOMAS PHIPPS, HIS SON
Executed for a Forgery committed by the Younger Man, who exonerated his
Father, 5th of September, 1789
WILLIAM WARD
A boxer, convicted of manslaughter for killing his opponent.
SAMUEL
HINCHCLIFFE
Convicted at the Westminster Sessions in January, 1790, Imprisoned and
publicly whipped for a Fraudulent Trick
JOHN DYER
A Westminster Schoolboy, executed at Newgate, 5th of August, 1790, for
Forgery
EDWARD LOWE
AND WILLIAM JOBBINS
Young Incendiaries, who set fire to a House in order to plunder it, and were
executed in the City, 20th of November, 1790
RENWICK
WILLIAMS
Commonly called "The Monster." Convicted 13th Of December, 1790,
of a brutal and wanton Assault on Miss Ann Porter
JOHN BELVILLE
Convicted at the Old Bailey, 16th of February, 1791, for a Robbery from
"the Dwelling-House of her Majesty, called Buckingham House"
WILLIAM GADESBY
Executed for Robbery
BARTHOLOMEW QUAILN
Executed, after a great Legal Argument, On 7th of March, 1791, in the Isle
of Ely, for the Murder of his Wife.
JOSEPH WOOD
AND THOMAS UNDERWOOD
Two Fourteen-year-old Boys, executed at Newgate, 6th of July, 1791, for
robbing another Boy
NATHANIEL
LILLEY, JAMES MARTIN, MARY BRIANT, WILLIAM ALLEN, AND
JOHN BUTCHER
Convicted of Returning from Transportation
JOSEPH LORRISON
Known among Thieves as "Jumping Joe." Executed on Kennington
Common, 8th of August, 1792, for Robbery on the Highway
THE REV.
RICHARD BURGH, JOHN CUMMINGS, ESQ., CAPTAIN IN THE
ARMY, TOWNLEY M'CAN, ESQ., STUDENT OF LAW, JAMES DAVIS AND JOHN BOURNE
Convicted of a Conspiracy to set fire to the King's Bench Prison, February,
1793
THE REV. MR
JACKSON
Convicted of Treason, in Dublin, 23rd of April, 1793, but who died of Poison
at the Bar of the Court, at the Moment Death would have been pronounced upon
him
LAURENCE JONES
A Notorious Swindler, sentenced to Death in 1793, but who hanged himself
Three Days before the Date of his Execution
ELIZABETH
MARSH
A Fifteen-year-old Girl, executed for the Murder of her Grandfather, March,
1794
HENRY GOODIFF
A Boy condemned to Death for robbing a Pieman, who
had swindled him on Hounslow Heath, of a few Halfpence, March, 1794
ANNE BROADRIC
Indicted for murdering a Man who had jilted her for another Woman, 17th of
July, 1794
LEWIS JEREMIAH
AVERSHAW
Executed on Kennington Common, 3rd of August, 1795, for shooting a Peace Offcer in the act of apprehending him
KID WAKE
Convicted and imprisoned for an assault upon his Majesty, on the 20th of
February, 1796
RICHARD PARKER
The Chief of the Mutineers in the British Fleet. Executed at the Yardarm of L'Espion Man-of-War in 1796, at Sheerness
WILLIAM LEE
Executed before Newgate, 20th of April, 1796, for Burglary
HENRY WESTON
Betrayed his Employer's Confidence, committed Forgery, and was executed
before Newgate, 6th of July, 1796
CHARLES SCOLDWELL
A Sheriff Officer, convicted of stealing Two Ducks, and sentenced on 23rd of
July, 1796, to Transportation for Seven Years
JOHN CLARKE
Executed near Bromley, in Kent, 29th of July, 1796, for murdering a
Dairymaid
JOSEPH HODGES
AND RICHARD PROB1N
Convicted at the Old Bailey, 1796, of a Confidence Trick called
Cross-Dropping, and sentenced to Transportation
SARAH PENELOPE
STANLEY
The Female Trooper, convicted at the Old Bailey, in October Sessions,
1796, of Petty Larceny
JAMES M'KEAN
Executed for Murder, 25th of January, 1797, at Glasgow
MARTIN CLENCH
AND JAMES MACKLEY
Believed to be innocent of a Charge of Murder, they were executed before
Newgate, 5th of June, 1797, after the Gallows collapsed
REBECCA HOWARD
Executed at Norwich, 27th of August, 1797, for the Murder of her
Illegitimate Child
THERESA PHIPOE
Executed before Newgate, 11th of December, 1797, for Murder
GEORGE WALDRON,
alias BARRINGTON
The Gentleman-Pickpocket. Several times convicted, Sentenced twice to hard
labour on the Thames, and finally, on September 27, 1798, transported to Botany
Bay
ROBERT
LADBROKE TROYT
A Boy of Seventeen, executed before Newgate, 28th of November, 1798, for
Forgery, his First Offence
JAMES TURNBULL
A Private Soldier, executed before Newgate, 15th of May, 1799, for robbing
the Mint
MARGARET
HUGHES
Executed at Canterbury, 4th of July, 1799, for murdering her Husband
Part III
JAMES BRODIE
A Blind Man, who was executed in 1800 for the Murder of his Boy Guide
RICHARD
FERGUSON
"Galloping Dick," convicted at the Lent Assizes, 1800, at
Aylesbury, and executed for a Highway Robbery
SARAH LLOYD
Convicted of Larceny in April, 1800, and executed in spite of Extraordinary
Efforts to get her reprieved
JAMES HADFIELD
Tried for shooting at his Majesty George III. at Drury Lane Theatre, on
Thursday, 15th of May, 1800
THOMAS
CHALFONT
A Post-Office Sorter, executed before Newgate, 11th of November, 1800, for
stealing a Bank-Note out of a Letter
JAMES RILEY
AND ROBERT NUTTS
Executed before Newgate, 24th of June, 1801, for Highway Robbery
JOSEPH WALL, ESQ.
Formerly Governor of Goree. Executed 28th of
January, 1802, nearly Twenty Years after committing the Crime, for ordering a
Soldier to be flogged to Death
HENRY COCK
Executed before Newgate, 23rd of June, 1802 for Forgery, whereby he swindled
his Benefactor's Estate
WILLIAM CODLIN
Executed 27th of November, 1802, for scuttling a Ship, of which he was
Captain
GEORGE FOSTER
Executed at Newgate, 18th of January, 1803, for the Murder of his Wife and
Child, by drowning them in the Paddington Canal; with a Curious Account of
Galvanic Experiments on his Body
COLONEL EDWARD
MARCUS DESPARD, JOHN FRANCIS, JOHN WOOD, THOMAS
BROUGHTON, JAMES SEDGWICK WRATTON, ARTHUR GRAHAM AND
JOHN MACNAMARA
Executed in Horsemonger Lane, Southwark, 21st of
February, 1803, for High Treason
JOHN TERRY AND
JOSEPH HEALD
Executed under Extraordinary Circumstances at York, 21st of March, 1803, for
Murder
CAPTAIN MACNAMARA
Who killed Colonel Montgomery in a Duel arising out of a Quarrel about Dogs,
and was acquitted on a Charge of Manslaughter
ROBERT SMITH
Executed before Newgate for robbing Coachmen on the Highway, 8th of June,
1803
JOHN HATFIELD
"The Keswick Impostor." Executed at Carlisle, 3rd of September,
1803, for Forgery; with Particulars of the once celebrated "Beauty of
Buttermere," a victim to his Villainy.
ROBERT EMMET
Executed for High treason, 20th of September, 1803
FRANCIS SMITH
Condemned to Death on 13th of January, 1804, for the Murder of the supposed
Hammersmith Ghost, but pardoned soon afterwards
ANN HURLE
Executed before Newgate, 8th of February, 1804, for Forgery, at the Age of
Twenty-two
ROBERT ASLETT
Assistant Cashier of the Bank of England. Condemned to Death for embezzling
Exchequer Bills to a Large Amount, entrusted to his Charge, and respited during
his Majesty's Pleasure, 18th of November, 1804
RICHARD
HAYWOOD
A Violent and Hardened Sinner, who was executed along with John Tennant,
before Newgate, 30th of April, 1805, for Robbery
HENRY PERFECT
A most plausible Begging-Letter Swindler, transported to Botany Bay, in
April, 1805
ELIZABETH
BARBER ALIAS DALY
Who smoked her Pipe after murdering a Pensioner. Executed near Maidstone,
25th of May, 1805
WILLIAM CUBITT
Executed in November, 1805, for stealing valuable Jewellery from the Earl of
Mansfield
THOMAS PICTON, ESQ.
Late Governor of Trinidad. Convicted 24th of February, 1806, of applying
Torture, in order to extort Confession from a Girl
RICHARD PATCH
Executed on the Top of the New Prison, in the Borough of Southwark, 8th of
April, 1806, for Murder, after a Trial at which accommodation was provided for
the Royal Family
CHARLES
HEMMINGS AND GEORGE BEVAN
Bogus Bow Street Officers who robbed a Clergyman, and were executed, April,
1806
JOHN DOCKE ROUVELETT ALIAS ROMNEY
After maliciously prosecuting a Woman he was executed at Ilchester,
at the Summer Assizes, 1806, in Somersetshire, for Forgery
JOHN HOLLOWAY
AND OWEN HAGGERTY
A Hundred Spectators were killed or injured in a Crush at the Execution of
these Men before Newgate, 22nd of February, 1807
JOHN MAYCOCK
Executed 23rd of March, 1807, on the Top of the New Jail, Horsemonger Lane, Southwark, for the Murder Of an old lone
Lady, Mrs Ann Pooley, in company with John Pope, who was admitted Evidence for
the Crown.
WILLIAM DUNCAN
Convicted for the Murder of his Master, William Chivers,
Esq., and transported for Life, March, 1807
GEORGE ALLEN
An Epileptic, who was executed at Stafford, 30th of March, 1807, for the
Murder of his Three Children
MARTHA ALDEN
Executed, 31st of July, 1807, for murdering her Husband in a Cottage near Attleborough, Norfolk
ROBERT POWELL
A Starving Fortune-Teller, who was convicted by the Middlesex Magistrates of
being a Rogue and Vagabond, 1807
JOHN ALMOND
Convicted at the December Sessions, 1807, of forging a Will, and executed
before Newgate
RICHARD OWEN
Convicted of Cross-Dropping, and sentenced to Transportation, at the Old
Bailey, January Sessions, 1808
WILLIAM WALKER
A Soldier in the Middlesex Militia. Sentenced to Death for a Highway Robbery
of Sixpence and a Penny-Piece, but reprieved at the Request of his Victim,
February, 1808
THOMAS SIMMONS
Executed at Hertford, 7th of March, 1808, for a Double Murder
JOHN SHEPHERD
Convicted, at Lancaster, of a Riot and setting fire to the Prison, June,
1808
HECTOR
CAMPBELL, ESQ.
Fined and imprisoned, in the Year 1808, for acting as a Physician without a
Licence
ALEXANDER
CAMPBELL, ESQ.
Brevet-Major in the Army, and a Captain in the 21st Regiment of Foot.
