| Essex 1735 - 1799 |
|
|
| 758 death
sentences led to 255 confirmed executions and 22 possible ones. |
|
| All
executions were carried out at Chelmsford unless otherwise specified. |
|
|
| Assize
date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
|
| 1735 - 9
executions |
|
| W
5 March |
Jasper Gregory |
Burglary |
M 31 March |
|
| " |
William Markham |
Housebreaking |
M 31 March |
|
| " |
Robert Long |
Highway robbery |
M 31 March |
|
| " |
Thomas Wilbey |
Stole |
M 31 March |
|
| W 23 July |
Herbert Haines |
Burglary |
F 8 August |
|
| " |
John Waller |
Horse theft |
F 8 August |
|
| " |
Edward Ellis |
Highway robbery |
F 8 August |
|
| " |
Peter Isham |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 8 August |
|
| " |
Margaret Onion |
P/T murder of her husband, Samuel |
F 8 August |
|
|
|
Burned at the stake |
|
|
|
| 1736 - 5
executions |
|
| W
4 August |
James Daniel & |
Horse theft |
F 20 August |
|
| " |
John Price |
Horse theft |
F 20 August |
|
| " |
Thomas Baker |
Horse theft |
F 20 August |
|
| " |
Henry Dawkins & |
Highway robbery |
F 20 August |
|
| " |
George Dawkins |
Highway robbery |
F 20 August |
|
|
|
| 1737 - 3
executions |
|
| W
2 March |
John Hoy & |
Burglary |
F 18 March |
|
| " |
John Middleton |
Burglary |
F 18 March |
|
| W 20 July |
John Unkle |
Highway robbery |
F 5 August |
|
|
| 1738 - 2
executions |
|
| W
1 March |
Samuel Davis |
Highway robbery |
S 25
March |
|
| " |
Cornelius Weld |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
|
|
|
| 1739 - 3
executions |
|
| M
5 March |
William Rogers |
Shot at |
M 26 March |
|
| " |
George Baker & |
Burglary |
M 26 March |
|
| " |
Isaac Winteal |
Burglary |
M 26 March |
|
|
| 1740 - 8
confirmed executions, plus 4 probable as no reprieves traced |
|
| Tu. 11 March |
William Child |
Highway robbery |
F 28 March |
|
| " |
John Rudd |
Highway robbery |
F 28 March |
|
| " |
John Hetherington & |
Horse theft |
F 28 March |
|
| " |
Thomas Hetherington |
Horse theft |
F 28 March |
|
| " |
Samuel Fordham |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 28 March |
|
| " |
George Brooks |
Housebreaking |
F 28 March |
|
| " |
Benjamin Johnson |
Burglary |
F 28 March |
|
| " |
Samuel Harvey |
Burglary |
F 28 March |
|
| W 16 July |
Peter Purkis |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
|
| " |
Joseph Houching |
Murder |
Unknown |
|
| " |
James Houching |
Murder |
Unknown |
|
| " |
Thomas Thorne |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
|
|
| 1741 - 2
confirmed executions, plus 4 probable as no reprieves traced |
|
| Tu.
3 March |
Robert Rogers |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
| " |
James Ellis |
rob church |
Unknown |
|
| " |
John Walpole |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
|
| " |
John Thorpe |
Burglary |
Unknown |
|
| W
8 July |
Thomas Fuller & |
Highway robbery |
F 31 July |
|
| " |
Nimpus Fuller |
Highway robbery |
F 31 July |
|
|
| 1742 - No
confirmed executions, but 5 probable as no reprieves traced |
|
| M
8 March |
Robert Samms |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
|
| " |
William Hood |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
| W 28 July |
William Bammond |
Burglary |
Unknown |
|
| " |
Henry Fuller |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
|
| " |
William Quittance |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
|
|
| 1743 - No
executions |
|
|
| 1744 - No
confirmed executions, but 2 probable as no reprieves traced |
|
| M
5 March |
James Long |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
|
| " |
Warren Dunn |
At large |
Unknown |
|
|
|
| 1745 - 3
executions |
|
| M
4 March |
Robert Parker |
Highway robbery |
S 23 March |
|
| " |
Andrew Browne |
Murder |
S 23 March |
|
| W 31 July |
Jonathan Byerly |
Burglary |
??/ Aug |
|
|
| 1746 - 2
executions |
|
| M 10 March |
Mary Brewer |
Murder of her male bastard |
S 29 March |
|
| W 13 August |
John Skinner |
Murder of Daniel Brett |
F 29 August |
|
|
| 1747 - 2
executions |
|
| M 23 March |
John Powell |
Burglary |
W 22 April |
