Cumberland 1735 -1799
The Assizes were held only in the Summer and always at Carlisle.
121 death sentences were passed leading to 22 confirmed and 3 probable executions
for civil crimes which took place at Carlisle Low Sands.
A Special Commission of Gaol Delivery was held at Carlisle following the Jacobite Rising
in 1745 - the Grand Jury meeting for the first time on  August 1746 and the actual trials
beginning on Tuesday, 9th September. These led to 33 executions.
Assize date	Name	Crime	Execution date
S 25 August 1739	John Saunderson	Burglary	S 15 September 1739
"	John Wilson	Burglary	S 15 September 1739
"	David Jelly	Burglary	S 15 September 1739
Tu.12 August 1740	John Graham	Horse theft	Possibly hanged
Tu. 4 August 1741	James Woodbourn	Horse theft	Possibly hanged
Tu.  9 August 1743	George Gibson	Murder	Possibly hanged
F  8 August 1746	James Lowther	Murder	??/??/1746
"	Samuel Clarke	Shop breaking	??/??/1746
S 13 August 1748	Adam Graham	Murder	S 10 September 1748
	hanged in chains at Kingmoor, Carlisle
Tu. 28 August 1753	Anthony Mason	Sent threatening letter	S 15 September 1753
Tu. 20 August 1754	William Monkhouse	Forgery	S  7 September 1754
"	Thomas Robinson	Forgery	S  7 September 1754
W  6 August 1755	John Nelson	Highway robbery	S 30 August  1755
"	Richard Knowles	Housebreaking	S 6 December 1755
W  1 Sept. 1756	John Burton	Horse theft	S 25 September 1756
S 22 August 1767	Thomas Nicholson	Murder	M 31 August 1767
	hanged in chains on Carlton Fell
S 29 July 1769	John Whitfield	Murder	W 9 August 1769
F  6 August 1779	George Levingston	Burglary	W 8 September 1779
F 22 August 1783	William Fenwick	Stole in dwelling	S 13 September 1783
F 18 August 1786	Thomas Robinson	Sheep theft	S 9 September 1786
F 25 July 1788	John Johnston (22)	Burglary	S 16 August 1788
"	John Mitchell (18)	Burglary	S 16 August 1788
F 26 August 1791	Robert Thompson	Horse theft	S 17 September 1791
"	John Fearon	Murder of John Blacklin	Suicide 31/08/1791
F 10 August 1792	James Dunn	Horse theft	S 1 September 1792
"	James Welsh	Horse theft	M 17 September 1792
Executions as a result of the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
Tried by a Special Commission on the 9th of September 1746
134 people were to be tried of whom 4 were not actually indicted.
42 pleaded guilty (marked * below) and 49 were tried and found guilty.
33 were subsequently executed and 1 died in prison.
Charles Douglas pleaded a peerage in the title of Lord Mordington
William Greenhill and John Stuart were too sick to stand trial
36 were tried and acquitted
Executed on Saturday, 18 October 1746 at Gallows Hill, Harraby near Carlisle. (9)
James Brand	Donald Macdonald of Teirnardreish
Francis Buchanan	Donald Macdonald of Kinloch Moidart
Hugh Cameron	John Macnaughton
Thomas Coppoch	Edward Roper
John Henderson
Executed on Tuesday, 21 October 1746 at Brampton. (6)
Michael Dellard	Ronald Macdonald*
James Innnes*	Thomas Park*
Peter (Patrick) Lindsey*	Peter Taylor
Executed on Tuesday, 28 October 1746 at Penrith. (7)
James Harvey*	Robert Lyon
David Home*	John Rowbotham*
Valentine Holt*	Andrew Swan*
Philip Hunt*
Executed on Saturday, 15 November 1746 at Gallows Hill, Harraby near Carlisle. (11)
Molineaux Eaton	Barnabas Matthew*
Charles Gordon*	Sir Archibald Primrose*
Thomas Hayes	Robert Reid*
Patrick (Peter) Keir*	Alexander Stevenson*
James Mitchell*	John Wallace*
Patrick Murray