Executed 24th of August, 1808, at Armagh, in Ireland, for murdering a Brother
Official, whom he killed in a Duel
JAMES WOOD
Convicted at the Cumberland Summer Assizes, 1808, and executed for a Double
Murder
JAMES INWOOD
Convicted of Manslaughter in killing William Goodman, who had been detected
in robbing a fishery, October, 1808
JOHN RYAN AND
MATHEW KEARINGE
Executed in Ireland, for Arson and Murder, 1808
THE REV.
ABRAHAM ASHWORTH,
Sentenced in 1808 to Three Years' Imprisonment in Lancaster Jail, for
ill-treating his Female Pupils
JOHN NICHOLLS
A Wholesale Bank-Note Forger, convicted at the January Sessions at the Old
Bailey, 1809, and executed before Newgate
MARGARET
CRIMES ALIAS BARRINGTON
Executed before Newgate, 22nd of February, 1809, for taking a False Oath,
and thereby obtaining Letters of Administration to the Effects of a Soldier
MARY BATEMAN
Commonly called the Yorkshire Witch, Executed for Murder
HENRY HUNT
A Driver of the Norwich Mail. Convicted of stealing a Gold Watch sent by his
Coach, 8th of April, 1809
WILLIAM PROUDLOVE AND GEORGE GLOVER
Executed at Chester, 28th of May, 1809, for Salt-Stealing, after a First
Attempt to hang them had failed
CAPTAIN JOHN
SUTHERLAND
Commander of the British Armed Transport, The Friends. Executed at
Execution Dock, on the Banks of the Thames, 29th of June, 1809, for the Murder
of his Cabin-Boy.
HENRY WHITE
AND JAMES SMITH
Well-equipped and armed Burglars, who were sentenced to Death at the Old
Bailey, 3rd of July, 1809
WILLIAM HEWITT
Fined Five Hundred Pounds, and imprisoned, at the Old Bailey Sessions, in
October, 1809, for enticing an English Artificer to leave his Country and
emigrate to the United States of North America
EDWARD EDWARDS
A Young but Artful Thief, transported for stealing privately from a Shop in
London, October, 1809
JAMES
MARLBOROUGH, AND SARAH, HIS WIFE
Imprisoned for Gross Cruelty to their Child, 8th of December, 1809
GEORGE WEBB
Son of a Clergyman, and a Notorious Burglar. Executed on Shooter's Hill,
near London, 1809
RICHARD TURNER
A Young but Artful Swindler, transported to Botany Bay for Fourteen years
for cheating a Young Lady
JOHN LUMLEY
Imprisoned, and whipped through the Streets of the Borough of Southwark, for
stealing Pewter Pint-Pots from Public-Houses, January, 1810
THOMAS PUGH
AND ELIZABETH PUGH
Convicted at the London Sessions, 20th of January, 1810, and sentenced to
Imprisonment for a Conspiracy, in what is called " Child-Dropping "
HENRY CLARKE
Convicted at the Old Bailey, 20th of February, 1810, for robbing a
Mail-Coach, and sentenced to Death
WILLIAM COLMAN
A Convict on board the Hulks, at Woolwich. Executed on Pennington Heath,
26th of March, 1810, for the Murder of a Fellow-Prisoner
WILLIAM COOPER
AND WILLIAM DRAPER
Convicted of cutting off Trunks from a Gentleman's Carriage; the Former was
transported for Seven Years, and the Latter imprisoned for Six Months in the
House of Correction, 1810
RICHARD
FAULKNER
A Boy, executed at Wisbech, in 1810, for the
Murder of another Lad of Twelve Years of Age
EDWARD WILLIAM
ROBERTS, -- BROWN, and DOROTHY COLE, alias MRS BROWN
Convicted in the Court of King's Bench, of a conspiracy, and the two first
imprisoned and pilloried
RICHARD
VALENTINE THOMAS
Executed at the New Prison, in Horsemonger Lane,
3rd of September, 1810, for Forgery
HENRY GRIFFIN
Indicted at the Old Bailey, at the September Sessions, 1810, for the Murder
of his Wife, found guilty of Manslaughter, and fined
WILLIAM
HITCHIN
Transported for Seven Years for stealing an Exchequer Bill, September, 1810
THOMAS BELLAMY
AND JOHN LANEY
Watchmen, convicted of assaulting those whom they were bound to protect,
September, 1810
JOHN DAVISON, ESQ.
A Captain in the Royal Marines, convicted of stealing a Piece of Muslin from
a Shopkeeper at Taunton, 13th of November, 1810
MARY JONES AND
ELIZABETH PAINE
Transported for Seven Years, November Sessions, 1810, at the Old Bailey for
Shoplifting
THOMAS KIMPTON
Convicted at the Middlesex Sessions, December, 1810 of a Violent Assault on
a Juryman of the Court Leet, and sentenced to
Imprisonment
WILLIAM
BRITTON
Convicted at the Sessions at the Old Bailey, December, 1810, of stealing
from a coffee-house bedroom, and sentenced to transportation
JOSEPH MOSES
Convicted in 1811 of receiving the Skins of Royal Swans from the Serpentine
River, in Hyde Park, knowing them to have been stolen
EDWARD BEAZLEY
A Boy, whipped in Newgate for destroying Women's Apparel with Aqua Fortis,
11th of March, 1811
WILLIAM TOWNLEY
Convicted of Burglary, and executed at Gloucester, 23rd of March, 1811, a
Few Minutes before a Reprieve arrived
MICHAEL
WHITING
Methodist Preacher, sentenced to Death for poisoning his Two
Brothers-in-Law, with an Intent to possess himself of their Property, 1811
RICHARD
ARMITAGE AND C. THOMAS
Clerks in the Bank of England, executed before Newgate, 24th of June, 1811,
for Forgery
MARY GREEN
Convicted of putting off Base Coin, and sentenced to Six Months'
Imprisonment, 5th of April, 1811
THE HONOURABLE
ARTHUR WILLIAM HODGE
One of the Members of his Majesty's Council in Tortola, an Island subject to
Great Britain, in the West Indies, executed there on the 8th of May, 1811, for
the Murder of his Negro Slave
THOMAS LEACH
AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE
The Former transported for uttering Forged Bank-Notes, and the Latter
condemned to Death, July, 1811
JOHN STANLEY,
THOMAS JEFFRY, W. BRAINE AND WILLIAM BRUNT
London Boot Operatives who were imprisoned for conspiring to obtain Better
Wages, August, 1811
JANE COX
Executed at Exeter Summer Assizes, 1811, for poisoning a Child with Arsenic
JAMES DALE
A Chimney-Sweep, who descended Chimneys to break into Houses, and was
convicted on 9th September, 1811
ARTHUR BAILEY
Executed at Ilchester, 11th of September, 1811,
for stealing a Letter from the Post Office at Bath
WILLIAM BEAVAN
A Burglar, who was identified by his Deformed Hand, and was executed before
Newgate, 19th of September, 1811
DANIEL DAVIS
A Postal Letter-Carrier, convicted at the September Sessions, 1811, at the
Old Bailey, and sentenced to Death, for stealing a Letter containing Ten Pounds
ELIZABETH KING
Sentenced to Death at the Old Bailey, for privately stealing a Bag of Gold,
21st of September, 1811
AGNES ADAMS
Convicted at the Middlesex Sessions, 1811, and sentenced to Six Months'
Imprisonment for uttering a "Bank of Fleet" Note
RICHARD PAYNE
AND JOHN MALONEY
Convicted, October Sessions, 1811, at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to
Death, for robbing a Man whom they had accused of being an Ex-Convict
WILLIAM ROGERS
Overseer of Carpenters, employed at the Lyceum Theatre, transported, October
Sessions, 1811, for embezzling Timber, and making False Charges to his Employer
TUCKER, THE
MOCK PARSON
Convicted at the Middlesex Sessions, 2nd of November, 1811, for swindling a
Victualler of his Wine, and transported for Seven Years
HARRIET MAGNIS
Tried for child stealing, 1811
JOHN WILLIAMS
Who, after committing a series of horrible murders, in 1811 escaped the
gallows by hanging himself in Prison
JOHN CLAYTON
and WILLIAM JENKINS
Executed for Burglary
COLONEL BROWNE
An American Loyalist, convicted in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster,
21st of February, 1812, of Forgery at Common Law, and Sentenced to Imprisonment
in Newgate
BENJAMIN
WALSH, ESQ., M.P.
Convicted in 1812 of feloniously stealing a Large Sum of Money from Sir
Thomas Plomer, his Majesty's Solicitor-General, and
pardoned on a Case reserved for the Opinion of the Twelve Judges
GEORGE SKENE
Chief Clerk of the Queen Square Police Office, Westminster. Executed before
Newgate, 18th of March, 1812, for Forgery
JOHN
BELLINGHAM
Executed for the Murder of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom, by shooting him in the House of Commons, in
May, 1812
BENJAMIN
RENSHAW
Executed, after an Abortive Attempt, at Nottingham, 29th of August, 1812,
for setting fire to a Haystack
DANIEL DAWSON
Convicted at Cambridge Summer Assizes, 1812, and executed for Poisoning
Racehorses at Newmarket
JOHN DAVIES
Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment for buying Guineas at a Higher Price
than their Nominal Value, September, 1812
CHARLES FOX
"The Flying Dustman," convicted at the Middlesex Sessions,
September, 1812, for an Assault, and sentenced to Three Months' Imprisonment
THOMAS LIGHT,
alias JOHN JONES, alias THOMAS KNIGHT.
