Dorset 1735 - 1799
185 death sentences led to 44 executions, plus another 2 possible ones.
Assizes were held at Dorchester & executions were carried out at the Amphitheatre there.
Occasionally a Judge sat to deliver the gaol of the County of the City of Poole.
Assize date	Name	Crime	Execution date
1736 - 2 executions
Th. 5 July	Martin Frampton	Arson	Unknown
"	John Dickery	Housebreaking	Unknown
1737 - 3 executions
Th. 28 July	Thomas Lockyer	Horse theft	Unknown
"	John Guppy	Stole in dwelling house	Unknown
"	Humph Staple	Horse theft	Unknown
1738 - 2 executions
Th. 9 March	Thomas Fone	Murder of Mary Wellbridge	Unknown
Th. 20 July	John Crabb	Murder of John Collingdon	Unknown
1739 - 1 execution
S 17 March	George Bezant	Murder of his parents	S  31 March
1740 - 1 execution
Th. 24 July	William Sava	Stole in dwelling house	S   9 August
1741 - 3 executions
Th. 12 March	Benjamin Flower	Housebreaking	S   4 April
"	William King	Housebreaking	S   4 April
"	Henry Smith	Murder of Joan Mew	S  28 March
1742 - 3 executions
Th. 18 March	James Burt	Highway robbery	S  3 April
"	John Hunt	Highway robbery	S  3 April
"	William Woods	Arson	S  3 April
1743 - 1745 - No executions
1746 - 1 execution
Th. 13 March	Thomas Young	At large (1743 sentence)	W   2 April
1747 & 1748 - No executions
1749 - 1 execution
Th. 13 July	John Ford	Sheep theft	Unknown
1750 - Probably 2  executions
M 12 March	John Squire	Horse theft	Unknown
"	John Phillips	Burglary	Unknown
1751 - 1 execution
Th. 25 July	Henry Isart	Horse theft	Unknown
1752 - 3 executions
Th. 12 March	John Gray	Housebreaking	Unknown
"	John Parker	Housebreaking	Unknown
Th. 23 July	Anthony Colpris	Murder  Elizabeth Buchler	S  25 July
	Hanged at Windmill Point, Poole, afterwards in chains
1753 - 2 executions
Tu. 7 August	Timothy Peppell	Murder wife, Rebecca	S  11 August
"	John Stanley	Murder of Stephen Wareham	M   1 October
1754 - 1760 - No executions
1761 - 1 execution
Th. 12 March	John Waterman	Highway robbery	Unknown
1762 - 1764 - No executions
1765 - 1 execution
Th. 21 March	Joseph Groves	Murder James Barrett	M  25 March
1766 - 1 execution
Th. 13 March	Benjamin Collings	Forgery	Unknown
1767 - 1 execution
Th.  19 March	Robert Rymes	Murder of Richard Williamson	S  28 March
1768 - 1 execution
Th.10 March	William Hardyman	Forgery	F 8 April
	Hanged at Poole
1769 - 1771 No executions
1772 - 1 execution
Th. 12 March	George Clowter	Burglary	Unknown
1773 - 1 execution
Th. 11 March	Joel Pain	Horse theft	Unknown
1774 - No executions
1775 - 1 execution
Th. 23 March	Samuel Drayton	At large	Unknown
1776 & 1777 - No executions
1778 - 1 execution
Th. 12 March	William Seymour jr	Burglary	Unknown
1779 & 1780 - No executions
1781 - 1 execution
Th. 15 March	John Leveridge	Horse theft	S  31 March
1782 & 1783  - No executions
1784 - 1 execution
Th. 29 July	William Cottman	Stole in dwelling house	S  14 August
1785 - 1 execution
Th. 14 July	George Biddell	Burglary	S  30 July
1786 - 2 executions
Th. 16 March	John Jacob	Burglary	S   1 April
"	John Gradey	At large	W  22 March
1787 & 1788 No executions
1789 - 3 executions
W 11 March	William Coombs	Sheep theft	S  28 March
"	William Harvey	Sheep theft	S  28 March
"	Thomas Hunt	Sheep theft	S  28 March
1790 & 1791 No executions
1792 - 3 executions
Th. 26 July	Matthew Gillingham	Burglary	F  10 August
"	Peter Primmer	burglary	F  10 August
"	Richard Strickland	Burglary	F  10 August
1793 - No executions
1794 - 2 executions (New Drop outside Dorchester Gaol)
Th. 13 March	Elizabeth Marsh (15)	Murder grandfather, John Nevil	M  17 March
"	William Matthews	Burglary	S   29 March
1795 - 1 execution
W 11 March	John Scadding	Burglary	S  28 March
1796 - 1799 - No executions