Derbyshire 1735 - 1799
159 death sentences were passed during this period of which 35 were carried out .
Name	Crime	Execution date
John Smith	Housebreaking	F 15 August 1735
Richard Woodward	Highway robbery	Th.  30 March 1738
William Dolphin	Highway robbery	W  9 April 1740
George Ashmore	Counterfeiting	F  29 August 1740
William Elliott	Privately stealing	F  10 April 1741
Robert Bowler	Shot at	F  7 August 1741
Mary Dilke	Murder of her male bastard	S  23 March 1754
Ann Williamson	Pickpocket	F  1 August 1755
John Ratcliffe	Horse theft	M  2 April 1756
Thomas Hulley	At large	F  29 April 1757
Charles Kirkman	Murder of his bastard child	S  24 March 1759
Amos Mason &	Highway robbery	F  12 August 1763
James Perry	Highway robbery	F  12 August 1763
John Lowe	Housebreaking	W  20 April 1768
Charles Pleazant	Forgery	W  4 May 1768
Matthew Cocklane	Murder of Mary Vickers	Th. 21 March 1776
James Meadows	Highway robbery	F  31 March 1780
William Buxton	Highway robbery	F  25 August 1780
James Williams	Horse theft	Th.  28 March 1782
John Shaw	At large	F  2 August 1782
Thomas Greensmith	Burglary	Th.  8 April 1784
William Rose	Horse theft	F  16 April 1784
George Grooby	Burglary in a shop	F  1 April 1785
William Grooby &	Burglary in a shop	F  1 April 1785
James Batt	Burglary in a shop	F  1 April 1785
John Shepherd	Housebreaking	F  7 April 1786
William Stanley	Burglary	F  7 April 1786
James Haliburton	Rape of Millicent Smith	S  2 September 1786
John Porson	Pickpocket	M  9 April 1787
Thomas Grundy	Murder of his brother	S  22 March 1788
Joseph Allen	Stealing in a dwelling house	F  13 August 1790
William Rider	Rape of Mary Barton	F  1 April 1791
James Murray	Housebreaking	F  4 April 1794
Thomas Nevill	Highway robbery	F  10 April 1795
James Preston	Murder of Susannah Moreton’s bastard	Th.  17 March 1796