Tried for stealing dead bodies from St. Giles' Churchyard
EDWARD TURNER
A pugilist, convicted of manslaughter for killing his opponent, 22nd
October, 1812
LIEUTENANT GAMAGE
Late of the Griffon Sloop-of-War, hanged at the Yardarm of that Ship, in
November, 1812, for the Murder of a Sergeant of Marines
JOHN WALKER
Another Tyrannical Guardian of the Peace of the Night, whose Case offers
another Peep into a London Watch-House, imprisoned for assaulting a Woman,
November, 1812
THE MARQUIS OF
SLIGO
Convicted of enticing British Seamen to desert, fined Five Thousand Pounds,
and imprisoned Four Months in Newgate, 16th of December, 1812
JOACHIM, a
Portuguese; MARTIN, a black; MILLINGTON, an Irishman; and WILLIAMS, an
Englishman
Tried and executed for mutiny and murder of their officers, while making an
English port, in a French prize brig, December, 1812
JOHN AND LEIGH
HUNT
Imprisoned for a Libel on His Royal Highness the Prince Regent
HENRY MORRIS
Transported for Bigamy
WILLIAM
CORNWELL
A Murderer, who was traced by a Watch he had sold, and was executed in 1813
PHILIP
NICHOLSON
Executed on Pennenden Heath, August 23, 1813, for
the Murder of Mr and Mrs Bonar
W. H. HOLLINGS
Executed for the Murder of Elizabeth Pitcher
THOMAS SHARPE
Executed October 31, 1814, for the horrid murder in Kentish Town
ELIZA FENNING
A Cook, who was convicted of placing Arsenic in Dumplings, and executed,
26th of June, 1815, after Solemn Protestations of Innocence
THOMAS BROCK,
JOHN PELHAM, and MICHAEL POWER
Convicted of Coining, 25th of September, 1816
CASHMAN,
HOOPER, GAMBLE, GUNNELL, CARPENTER, HUNT, AND WATSON
The Spafields rioters, 1817
GEORGE BARNETT
Charged with shooting at Miss Frances Maria Kelly, Actress, in Drury Lane
Theatre, 17th of February, 1816
THE ASHCROFTS AND WILIAM HOLDEN
Tried at the Lancaster Assizes for the Murder of Margaret Marsden and Hannah
Partington, 5th September, 1817
WILLIAM HAITCH
Who Murdered Mary Minting, destroyed himself, and was buried at a cross-road
MICHAEL
SHIPMAN
Tried and convicted for administering drugs to a young lady, for an infamous
purpose, 1818
ABRAHAM
THORNTON
Acquitted on a Charge of murdering a Girl, and on being rearrested claimed
Trial by Battle, April, 1818
DAVID OWEN
Tried and executed for a diabolical attempt to murder his sister, her
husband, and their servant maid, 4th April, 1818
MARY STONE
Tried for Child Murder on a charge preferred by her sister, August 1818
GEORGE CHENNEL AND J. CHALCRAFT
Executed August, 1818 for the atrocious murder of Chennel's
father and his Housekeeper, at Godalming
CHARLES HUSSEY
Who murdered a Wealthy Tradesman and his Housekeeper, and was executed on
3rd of August, 1818
ROBERT
JOHNSTON
Executed for Robbery, On 30th of December 1818, after Shocking Scenes on the
Scaffold
SAMUEL SIBLEY;
MARIA CATHERINE SIBLEY; SAMUEL JONES; his son; THOMAS JONES; JOHN ANGEL; THOMAS
SMITH; JAMES DODD and EDWARD SLATER
Deluded followers of Joanna Southcott, the sham prophetess, tried for
rioting, 13th of January, 1819
ROBERT DEAN
Executed for the dreadful murder of a child, at Leeds, 1819
HENRY STENT
A case of seduction, and attempted assassination
PEI
A captured and liberated negro, tried for the murder and cannibalism of Zongobia, another captured negro slave, at Charlotte-town,
Sierra Leone, July 1819
JOHN SCANLAN and STEPHEN SULLIVAN
The murderers of the Colleen Bawn
MRS MARY
RIDDING
A Captain's Wife, who was sent to Prison for stealing a Child, 28th of
August, 1819
SIR FRANCIS
BURDETT
Fined Two Thousand Pounds at the Leicester Assizes, 23rd of March, 1820, and
sent to Prison for Three Months for a Seditious Libel
ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD, JAMES INGS, JOHN
THOMAS BRUNT, RICHARD TIDD AND WILLIAM DAVIDSON
Leaders in the Cato Street Conspiracy
PHILIP HAINES
AND MARY CLARKE
Executed at Leicester for the murder of Mr. John Clarke, March 1821
JOHN SMITH
A Greenwich Pensioner, eighty years of age, executed 23rd of December, 1822,
for the murder of a woman with whom he had cohabited
DANIEL DOODY,
JOHN CUSSEN, alias WALSH, JAMES LEAHY, MAURICE LEAHY,
WILLIAM DOODY, DAVID LEAHY, DANIEL RIEDY, WILLIAM
COSTELLO, AND WALTER FITZMAURICE, alias CAPTAIN ROCK
Convicted of Abduction, 1822/1823
PHILIP STOFFEL
AND CHARLES KEPPEL
Guilt of Murder disclosed by a Prisoner's Ignorance of Spelling, 1823
HENRY
FAUNTLEROY
A Partner in a Leading Banking-House, who forged Securities of the Value of
One Hundred and Seventy Thousand Pounds, and was executed at Newgate on 30th of
November, 1824
CORNELIUS WOOD
Executed at the Old Bailey for the Violation and Robbery of Mary Ayres
EDWARD HARRIS,
alias KIDDY HARRIS
One of a desperate Gang of Thieves and Ruffians, executed for a brutal
Assault (with intent to Murder), committed on Sarah Drew, in Hackney Fields
GEORGE
ALEXANDER WOOD AND ALEXANDER WELLESLEY LEITH
Eton College Boys, indicted for Manslaughter, 9th of March, 1825, as the
Result of a Two-Hours' Fierce Fight
EDWARD GIBBON
WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM WAKEFIELD AND FRANCES WAKEFIELD
Romance of a Wealthy Heiress who was abducted, and married at Gretna Green
WILLIAM CORDER
Executed 11th of August, 1828, for the Murder of Maria Marten, in the Red
Barn, the Crime being revealed to the Victim's Mother in Three Dreams
JOSEPH HUNTON
A Wealthy Quaker, who committed a Series of Forgeries in the City of London,
and was executed 8th of December, 1828
ESTHER HIBNER THE ELDER, ESTHER HIBNER
THE YOUNGER, AND ANN ROBINSON
Tried for the Murder of a Parish Apprentice, who died as the Result of
Inhuman Treatment, 10th of April, 1829
WILLIAM BANKS
Executed at Horsemonger Lane Jail, 11th of
January, 1830, for an Armed Burglary
WILLIAM BURKE
Who, with his accomplice Hare, murdered persons to sell their bodies to the
anatomists. Executed 28th of January 1830
CAPTAIN
WILLIAM MOIR
Executed on 2nd August, 1830, for murdering a Fisherman who had trespassed
on his Farm at Barking, Essex
JOHN SMITH,
alias WILLIAM SAPWELL
Executed for the Murder of a Policeman
JOHN ST JOHN
LONG
A Quack Doctor of Harley Street, who was convicted for the Manslaughter of a
Woman Patient. When he died a Monument was erected to him by Grateful Patients
JOHN TAYLOR
AND THOMAS MARTIN
A Body-Snatcher's Humorous Story of his Adventure, as told at the London
Sessions, 21st of April, 1831
JOSEPH PLANT
STEVENS
A Trickster, who was transported for robbing a Guileless Farmer, 25th of
May, 1831
LEWIS LEWIS,
RICHARD LEWIS, DAVID HUGHES, THOMAS VAUGHAN, DAVID THOMAS, AND OTHERS
The Merthyr Tydfil rioters, June 1831
JOHN AMY BIRD BELL
A Fourteen-year-old Criminal, who murdered another Boy for the sake of Nine
Shillings, and was executed on 1st August, 1831
JOHN BISHOP
AND THOMAS WILLIAMS
Notorious Body-Snatchers, who murdered People and sold their Bodies to
Hospitals, and were executed at Newgate, 5th of December, 1831
JOHN HOLLOWAY
Executed on 16th of December, 1831, for the Murder of his Wife, whose
Dismembered Body was discovered amid Rustic Surroundings
HENRY MACNAMARA
Hotel Jewel Thief, who was transported for committing several Robberies,
21st of May, 1832
DENNIS COLLINS
Convicted of High Treason, in throwing a Stone at King William IV. at Ascot
Races, 19th of June, 1832
JONATHAN
SMITHERS
Executed 9th of July, 1832, for setting fire to his Shop in Oxford Street,
and causing the Death of Three People
JAMES COOK
Executed 10th of August, 1832, for the Murder of Mr Paas,
whose Remains he attempted to destroy by Fire
WILLIAM
JOHNSON
Executed at Newgate, 7th of January, 1833, for murdering a Wig Maker's Son,
whose Body was found in a Ditch
JOB COX
Convicted in May, 1833, of stealing a Letter, he narrowly escaped Execution,
owing to the City Recorder's Blunder
GEORGE FURSEY
Acquitted of stabbing two policement during the Calthorpe Street Riot, 30th May 1833
JAMES LOVELACE
and others
The Tolpuddle Martyrs, transported for forming a
trade union, 1834
PATRICK
CARROLL
Executed 18th of May, 1835, for Murder. Origin of the Central Criminal Court
ROBERT SALMON
Convicted of Manslaughter, in administering "Morison's Pills," and
fined Two Hundred Pounds, 4th of April, 1836
JOHN MINTER
HART
A Cheating Money-Lender, who was transported for Life, 16th of December,
1836, for forging a Bill of Exchange
THOMAS MEARS
AND OTHERS
The Canterbury Rioters, 31st May 1838.
FRANCIS LIONEL
ELIOT, EDWARD DELVES BROUGHTON, JOHN YOUNG AND HENRY WEBBER
Indicted for a Murder committed in a Duel on Wimbledon Common on 22nd of
August, 1838
FRANCIS
HASTINGS MEDHURST
Convicted on 13th of April, 1839, of the Manslaughter of a Schoolfellow
GEORGE CANT
Convicted of Rape, 31st October 1839
WILLIAM JOHN
MARCHANT
A young Footman, who was hanged for murdering a Housemaid in a Magistrate's
Drawing-Room
ROBERT TAYLOR
Convicted of bigamy, 29th of June, 1840
FRANCOIS
BENJAMIN COURVOISIER
Executed, 6th of July, 1840, for murdering Lord William Russell while
sleeping in his House in Norfolk Street, Park Lane
EDWARD OXFORD
Tried on 9th of July, 1840, for High Treason, in shooting at Queen Victoria
while riding along Constitution Hill with Prince Albert, and found insane
THE EARL OF
CARDIGAN
Tried on 16th of February, 1841, at the Bar of the House of Lords, for an
Assault committed in a Duel
WILLIAM
STEVENSON
Transported, 17th of March, 1841, for stealing a Bag of Gold from his
Employers
JAMES INGLETT
Convicted, at the Age of Ninety-four, of the Manslaughter of a Woman, by
carelessly administering Arsenic to her
HUFFEY WHITE AND RICHARD KENDALL
Executed at Northampton, for Robbing the Leeds Mail
RICHARD CORDUY
Imprisoned Two Years in Chelmsford Jail for robbing the Royal Forest at
Waltham of Six Pieces of Wood
PRIVATE HALES
Pitiful Scene in an Attempt to hang him at Jersey
MARTHA DAVIS
Sentenced to Death for robbing a Foot-Boy while on an Errand for his Master
JOHN ROBINSON
Executed at York, for a most cruel and deliberate Murder of a Servant-Girl
LEVI MORTGEN AND JOSEPH LUPPA
Two Swindling Jews, transported for Seven Years for a Conspiracy to defraud
ELIZABETH
MIDDLETON
Imprisoned for Fourteen Days for Shocking Cruelty to her Orphan Apprentice
JOHN MUCKETT
A Soldier, who was executed at Chelmsford for the Murder of his Wife, with
whom he quarrelled because he had no Potatoes for Dinner
PATRICK M'DONALD
A Poor Boy, convicted at the Old Bailey of stealing, and presented with a
Deluge of Shillings
JAMES BULLOCK
Executed, under the Bankruptcy Act, for a Felonious Embezzlement
FREDERICK
SMITH ALIAS HENRY ST JOHN
Convicted at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to Transportation for a Curious
Kind of Fraud
SAMUEL OLIVER
A Shop-Boy, transported for Seven Years for committing a Petty Theft
THOMAS WHITE
AND WALTER WYATT
Two Thieves, who were the First Criminals to be executed at Oxford by the
new system
Supplement
JAMES SWEENY,
RICHARD PEARCE, EDMUND BUCKLEY, PATRICK FLEMING, MAURICE BRENWICK,
AND JOHN SULLIVAN,
Convicted of Murder in an Affray
WILLIAM MOULDS
Executed for The Murder of William Turner
RICHARD
VALENTINE THOMAS,
Executed for Forgery
JOHN WHITMORE,
ALIAS OLD DASH,
Executed for a Rape
JAMES FALLAN,
Executed for the Murder of his Wife.
FREDERIC BARDIE, Alias PETER WOOD,
A French Prisoner of War, Executed for Cutting and Maiming.
ANTONIO
CARDOZA,
Executed for the Murder of Thomas Davis
WILLIAM TOWNLEY,
Executed for Burglary.
RICHARD
ANDREWS AND ALEXANDER HALL,
Transported for Fraud
LORD LOUTH
Convicted for Abuse of his Authority as a Magistrate.
WILLIAM HEBBERFIELD,
Executed for Forgery.
WILLIAM JEMMET,
Executed for Robbery on the High Seas.
WILLIAM CUNDELL AND JOHN SMITH,
Prisoners of War who Went over to the French,
THOMAS BOWLER,
Executed for Maliciously Firing at Mr. Burrowes.
JOHN LOMAS AND
EDITH MORREY,
Executed for the Murder of Edith Morrey's Husband.
JOSEPH SIMMONS
WINTER, BENJAMIN ALLEN, WILLIAM TAYLOR, JOHN IVEY, & ROBERT COOPER
The Three First Executed for Stealing Silk, and the Two Latter Transported
for Receiving it, Knowing it to be Stolen.
CHARLES
FREDERICK PALM AND SAMUEL TILLING
Executed for Mutiny and Murder
WILLIAM BROWN,
Executed for the Murder of a Child.
ROBERT TOWERS,
Imprisoned for Endeavouring to Bribe a Turnkey of Newgate.
WILLIAM BOOTH
Executed for Forgery.
THOMAS NUGENT,
& JOHN & WILLIAM FOLKARD,
Pilloried for Attempting to Defraud the Creditors of John Folkard.
THE LUDDITES
Guilty of Rioting and Administering Unlawful Oaths.
WILLIAM HOWE,
ALIAS JOHN WOOD,
Executed for the Murder of Mr. Robins.
ANTONIO TARDIT
A French Prisoner-of-war, Executed for the Murder of a Fellow-Prisoner.
AZUBAH FOUNTAIN AND GEORGE TURNER ROWELL
Executed for the Murder of Fountain's Husband.
ROBERT
KENNETT,
Executed for Forgery.
WILLIAM BADCOCK, R. BRADY, Alias OXFORD BOB, AND S. HILL
Executed for Forgery.
DAVID SPREADBURY,
Executed for Forgery.
JOHN BRITAIN,
Executed for the Murder of his Wife.
JOSEPH
RICHARDSON, JAMES SYMONS, AND NATHAN SYMONS;
The Two First Convicted of Stealing, the Last for Receiving Stolen Goods.
LUKE HEATH,
Executed for Murder.
JOHN HANNAH
Executed for the Murder of his Wife.
MICHAEL M'ILVENA,
Executed for Celebrating a Marriage, He Being a Layman.
JAMES LEARY,
Executed for the Murder of Edward Clifford.
JOHN DENTON,
Executed for the Murder of Mrs. Denton.
THOMAS FOSS,
Executed for Forgery
CHARLES
CALLAGHAN,
Executed for the Murder of Miss Gompertz's Butler.
JOHN DREW MAY,
Executed for Forgery.
JOHN ASHTON,
At his Execution, he Jumped back onto the Scaffold, and had to be Pushed off
again.
JAMES
MITCHELL,
Executed for the Murder of Miss Welchman.
JOHN JAMES
Executed for Murder.
ADMIRAL
BRADLEY
Transported for Forgery.
WILLIAM QUIN
Imprisoned and Whipped for a Malicious Assault on a Strike-breaker
MAJOR J. G. SEMPLE, ALIAS LISLE
Several Times Convicted of Swindling and Theft.
CHARLES WELLER
Convicted of Stealing Notes and Bills.
SARAH STONE
Transported for Stealing a Child
ANNE RADFORD
Transported for Perjury.
WILLIAM SAWYER
Executed for the Murder of Harriet Garrett.
THOMAS JESSON
Executed for the Murder of a Child.
JOHN MURDOCH
Executed for the Murder of James Murdoch.
JOHN ELLEM
Executed for Ravishing a Young Girl
ELIZABETH
DREW,
Tried for Robbery.
WILLIAM
BRADFORD
Executed for Forgery.
ELIZABETH WOOLLERTON
Executed for Poisoning.
ELIZABETH HUNTER
AND REBECCA JARVIS
Convicted of Roasting a Child.
JEREMIAH GRANT
Executed for Burglary.
JAMES MARSH
Executed for Murder.
THOMAS CARSON
Condemned for the Murder of C. Cassidy, but escaped by changing clothes with
his brother.
CAPTAIN GEORGE
HARROWER
Convicted of Bigamy.
SUSANNAH
HOLROYD
Executed for Poisoning her Husband and Two Children.
GEORGE
VAUGHAN, ROBERT MACKEY, AND GEORGE BROWN
Convicted of a Conspiracy.
ROGER
O'CONNOR, ESQ.
Indicted for Robbing the Mail.
PATRICK DEVANN.
Executed for the Murder of the Lynch Family in Wildgoose
Lodge.
JAMES HARRY,
ALIAS HARRIS
Executed for the Murder of his Wife.
JEREMIAH BRANDRETH, WILLIAM TURNER, AND ISAAC LUDLAM
Executed for High Treason.
DR. LAURENCE
HYNES HALLORAN
Transported For Forging A Frank.
SAMUEL DICK
Convicted of Abduction and Rape.
JOHN DRISCOL, WILLIAM WELLER, & GEORGE CASHMAN
Executed for Forgery.
JOHN KINNEAR,
MOSELY WOOLF, AND LEWIS LEVY,
Convicted of Conspiracy.
ROBERT
JOHNSTON.
Executed for Robbery after an Attempted Rescue from the Scaffold
HENRY HUNT
A Speaker at the Peterloo Massacre,
JACOB MAGENNIS
Executed for Shooting a Constable.
JAMES
LIGHTFOOT,
Executed for the Murder of Thomas Maxwell.
JAMES NESBETT.
Executed for the Murder of Mr. Parker and his Housekeeper.
ROSALIE CURCHOD
Indicted for Child-Murder, but Acquitted.
JAMES MACKCOULL, alias MOFFAT
Convicted Of Robbery after a Long Career as a Thief.
FREDERICK
WHITE
Wrongly Convicted of Highway Robbery, but Pardoned.
JOHN THOMPSON
AND JOHN BARNICOAT
Executed for the Murder of William Hancock.
BRIDGET BUTTERLY AND BRIDGET ENNIS
Executed for the Murder of Miss Thompson.
DAVID HAGGART, ALIAS JOHN WILSON, ALIAS JOHN
MORRISON, ALIAS BARNEY M'COUL, ALIAS
JOHN M'COLGAN ALIAS DANIEL O'BRIEN, ALIAS
THE SWITCHER
Executed for the Murder of a Warder in a Jail-break.
JOHN M'NAMARA AND THOMAS MALONY
Executed for the Murder of Mrs. Torrins.
SAMUEL DENMORE HAYWARD,
Executed for Burglary.
WILLIAM WELSH,
EDWARD DOOHERTY, LAURENCE WELSH, AND WILLIAM MARTIN.
Executed for the Murder of Mr. Hoskins.
ROBERT HARTLEY
Executed for Wilfully Stabbing.
JOHN KEYS
Executed for Parricide.
JOHN NEWTON
Executed for the Murder of his Wife.
JONATHAN COOK
Executed for a Rape on a Child.
JAMES WILSON
Convicted of an Attempt to Commit Incest.
THOMAS CHARLES FITZHUE SANDON, ESQ.
Transported for Fraud.
JOHN THURTELL AND JOSEPH HUNT.
Convicted of Murder.
JOHN HILL WAGSTAFF,
Executed for Forgery.
AMY GEORGE
Indicted for the Murder of her Brother.
THE REV. JOHN
CARROLL
Indicted for the Murder of a Child, but Found Insane.
HENRY SAVARY,
Convicted of Forgery.
WILLIAM
PROBERT
Executed for Horse-Stealing.
ALEXANDER
PIERCE
Executed for Murder and Cannibalism.
CHARLES LYNN.
Tried for Murder.
JAMES EVANS
Tried for the Murder of Thomas Price.
SAMUEL
GILBERT,
Indicted for Robbery.
ALEXANDER AND
MICHAEL M'KEAND
Executed for Murder.
CHARLES THOMAS
WHITE
Executed for Arson.
WILLIAM BURT
Executed for the Murder of his Infant Son.
JOHN PEELE, alias
GEORGE WATSON
Executed for Forgery.
WILLIAM SHEEN.
Tried for the Murder of his Child.
RICHARD BOWERS
Transported for "Duffing."
JOSHUA SLADE
Executed for the Murder of the Rev. J. Waterhouse.
WILLIAM MILLER
Executed for the Violation and Murder of Mary Anne Lane.
WILLIAM JONES
Tried for the Murder of Elizabeth Jeffe.
WILLIAM HOWARD
Convicted of an Assault with Intent to Rob.
CAPTAIN JOHN
BURGH MONTGOMERY, alias COLONEL WALLACE, alias COLONEL MORGAN
Convicted of Forgery, but Poisoned Himself the Night before his Execution.
ANN HARRIS,
JOHN COX THE ELDER, JOHN COX THE YOUNGER, ROBERT COX, AND JAMES PUGH
Convicted of Murder.
JONATHAN
MARTIN
A Madman who Set Fire to York Minster.
JOHN STACEY,
THE YOUNGER AND JOHN STACEY, THE ELDER
The First
RICHARD
GIFFORD
Executed for Forgery.
JAMES BELL
Transported for Stealing a Body.
WILLIAM BANKS
Executed for Burglary.
ROBERT EMOND
Executed for Murder.
AGRICULTURAL
RIOTS
The Followers of "Captain Swing"
WILLIAM
SWALLOW, alias WALDON; GEORGE JAMES DAVIS, alias
GEORGE HUNTLEY; WILLIAM WATTS, alias CHARLES WILLIAMS; ALEXANDER STEPHENSON,
alias TELFORD; and JOHN BEVERIDGE, alias ANDERSON.
Tried for Mutiny and Piracy.
LUKE DILLON
Transported for Rape.
IKEY alias ISAAC SOLOMON
Transported for Receiving Stolen Goods.
WILLIAM
GILCHRIST, GEORGE GILCHRIST, and JAMES BROWN
Tried for a Coach Robbery.
WILLIAM KING
Imprisoned for Robbery.
MARY ANNE
HIGGINS, AND EDWARD CLARKE
Tried for Murder.
EDWARD HOGSDEN
Executed for Raping his Daughter.
ELIZABETH ROSS
Executed for a "Burking "Murder.
THE REFORM
RIOTS
1831-2.
WILLIAM
KENNEDY and WILLIAM BROWN
Tried for a Murder Committed on the River Thames.
JAMES BERRYMAN
and THOMAS BERRYMAN
The one Hanged, and the Other Transported, For a Burglary in which the
Victim was Blinded for Life.
RICHARD COSTER
Transported for Forgery after a Long Career as a Crooked Businessman.
ALFRED RAE.
Convicted of a Criminal Assault.
JAMES PAGE
Transported for Maliciously Wounding Cattle.
JOHN EDWARDS,
alias HEATH; PETER LEGASSER; AND JEREMIAH WEEDON
Imprisoned for Kidnapping a Solicitor to Extort a Client's Money from him.
JOSEPH MOSELEY
AND WILLIAM GARSIDE
Trades Unionists who Murdered a Grinding Employer, Executed after a Long
Delay.
EDWARD CHALKER AND JEREMY KEYS
Poachers, Tried for Murder of a Gamekeeper.
MARY ANNE
BURDOCK
Executed for Murder.
HENRY STANYNOUGHT.
Tried for the Murder of his Son.
ROBERT BALLS,
THOMAS HARRIS, and MORDECAI MOSES.
Transported for Forgery.
WILLIAM
SUMMERS.
Transported for Larceny.
WILLIAM
JOURDAN, alias LEARY; THOMAS SULLIVAN; HENRY MOTT; AND WILLIAM SEALE.
Transported for a Robbery at the Custom-House.
JAMES HILLS,
WILLIAM HARLEY, AND WILLIAM FISHER, alias CURLY BILL.
Tried for Burglary.
HENRY WILLIAMS
Transported for Burglary
GEORGE EDWARD
PEACOCK.
Transported for Forgery.
JOHN PEGSWORTH.
Executed for Murder.
CHARLES W. PENRUDDOCK.
A Student, Convicted of Assaulting an Examiner who asked him Difficult
Questions.
JAMES GREENACRE AND SARAH GALE
The First Executed for Murder, the Second Transported as being Accessory to
the Fact.
CHARLES SAMUEL
BARTLETT.
Executed for Murdering his Mother-in-law, 15th April, 1837
JOHN SMITH,
alias DAY; JOHN VARNHAM; and GEORGE TIMMS.
Executed For Murdering a Fortune-teller, 29th April, 1837.
GEORGE DARWELL.
Convicted of Embezzling Money to Give to the Mother of his Child.
GEORGE
FLETCHER, WILLIAM ROACH, AND THOMAS TAYLOR.
Executed For Murder.
WILLIAM
FRANCIS ADAMS.
Acquitted of Murdering, but Convicted of Robbing, his Father, and
Transported.
CHARLES KINNAISTER, AND OTHERS.
Executed for the Murder of Australian Aborigines.
ARCHIBALD BOLAM.
Transported for Manslaughter.
LEWIN CASPAR,
ELLIS CASPAR, EMANUEL MOSES, AND ALICE ABRAHAMS.
Transported for Stealing Gold-dust.
JACOB
FREDERICK EHLERT,
A Norwegian Sailor, Executed For Murdering his Captain.
THE REV. J. E.
STEVENS.
Convicted of Sedition.
THE BIRMINGHAM
RIOTS
13th of July 1839
THE CHARTIST
RIOTS
1839-40.
FEARGUS O'CONNOR, ESQ.
Convicted of the Publication of a Seditious Libel.
JAMES OWEN,
GEORGE THOMAS, alias DOBELL, AND WILLIAM ELLIS, alias LAMBERT.
Canal Bargemen who Raped and Murdered a Passenger.
WILLIAM RACE,
Convicted of Manslaughter for a Joke that Went Wrong.
JAMES AND
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT.
Executed for Robbery and Murder.
RICHARD GOULD,
alias ARTHUR NICHOLSON.
Tried for Murder, but Convicted of Burglary.
THOMAS PATTESON
Convicted of Manslaughter, March 10th, 1840
JOHN TURNER
FLYNN
Convicted of Forgery and Transported for Life, 11th April, 1840
ALEXANDER M'LAGHLIN SMITH
Tried for Murder, but Found Insane, 21st of July 1840
HARRISON FLATHER
Imprisoned for Larceny.
RICHARD MOORE
Transported for Forgery.
PATRICK
MAXWELL STEWART WALLACE; and MICHAEL SHAW STEWART WALLACE
Transported for Inciting a Person to Cast Away and Destroy a Merchant Ship.
DAVID SAMS
Transported for Burglary.
WILLIAM
STEVENSON
Transported for Larceny.
JAMES INGLETT
A Cow-doctor, Convicted of Manslaughter for Giving a Potion to a sick
Neighbour
Appendices
APPENDIX I
Description of Newgate.
APPENDIX II
The Origin of the Gibbet in England
APPENDIX III
The Maiden, or Scottish Guillotine
APPENDIX IV
The Newgate Bellman
APPENDIX V.
The punishment of whipping in England, Russia, and France
APPENDIX VI.
Fleet Marriages
APPENDIX VII.
An account of the various modes of punishment for adultery, in distant
nations.
APPENDIX VIII
The Jail Fever
APPENDIX IX
Torture
APPENDIX X
Swindling
APPENDIX XI
An Exposè of the whole system of GAMBLING, as
practised in the most notorious LONDON HELLS
APPENDIX XII
Coining
APPENDIX XIII
Pretended Ghosts
APPENDIX XIV
Witchcraft
APPENDIX XV
Voluntary punishment of Gentoo widows on the death of their
husbands
APPENDIX XVI
Trial by ordeal of the Hindoos in the
East
APPENDIX XVII
Chinese punishments
APPENDIX XVIII
Turkish Punishments inflicted on knavish butchers and bakers.
APPENDIX XIX
Benefit of clergy.
CONCLUDING
NOTE
by the Editors.
GERALD
FITZGERALD
Executed For Murder, 24th of December, 1703
JOHN BIGG
Convicted of Altering a Bank Note
JOHN GORDON,
WILLIAM KERR AND JOHN DORRELL
Jacobites Executed for High Treason
JOHN MATTHEWS
Executed for High Treason in Printing a Jacobite Pamphlet
FRANCIS
BRIGHTWELL AND BENJAMIN BRIGHTWELL
Tried For a Highway Robbery
ANTHONY DRURY
Executed for Highway Robbery
JAMES
CARNEGIE, ESQ.
Tried for Murder
MARTIN NOWLAND
Executed for High Treason
JAMES
ANNESLEY, ESQ, AND JOSEPH REDDING
Tried for Murder
RICHARD BIGGS
Executed near Bath for the Murder of his Wife, 14th September, 1748
JOHN LANCASTER
Executed for Housebreaking, 24th September, 1748
SAMUEL HILL
Executed for Murdering his Landlady, 23d of March,
1762
JOHN ANDREWS
Executed for Forgery, 23d of March, 1752
JOHN POULTER ALIAS BAXTER
Executed For Highway Robbery
JOHN BRETT
Executed For Forgery.
JOHN SMITH AND
ROBERT MAYNE
Executed for a Mutiny on Board the King George, 10th May, 1762
JOHN KELLO
Executed for Forgery, 13th October 1755
THOMAS USHER
Executed for Robbery, 4th May, 1764
WILLIAM JAQUES
Executed for the Murder of a Black Man, August, 1764
RICHARD SWIFT
Transported for Buying Stolen Goods
ELIZABETH
BURROUGHS
Executed for Murder, April 4th, 1766
JOHN M'CLOUD
Executed for the Murder Of Mr. Stoddard, October 24th, 1768
MICHAEL SAMPSON
Forger, whose Death Sentence Was Commuted to Transportation because he Had
Saved a Nobleman's Servants from Drowning
JAMES MURPHY
AND JOHN DOGAN
Executed for Being Concerned in Wilkes's Riots, July 11th, 1768
MOSES
ALEXANDER
Executed For Forgery although Innocent, 9th August, 1769
CHARLES DAVID
MORGAN, DAVID MORGAN, WILLIAM SPIGGOT, WILLIAM WALTER EVAN, WILLIAM MORRIS, AND
DAVID LEWELLIN
Executed for the Murder Of Mr. Powell, March 30th, 1770
JOHN STRETTON
Executed for Robbing the Mail, 1st August, 1770
RICHARD MORGAN
Executed for Privately Stealing, 27th May, 1772
EDWARD BIRCH
AND MATTHEW MARTIN
Executed for Forgery, 2nd January, 1772
WILLIAM
EDWARDS WHITE
Executed for Murder, 25th October, 1772
ROBERT POWEL
Executed for Forgery, 2nd January, 1772
JOSEPH GUYANT AND JOSEPH ALLPRESS
Executed for Robbing the Mail, 8th July, 1772
JOSEPH COOPER
Executed for Robbing his Master, 30th June, 1772
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
WILLIAM GANSEL
Tried for Firing a Pistol at John Hyde, 8th September, 1773
ISAAC DARKING, Alias DUMAS
Executed for Highway Robbery, 16th April, 1761
SAMUEL MALE
Executed for Robbery, 25th March, 1773
JOHN CHALLENOR
Executed for Parricide 23rd August, 1773
CHARLES MILLS
AND JOHN PUGH
Executed for Highway Robbery, 7th November, 1774
WILLIAM HAWKE
Executed for Highway Robbery, 1st July, 1774
WILLIAM FARMERY
Executed for the Murder of his Mother, 5th August, 1775
MESSRS. RUMBOLD AND SYKES
Members of Parliament for Hindon, in Wiltshire,
Imprisoned for Bribery, in the Year 1776
JOHN MADDY, or MANNING
Another Case of Adultery
FRANCIS DAVID STIRN
Convicted of Murder, but Poisoned Himself in Newgate, 12th Sept, 1760
WILLIAM ODELL,
A SOLDIER, AND JOHN DEMPSEY, A SAILOR
Executed at Tyburn, September 15, 1760, for Murder
THE MAYOR OF BODMIN, IN CORNWALL
Barbarously Executed in the Reign of Edward VI
JAMES NICKOLSON
Murderer, convicted fifteen years after the murder
COUNTRY RIOTS,
OWING TO THE HIGH PRICE OF PROVISIONS IN THE YEAR 1766
With an Account of The Execution of Some of the Rioters
EDWARD AND
JANE M'GINNIS
Brother and Sister Executed at Tyburn, July 18,
1766, for Burglary
ISAAC LONG
And Other Sham Doctors
JAMES FRITH
Convicted of Robbing His Master's House, in the Dead of the Night, and
Transported in the Year 1772
WILLIAM KELLY
Executed near Gloucester, and His Body Hung in Chains, September the 28th,
1772, for Murder
WILLIAM WELCH
AND PETER CONWAY
Two Boys, the first fourteen, and the latter nine years of Age, Tried at the
Old Bailey, for a Highway Robbery on the Person of a Female Infant, still
Younger
NICHOLAS
MALLARD
Sentenced to Three Years Imprisonment, for an Assault Committed in a
Singular Attempt to Commit a Robbery on the 16th Of April 1774
WILLIAM CARR
Convicted in the Ecclesiastical Court for Slander, May 4, 1774, and
Sentenced to be Imprisoned Four Years
STRICTURES ON
THE OBSERVATIONS OF MR. HOWARD
Respecting Prisons, and the Treatment of Prisoners
CHARLES
PIPKINS
Executed at Tyburn, October 23, 1776, for Burglary
HYMAN ISAACKS
An English Jew, Executed at Ostend, in the year 1777, for Forging on the
Bank of England
JOSHUA
CROMPTON
Executed at Gangly-Green, near Guildford, in Surrey, July 31, 1778, for
Forging Bank of England Notes
FRANCES PEARCE
Convicted of Privately Stealing, in October Sessions, 1778, at the Old
Bailey, and Sentenced to be Imprisoned for Three Years
WILLIAM FLINT
A Pick-Pocket, Twice Sentenced to Hard Labour on the River Thames, for
Privately Stealing
WILLIAM MEYER,
ESQ.
Executed at York, April, 6 1781, for Murder
JOHN LEE, ESQ.
Who, from the Honourable Post of Captain in the British Army, Degenerated
into the Humiliating Employ of a Strolling Player, wherein he Committed
Forgery; and for which he was Executed at Tyburn, on
the fourth of March, 1784
JOSEPH
RICHARDS
A Most Ungrateful and Barbarous Villain, Executed at Kentish Town, near
London, February 27, 1786, for Murder
THE MILKMEN OF
LONDON
And Their Impositions upon the Public
ROBERT JAQUES
Convicted at the Old Bailey, July 11, 1790, of Being a Party in a Conspiracy
against the Warden of the Fleet Prison, and Sentenced to be Imprisoned and
Pilloried
JAMES WATTS
A Quaker, convicted of Robbing his Employer, at the Manchester Quarter
Session for 1787
JOHN MEAD
The Boy Incendiary, Executed before Newgate, August 31, 1791, for Setting
Fire to his Master's House
HOLDERNESS,
THE WATERMAN
Convicted and punished for Ill Treatment to his Fare, 1792.
JOHN BURKITS
Sentenced to Twelve Months Imprisonment, for Dog Stealing, October 13, 1789
JOHN HORNBY
MORELAND
Convicted at the Lent Assizes 1790, at Bury, in Suffolk, For Bigamy
PIERRE
AUGUSTINE, ALIAS PETER AUGUSTINE, ALIAS PETER CHUMLEY,
ALIAS PETER CHAPMAN, ALIAS PETER DEVAL
Executed before Newgate, August 31, 1791, For Robbing his own Countryman
THOMAS DUNN
Convicted, Pilloried, and Imprisoned, at Lancaster, September 2, 1794, for
Perjury
WILLIAM
TILLEY, JOHN CROSSWELL, GEORGE HARDWICK, JAMES
HAYDEN, JOHN HAWDEN, SIMON JACOBS, JOHN SOLOMONS, JOHN PHILLIPS, AND JOHN HENLEY
Convicted at the Old Bailey, July 1, 1795, of a Conspiracy, and Sentenced to
Transportation.
GEORGE COLLEY,
MICHAEL BLANCHE, AND FRANCIS COLE
Murderers and Pirates, Executed at Execution Dock, January 22, 1796
MICHAEL COX,
ROBERT M'LAURIN, JOHN SULLIVAN, MARTIN EALEY, AND
WILLIAM MORRISON
The Mutineers of the Grand Fleet, Executed at the Yard-arm of the Defiance
Man of War, March 8, 1796
VALLERIE COFFRE
A Frenchman, Executed at Winchester, July 11, 1766, for the Murder of his
Fellow-Prisoner
JAMES O'COIGLEY
Executed on Penningdon Heath, June 7, 1798, for
High Treason
SAMUEL BURR
Convicted of a Forgery, in the year 1787
WILLIAM GRANT
(A Negro)
In whose Conviction we shall Introduce a Sketch of the Pawnbroker and the
Jew
JEREMIAH
READING
The Scape-goat of Swindlers, Convicted of Forgery at the Old Bailey, the
Judgment Arrested, and the Condemned Pardoned
JOHN DAY
The Most Execrable Murderer of Father, Mother, and their Servant
WILLIAM
WINTERBOTTOM
A Dissenting Preacher, Fined and Imprisoned for Preaching Seditious Sermons
CHARLES TALMAGE
Convicted along with Mary Mallet, of Burglary, and Hanged at Winchester,
March 12, 1794
ROBERT WATT
and DAVID DOWNIE
Convicted of High Treason, at Edinburgh, with Particulars of the Execution
of a Traitor in Scotland
EDWARD COOKE
AND HENRY PARISH
Soldiers in the Oxfordshire Militia, Condemned at a General Court Martial,
and Shot at Brightelmstone (i.e. Brighton), June 12,
1795, for Mutiny
TIMOTHY DUNN,
EDWARD JONES, MATTHEW RILEY, AND DENNIS CONROY
Soldiers, Executed March 21, 1796, for Murder
ELIZABETH HALL
Convicted, Fined, and Imprisoned, for Cruelty to her Female Apprentices
MARTIN LAAS
A Norwegian, Executed at Maidstone, for Murder
EDWARD POWELL
Master Mast-maker of his Majesty's Dock-yard, at Portsmouth, Executed near
Winchester, for Murder
REBELLIONS IN
IRELAND IN 1803
Their Rise and Progress -- Assassination of the Lord Chief Justice and his
Nephew. -- Particulars of the Lives and Executions of the Principal Rebels
ROBERT EMMET,
ESQ
A Counsellor at Law, and Chief of the Irish Rebels, in 1803; for which he
was Executed
FRANCIS
FINLAY
Convicted at the December Sessions, at the Old Bailey, in 1802, and Executed
for Forgery
LAWRENCE
INNIS
A British Seaman, Executed on Pennenden-Heath,
January 21, 1803, for Murder
STEPHEN
STILWELL
Executed on the Top of the New Gaol, Southwark, March 26, 1803, for the
Murder of His Wife
JOHN
THOMPSON, ALIAS KELLY
A Mean and Cowardly Robber, Executed at Newgate, October 6. 1803, for
Robbing and Ill-Treating a Poor Defenceless Old Woman
MARY PARNELL
Executed at Newgate, July 12, 1804, for Forgery
ELIZABETH LARGHAN
Executed at Chelmsford, March 21, 1804, for the Murder of her Female Infant
Child
GEORGE
KENNEDY, MARTIN MOODY, AND RICHARD BARTON
Soldiers of the Foot Guards Convicted of a Robbery, Attended with
Circumstances of Cruelty
SAMUEL WILD
MITCHELL
Executed before Newgate, January 14, 1805, for the Murder of his Infant
Daughter
JOHN ROGER
TURNER
Executed at the Old Bailey, May 5, 1805, for Forgery
JOHN HARDING
Executed before Newgate, November 13, 1805, for Forgery
WILLIAM HONEYMAN
The Young Swindler; Convicted of Forgery at the Lent Assizes, 1806, for
Kent, and Executed upon Pennenden Heath
ANDREW AKOW
A Chinese Sailor, Executed at Execution-Dock, July 18, 1806, for Murdering
his Countryman
PHILIP MATSELL
Executed August 22, 1806, at Birmingham, for Firing at and Wounding T. Twyford, a Watchman of that Town
EDWARD M'ELROY
Indicted for Setting Fire to a Car-house
EDWARD WILLIAM
ROBERTS, DAVID MAITLAND, AND SAMUEL COLE
Convicted at the Lent Assizes for Hertford, 1809, and Pilloried for a
Conspiracy
RIOTS OF THE
MANCHESTER WEAVERS
The King against Hanson, Lancaster Lent Assizes, 1809
ANNE LEAK
A Horse Thief, Eleven years old
THOMAS LUCAS
and SARAH WELLS
Christians Prosecuted by Jews
JACOB LITTLEBOY, WILLIAM GLADMAN, AND
WILLIAM PENN
Convicted at the April Sessions for Middlesex 1809, of Stealing a Dead Body
out of the Grave
HANNAH, ALIAS
DIANA CONOLLY, CATHERINE HANDLEY, AND ELIZABETH COX
Convicted (Separately) for concealing the Delivery of a Child, and Sentenced
to Imprisonment
JOSEPH SMITH
AND CHARLES MEYRICK
Convicted of a Burglary in Breaking into Bagnigge
Wells, The Noted Tea Gardens near London
MICHAEL
CONNOR, JAMES KELLY, AND JOHN CARR
The Two Former Convicted of Highway Robbery, February 1809, and Sentenced to
Death
JOHN SPEED, ESQ.
A Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army, Convicted at the Lent Surrey
Assizes, 1809, of Bigamy
PHILIP FACEY
A Singular Case of Bigamy, of which he was Convicted at the Summer Assizes
for Surrey, 1809, Fined and Imprisoned
RICHARD
COSTELLO, JOHN SAYLOR, and JAMES MACLALLEY
Soldiers in the British Army, Convicted at Chelmsford, in March Assizes,
1809, of the Murder of a Fellow Soldier
THE SCALE OF
ROGUERY EXEMPLIFIED
From the Earliest Stage of Human Depravity
JOHN PALMER
Executed 23rd November 1808, for Cutting and Maiming in the Course of a
Burglary
RICHARD
THOMAS DUDMAN AND EDWARD WOOD
Convicted of a Conspiracy, of the Foulest Nature, at the Middlesex Sessions,
and Sentenced to Imprisonment and the Pillory
THE PARSON'S
HORSE AND THE WINDMILL.
A Singular Case
MUTINY AT
MALTA, APRIL 1807
A Caution to Soldiers
JOHN TROY
Executed before Newgate, for Forgery, 3rd July 1805
GEORGE
RICHARD WALKER AND CHRISTOPHER DODDS
Executed before Newgate, for Forgery, 11th June, 1806
RICHARD
NEWELL
Whipped for Cruelty to his Apprentices
ANN THOMPSON
A Prostitute, Indicted for the Murder of her Keeper, and Found Guilty of
Manslaughter
JOHN LEONARD
WHITE
Executed before Newgate, for Cutting and Maiming, 15th February 1806
ANDREW SCHOSTOCK
A German Soldier Serving in the King's German Legion, Executed in Kent, for
the Horrid Murder of a Woman, in the Isle Of Thanet, 27th March, 1807
BENJAMIN
PLUMBER, JOHN SPITTLE, CHARLES SIFLEET, AND JOHN
SAVAGE
Convicted of Burglary at Maidstone Assizes, 27th March 1807
PATRICK
PRENDERGAST
Executed before Newgate, the 25th of March 1807, for Burglary
ALEXANDER
DAVISON
Convicted of a Fraud to a Large Amount upon Government
SAMUEL DAVIS,
JOHN MARRYATT, JOHN LAWRENCE BARRON, GEORGE WINDLE, AND SARAH GROVER
Pilloried and Imprisoned, for a Conspiracy
ROBERT
WILSON, ALIAS JAMES WOOD
A Soldier, and a most hardened Villain, Executed in the Island of Guernsey
for Murder
THOMAS JEWETT
Executed at York for a Rape on his Master's Daughter
GABRIEL KABLINSKI
Executed in France for Murder, Friday 19th April, 1811
WILLIAM BRAGGE
Convicted at the Lent Assizes, for the County of Durham, 1809, and Fined and
Imprisoned, for Perjury.
JOHN ANNIS
A ship broker, convicted of Fraud, 14th of January, 1809
HENRY GAWLER
A Clerk in the Navy Office, Convicted the 11th of April, 1808, of a Fraud
CHARLES LLOYD
Convicted of Stealing in a Dwelling House, and Sentenced to Imprisonment
SINGULAR
ROBBERY AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
By a Villain who Escaped Justice
JOHN GONDREU
Convicted at the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, held at the Criminal Court,
of the Town Sydney, in New South Wales, (commonly called Botany Bay,) on the
12th of September 1809, and Sentenced to Death for Burglary
ISAAC WEST
and JOHN DUNCAN
Convicted of Burglary in Botany Bay, 12th of September 1809
JOHN BOULTON
Punished by the Stocks in Botany Bay
HENRY KELLY
Punishment of a Prevaricating Witness in Botany Bay
JAMES HEATH
and HENRY WILLIAMS
Sentenced to Death, having Pleaded Guilty to an Indictment before the Court
Of Criminal Jurisdiction at Sidney, (Botany Bay,) Charged with a Burglary
THOMAS
HERBERT
Indicted for Assault, 8th December 1809
REBECCA LEE
A Cruel Mistress to her Servant Maid
THE GEMMEN OF THE WHIP
And their Misdemeanours
JOHN KING
Convicted the sittings after Michaelmas Term 1810, in the Court at
Westminster, of Perjury
HANNAH WHITELOCK ALIAS TAYLOR
Transported for Seven Years, for Stealing Articles from Ready-furnished Lodgings
CHARLES DON
Convicted at the Summer Assizes 1810, at Chelmsford, and Sentenced to Death,
for Horse Stealing.
FOUR NATIVE
INDIANS OF BOMBAY
Tried and Punished, 1810, for a Conspiracy, to Murder George Cumming
Osborne, Esquire.
THOMAS WREN
Convicted of Assault at the Middlesex Sessions, December, 1810
MARY FORDHAM
Tried at Hertford, the 18th March 1811, for the Wilful Murder of her Bastard
Child, Found Guilty of Concealing its Birth, and Sentenced to Two Years'
Imprisonment
JOHN HUGHES
Convicted at the Summer Assizes Held at Dolgelly,
in North Wales, 1811, and Sentenced to Death for Sheep Stealing.
JOHN PURCEL, ESQ. OF HIGHFORT, NEAR CHARLEVILLE
Extraordinary Defeat of a Desperate Gang of House-breakers
GEORGE
KENDRICK
Imprisoned Twelve Months in the Middlesex House of Correction, for Pheasant
Stealing
GEORGE RATCLIFFE
Executed for Rape, 4th April 1811
COMBINATION
OF JOURNEYMEN BOOT-MAKERS.
A Lesson to Journeymen of every trade
CHARLES
BENNETT
Sentenced to Three Months Imprisonment in the House of Correction, for
Defrauding his Employers of Sixpence
WILLIAM M'CORMICK
One of those Daring Thieves Called Hustlers, Transported for Hustling and
Robbing a Passenger in the Borough of Southwark
JAMES FORD
Fined for a Brutal Attack upon a Woman
JOSEPH BROWN
Executed at York, for the Murder of his Landlady several Years before, in
order to Possess himself of her Property
ANN ILLIARD AND HER DAUGHTER
Fined and Imprisoned for Keeping a Brothel
RICHARD
RIPPON and JOHN POLLARD
Sentenced to Transportation, November 18l1, for
Stealing Jewels
RICHARD LOWE,
ALIAS LONG NED
A most Infamous Villain, Sentenced to Hard Labour in the House of Correction
in Coldbath Fields, for an Aggravated Assault upon a
Surgeon at Chelsea
ABRAHAM
WATSON
Convicted of a most Daring Assault, and Sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment
DAVID MOORE,
AND JOHN WILD
Midnight Guardians of the Peace Of London, Imprisoned for Abuse of Office.
MONTGOMERY
BROWN
Captain of a Merchant ship, Executed at Antrim in Ireland, 27th July 1812,
for Murder
JOHN HUGHES
AND JAMES ROBINSON
Imprisoned and Pilloried, for a Conspiracy in Aiding the Escape of French
Prisoners of War
JAMES
WESTBROOK AND ELIZABETH PHIPPS
Convicted at the September Sessions 1812, and Sentenced to Death, for
Burglary
THOMAS
FARNSWORTH THE YOUNGER
Convicted at the Middlesex sessions, of an Assault and Libel upon his Father
Supplement
3
SIR HENRY
MORGAN.
Pirate who became Governor of Jamaica (1688)
MAJOR STEDE BONNET.
Wealthy Landowner turned Pirate, Hanged 10th December 1718
ANN HOLLAND
Wife of a highwayman with whom she robbed many people. Executed 1705
DICK MORRIS.
Cunning and audacious swindler, executed 1706
WILLIAM NEVISON
Highwayman who robbed his fellows. Executed at York, 4th May 1684
CAPTAIN AVERY
Pirate who died penniless, having been robbed of his booty by merchants
CAPTAIN
MARTEL
Pirate
CAPTAIN TEACH
alias BLACK BEARD, the Most Famous Pirate of all.
CAPTAIN
EDWARD ENGLAND
Pirate
CAPTAIN
CHARLES VANE.
Pirate
CAPTAIN JOHN RACKAM.
Pirate
MARY READ.
Who Passed as a Man, and became a Soldier, Sailor, and Pirate.
ANNE BONNEY
The Famous Woman Pirate
CAPTAIN DAVIS
Pirate
CAPTAIN
ROBERTS
Pirate
CAPTAIN
KENNEDY.
Pirate
STEPHEN BUNCE
A Most Brazen and Ingenious Thief
NICHOLAS
WELLS
Burglar, Highwayman and Hired Assassin
WILLIAM HALLOWAY
Highwayman
?? AVERY.
Bricklayer and Highwayman
WILLIAM GETTINGS
Highwayman, executed 25th September 1713.
CAPTAIN URATZ
Highwayman and murderer, who argued with the divine under the gallows
CHRISTOPHER
DICKSON, JOHN GIBSON, AND CHARLES WEYMOUTH
Highwaymen, executed 10th March, 1714
RICHARD KEELE
Highwayman, executed 23rd December, 1713
CAPTAIN
WORLEY
Pirate, whose beginning was bold and desperate, his course short and
prosperous, and his end bloody and disgraceful
CAPTAIN SPRIGGS.
Pirate.
CAPTAIN UPTON
Pirate
CAPTAIN
EDWARD LOW
Pirate
NAN HERFORD
Swindler and Shoplifter, Executed 22 December 1690
TOM MARSH
Thief, Executed 4 May 1696
ANDREW BAYNES.
A Hardened Malefactor, who Tried Many Dodges, and was Hanged
on 8 August 1711
WILLIAM WARD,
SAMUEL LYNN, RALPH EMMERY, JOHN PRIOR, ROBERT
VICKERS, AND FRANCIS PARQUET
Malefactors who Were all Hanged on 19 February 1719
JOHN TRIPPUCK, ROBERT CANE, THOMAS CHARNOCK, AND RICHARD
SHEPHERD.
Malefactors who were all Hanged on 29 January 1720
TOM DORBEL
Highwayman Turned Servant who Robbed and Murdered
his Mistress' Niece
TOM GARRET
Highwayman, who Proved less Clever than his Victim
COLONEL
TURNER
Officer and Gentleman who Maintained his Position
by Robbery
CONCLUDING
NOTE
To the Jackson 1795 edition.
Supplement
4
THE PREFACE
By John Osborn
JANE GRIFFIN
Executed for the Murder of her Maid, January 29, 1719-20
WILLIAM
BARTON
A Highwayman, executed 12th of May, 1721
ROBERT
PERKINS
A Thief. Excuted 5th July, 1721.
WALTER
KENNEDY
A Pirate, Executed at Execution Dock, the 21st of July, 1721
JOHN WIGLEY
A Highwayman, executed 11th of September, 1721
WILLIAM
CASEY,
A robber, executed 11th of September, 1721
JOHN DYKES
A Thief and Highwayman, executed 23rd of October, 1721
RICHARD JAMES
A Highwayman, Executed 23rd of October, 1721
JAMES WRIGHT
A Highwayman, executed 22nd of December, 1721
JOHN JONES,
A pickpocket, executed 22nd of December, 1721
JOHN SMITH,
Murderer, executed 8th of February, 1722
JAMES SHAW,
alias SMITH
A Highwayman and murderer, executed 8th of February, 1722.
WILLIAM COLTHOUSE
Thief and Highwayman, executed 8th of February, 1722
JOHN THOMSON
A Thief, Highwayman, etc. Executed 4th of May, 1722
RICHARD
WHITTINGHAM
A Footpad and Street Robber, Executed 21st May, 1722
JAMES BOOTY
A Ravisher, Executed 21st of May, 1722.
JAMES, alias
VALENTINE CARRICK,
A Notorious Highwayman and Street Robber, Executed 18th of July, 1722.
JOHN MOLONY
A Highwayman and Street Robber. Executed 18th of July, 1722
THOMAS WILSON
A Notorious Footpad, Executed 26th of July, 1722
EDMUND NEAL
A Footpad, Executed 31st December 1722.
JOHN LEVEE
A Highwayman, Footpad, etc. Condemned 16th January 1723.
LUKE NUNNEY
A murderer, executed 25th of May, 1723.
RICHARD TRANTHAM
A Housebreaker, executed 25th of May, 1723.
JOHN TYRRELL
A Horse-stealer, Executed 17th of June, 1723.
WILLIAM DUCE
A Notorious Highwayman and Footpad, Executed 5th of August, 1723
SAMUEL OGDEN,
JOHN PUGH, WILLIAM FROST, RICHARD WOODMAN, and WILLIAM ELISA
Highwaymen, Footpads, Housebreakers, etc. Executed April 4th, 1724.
THOMAS BURDEN
A Robber. Executed 29th of April, 1724.
FREDERICK
SCHMIDT.
An Alterer of Bank-Notes. Executed 4th of April,
1724.
PETER CURTIS
A Housebreaker, etc. Executed 15th of June, 1724.
LUMLEY DAVIS
A Highwayman. Executed 28th of August, 1724
JAMES HARMAN
A Highwayman. Executed 28th of August, 1724.
JOHN LEWIS,
alias LAURENCE
A Thief, Highwayman, etc. Executed 27th of June, 1720.
JULIAN
A Black Boy and Incendiary. Convicted 14th October 1724.
CHARLES
TOWERS
A Minter in Wapping. Executed 4th of January, 1725.
THOMAS
ANDERSON
A Repentant Scotch Thief who Made Good.
JOSEPH PICKEN
A Highwayman. Executed 24th of February, 1725.
THOMAS PACKER
A Highwayman. Executed 24th of February, 1725.
THOMAS
BRADLEY
A Street-Robber. Executed 1st of February, 1725.
WILLIAM LIPSAT
A Thief. Executed 1st of February, 1725.
JOHN HEWLET
A Murderer. Executed 1st of February, 1725.
JOHN GUY
A Deer-stealer. Executed 1st of February, 1725.
BRYAN SMITH
A Threatening Letter Writer. Executed 30th of April, 1725.
JOSEPH WARD
A Footpad. Convicted 12th August 1724.
JAMES WHITE
A Thief. Executed 6th November, 1723
JOSEPH
MIDDLETON
Housebreaker and Thief. Executed 28th August 1723.
AN ACCOUNT OF
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
(Preface to Volume Two)
WILLIAM
SPERRY
A Footpad and Highwayman, Executed 24th of May, 1725
JOHN LITTLE
A Housebreaker and Thief. Executed 13th of September, 1725.
JOHN PRICE
A Housebreaker and Thief. Executed 13th of September, 1725.
FOSTER SNOW
A Murderer. Executed 3rd of November, 1725.
JOHN
WHALEBONE, alias WELBONE
A Thief, etc. Executed 3rd November, 1725.
JAMES LITTLE
A Footpad and Highwayman. Executed 3rd November, 1725.
JOHN HAMP
Executed for a crime of which he declared himself innocent to the last, 22nd
December, 1725
JOHN AUSTIN,
a Footpad, JOHN FOSTER, a Housebreaker, and RICHARD SCURRIER,
a Shoplifter
Executed together, 22nd December, 1725.
FRANCIS
BAILEY
A Notorious Highwayman. Executed 14th March, 1725.
JOHN BARTON
A Robber, Highwayman and Housebreaker. Executed 14th March, 1725.
WILLIAM SWIFT
A Thief, etc. Executed 14th March, 1725.
EDWARD BURNWORTH, alias FRAZIER, WILLIAM BLEWIT, THOMAS BERRY,
EMANUEL DICKENSON, WILLIAM MARJORAM, JOHN HIGGS, etc.,
A gang of Robbers, Footpads, Housebreakers and Murderers. Executed 12th
April, 1726
JOHN
GILLINGHAM
A Highwayman and Footpad, etc. Executed 9th May, 1726.
JOHN COTTERELL
A Thief, etc. Executed 9th May, 1726
CATHERINE
HAYES
A bloody and inhuman Murderess. Burnt at the Stake, 9th May, 1726.
THOMAS
BILLINGS
Accomplice of Catherine Hayes. Executed with her, 9th May, 1726.
THOMAS WOOD
Accomplice of Catherine Hayes. Died in Newgate before he was due to be
executed.
CAPTAIN JAEN
A Sea-captain who beat his cabin boy to death. Executed 13th May, 1726.
WILLIAM BOURN
A Notorious Thief. Executed 27th of June, 1726.
JOHN MURREL
A Horse-Stealer. Executed 27th June, 1726.
WILLIAM
HOLLIS
A Thief and Housebreaker. Executed 27th June, 1726.
THOMAS SMITH
A Thief. Executed 3rd August, 1726.
EDWARD
REYNOLDS
A Thief. Executed 23rd August, 1726.
JOHN CLAXTON,
alias JOHNSTON
A Thief. Executed for returning from transportation, 23rd August, 1726.
MARY STANDFORD
A Whore who Robbed her Clients. Executed 23rd August, 1726.
JOHN
CARTWRIGHT
A Thief. Executed 21st September, 1726.
FRANCES,
alias MARY BLACKET
Convicted of highway robbery. Executed protesting her innocence, 21st
September, 1726.
JANE HOLMES,
alias BARRET, alias FRAZER
A Shoplifter. Executed 6th September, 1726.
KATHERINE
FITZPATRICK, alias GREEN, alias BOSWELL
A notorious Shoplifter. Executed 6th September, 1726.
MARY ROBINSON
A Shoplifter. Executed 6th September, 1726.
JANE MARTIN,
alias LLOYD
A Cheat and Thief. Executed for Returning from Transportation, 12th
September, 1726.
TIMOTHY
BENSON
Who committed but one robbery, and having afterwards prospered as a
mountebank, repaid all he had stolen.
JOSEPH SHREWSBERRY, alias SMITH
A Robber. Executed 3rd November, 1726.
ROBERT HAYNES
A Murderer, etc. Executed 13th February, 1726.
THOMAS TIMMS, THOMAS PERRY, and EDWARD BROWN
Footpads. Executed 11th August, 1727.
ALICE GREEN
A Cheat, Thief and Housebreaker. Allowed to emigrate to America.
HENRY FISHER
Committed the horrid murder of MR. WIDDINGTON
DARBY, 11th April, 1727, for which he was apprehended and committed to Newgate,
from whence he escaped.
JOSHUA
CORNWALL
A Thief and Housebreaker. Executed 23rd December, 1730.
JOHN TURNER,
alias CIVIL JOHN
A Highwayman. Executed 20th November, 1727.
JOHN JOHNSON
A Coiner. Executed 20th of November, 1727.
JAMES
SHERWOOD, GEORGE WEEDON and JOHN HUGHS
Street Robbers and Footpads. Executed 12th February, 1728.
WILLIAM
RUSSELL, ROBERT CROUCH and WILLIAM HOLDEN
Street-Robbers and Footpads. Executed 20th May, 1728.
CHRISTOPHER,
alias THOMAS RAWLINS; ISAAC ASHLEY, alias ALSEBY;
JOHN ROUDEN, alias HULKS; EDWARD BENSON, alias BROWN,
alias BOYSTON; GEORGE GALE, alias KIDDY
GEORGE; THOMAS CROWDER; JAMES TOON; JOHN HORNBY; WILLIAM SEFTON; and RICHARD
NICHOLS
Thieves, Street-Robbers, Housebreakers, etc. All executed together, 20th
May, 1728.
RICHARD HUGHS and BRYAN MACGUIRE
Highwaymen and Footpads. Executed 26th June, 1728.
JAMES HOW,
alias HARRIS
A notorious Highwayman and Thief. Executed 11th September, 1728.
GRIFFITH
OWEN, SAMUEL HARRIS, and THOMAS MEDLINE
Highwaymen and Footpads. Executed 11th September, 1728.
PETER LEVEE,
JOHN FEATHERBY, STEPHEN BURNET, alias BARNET, alias
BARNHAM, and THOMAS VAUX
Street-Robbers, Footpads, Thieves, etc. Executed 11th November, 1728.
THOMAS NEEVES
Street-Robber and Thief. Executed 27th February, 1729
HENRY GAHOGAN and ROBERT BLAKE
Coiners. Executed 24th and 31st March, 1729.
PETER KELLEY,
alias OWEN, alias NISBET
A Murderer. Executed 24th March 1729.
WILLIAM MARPLE and TIMOTHY COTTON
Highwaymen. Executed 24th of March, 1729.
JOHN UPTON
A Pirate; Executed 16th May, 1729.
JEPTHAH BIGG
A Writer of Threatening Letters. Executed 19th May, 1729.
THOMAS JAMES
GRUNDY
A Housebreaker. Executed 22nd August, 1729.
JOSEPH KEMP
A Housebreaker. Executed 24th August, 1729.
BENJAMIN WILEMAN
A Highwayman. Executed 24th August, 1729.
JAMES CLUFF
A Murderer. First acquitted, and then convicted on appeal. Executed 25th
July, 1729.
JOHN DYER
A most notorious thief, highwayman and housebreaker. Executed 21st November,
1729.
WILLIAM
ROGERS, a Thief; WILLIAM SIMPSON, a Horse-dealer; and ROBERT OLIVER, alias
WILLIAM JOHNSON, a Thief.
Executed 21st November, 1739.
JAMES
DRUMMOND.
A Highwayman. Executed 22nd December, 1729.
WILLIAM CAUSTIN and GEOFFREY YOUNGER
Footpads. Executed 22nd December, 1729.
HENRY KNOWLAND and THOMAS WESTWOOD
Footpads. Executed 28th February, 1730
JOHN EVERETT
A Highwayman. Executed 20th February, 1730.
ROBERT
DRUMMOND, a Highwayman and FERDINANDO SHRIMPTON, a Highwayman and Murderer.
Executed 17th February, 1730.
WILLIAM
NEWCOMB
A housebreaker. Executed 17th February, 1730.
STEPHEN DOWDALE
A Thief who tried to betray his accomplices, but was himself convicted on
his own evidence. Executed 5th of April, 1730.
ABRAHAM
ISRAEL
A Jewish servant who robbed his master. Executed 12th of May, 1730.
EBENEZER
ELLISON
The (alleged) dying speech of a notorious Irish thief, executed in Dublin,
2nd May 1722. (Actually written by Jonathan Swift).
JAMES DALTON
A thief who after evading justice many times, was executed 13th May, 1730.
HUGH
HOUGHTON, alias AWTON, alias NORTON
Who robbed the Bristol Mail. Convicted 1st March, 1730, but hanged himself
on the day he was due to be executed.
JOHN DOYLE
A Highwayman. Executed 1st June, 1730, after a long career.
JOHN YOUNG
A Highwayman. Executed 1st June, 1730.
THOMAS
POLSON, alias HITCHIN
A Footpad and Highwayman. Executed 7th October, 1730.
SAMUEL
ARMSTRONG
Convicted of Housebreaking by perjured testimony. Executed 7th October 1730.
NICHOLAS
GILBURN
A Most Notorious Highwayman. Executed 7th October, 1730.
JAMES
O'BRYAN, HUGH MORRIS and ROBERT JOHNSON
Highwaymen and Street-Robbers. Executed 16th November, 1730
JOHN GOW, alias SMITH
A most notorious Pirate and Murderer. Executed 11th June 1725.
APPENDIX
Introduction.
JOHN PERRY,
HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER
A true and perfect account of their examination, confession, trial,
condemnation and execution, for the supposed murder of William Harrison, Gent.
WILLIAM
BARWICK
A Relation of the Surprising Discovery of the Murder of Mary Barwick,
committed by her husband, on the 14th of April, 1690, upon which he was
convicted, at the Lent Assizes at York, before the Honourable Sir John Powell,
Knight, then one of the Judges of Assize.
Mr. WALKER
and MARK SHARP
An Account of their Conviction and Execution of for the Murder of ANN
WALKER, in 1631.
JACQUES
PERRIER
A French Robber and Murderer. Executed in 1616.
ABRAHAM
WHITE, FRANCIS SANDERS, JOHN MINES, alias MINSHAM,
alias MITCHELL, and CONSTANCE BUCKLE
Thieves and Housebreakers. Executed 23rd December, 1730.