|
| W 5 August |
William Farrer |
Highway robbery |
F 21
August |
|
|
| 1748 - No
executions |
|
|
| 1749 - 5
executions |
|
| Tu. 28 February |
William May |
Highway robbery |
F 17 March |
|
| " |
John Westwood |
Burglary |
F 17 March |
|
| W 19 July |
Phillis Dikes |
Murder of her male bastard |
F 4 August |
|
| " |
Thomas White |
Smuggling |
F 4 August |
|
| " |
John Ayles |
Housebreaking |
F 4 August |
|
|
| 1750 - 2
confirmed executions, plus 4 probable as no reprieves traced |
|
| Tu.13 March |
Thomas Nunn |
Highway robbery (Mail) |
F 6 April |
|
| " |
John Hall |
Highway robbery (Mail) |
F 6 April |
|
|
Both hanged in chains on Harrolds
Wood Common near Rumford Gallows |
|
| " |
Benjamin Barker |
Highway robbery |
??/ April |
|
| W 25 July |
John Spicer |
Murder of his wife, Dorothy |
??/ August |
|
| " |
Mary Farthing |
Murder of her female bastard |
??/ August |
|
| " |
James Jury |
Highway robbery |
??/ August |
|
|
| 1751 - 8
executions |
|
| M 11 March |
John Gailer |
Bestiality |
F 29 March |
|
| " |
John Williams |
Highway robbery |
F 29 March |
|
| " |
John King |
Highway robbery |
F 29 March |
|
| " |
William Searls |
Highway robbery |
F 29 March |
|
| " |
William Turner |
Highway robbery |
F 29 March |
|
| W 31 July |
Joshua Warren & |
Highway robbery |
F 16 August |
|
| " |
Anthony Hoggett |
Highway robbery |
F 16 August |
|
| " |
John Ives |
Murder |
F 16 August |
|
|
| 1752 - 5
executions |
|
| M 9 March |
Samuel Prior |
Receiving smuggled goods |
Th. 26 March |
|
| " |
Samuel Yell |
Highway robbery |
Th. 26 March |
|
| " |
William Maddock |
At large |
Th. 26 March |
|
| " |
John Swan |
Murder of Joseph Jeffries |
S 28 March |
|
| " |
Elizabeth Jeffries |
Aiding above murder |
S 28 March |
|
|
Both hanged in Epping Forrest. Swan afterwards in chains at Buckets Hill. |
|
|
| 1753 - 3
confirmed executions, plus 1 possible as no reprieve traced |
|
| W 15 August |
Samuel Crisp |
Highway robbery |
F 31 August |
|
| " |
Thomas Raw |
At large |
F 31 August |
|
| " |
Robert Hood (Wood) |
Burglary |
F 31 August |
|
| " |
Patrick Field |
Procuring to enlist for foreign service |
Unknown |
|
|
| 1754 - 4
executions |
|
| M 11 March |
William James |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 29 March |
|
| " |
Thomas Hide |
Horse theft |
F 29 March |
|
| W
7 August |
Frances Cheek |
Murder of her daughter, Hester |
M 12 August |
|
| " |
George Carter |
Sheep theft |
??/ August |
|
|
| 1755 - 3
executions |
|
| M 10 March |
John Brett |
Highway robbery |
Tu. 29 April |
|
| W 30 July |
Samuel White & |
Burglary |
F 15 August |
|
| " |
John Hitchcock |
Burglary |
F 15 August |
|
|
| 1756 - No
executions |
|
|
| 1757 - 2
executions |
|
| M
4 April |
John Mason |
Highway robbery |
??/ April |
|
| W 27
July |
Matthew Snatt |
Mail robbery |
F 12
August |
|
|
Hanged in chains at the Bare Faced
Stagg in Epping Forest |
|
|
| 1758 - 8
executions |
|
| M 13 March |
James Pookey |
Murder of John Brown |
S 18 March |
|
| " |
Thomas Fane |
Sheep theft |
F 31 March |
|
| " |
Abraham Perry |
house breaking |
F 31 March |
|
| " |
Reuben Russell |
Sheep theft |
F 31 March |
|
| " |
Jacob Cranfield |
Highway robbery |
F 31 March |
|
| W 12 July |
John Cole |
Murder of Olive Robinson |
M 17 July |
|
| " |
Walter Allen & |
Arson |
F 28 July |
|
| " |
Joseph Hitchcock |
Arson |
F 28 July |
|
|
| 1759 - 1
execution |
|
| M 12 March |
Benjamin Downing |
Burglary |
F 30 March |
|
|
| 1760 - 1
execution |
|
| W 23 July |
Charles Killenback |
Burglary |
F 8 August |
|
|
| 1761 - 2
executions |
|
| M
9 March |
John Campbell |
Burglary |
M 30 March |
|
| " |
Thomas Ingersole |
Highway robbery |
M 30 March |
|
|
| 1762 - No
executions |
|
|
| 1763 - 2
confirmed executions, plus 1 possible - reported as both hanged and reprieved |
|
| M
7 March |
Samuel Sorrell |
Highway robbery |
F 25
March |
|
| W 13 July |
Hezekiah Dowsett |
Forgery |
Th. 11 August |
|
| " |
John Jones |
Highway robbery |
F 5 August or R 16. 2.64 |
|
| 1764 - 1
execution |
|
| W
8 August |
William Bacon |
Highway robbery |
F 24 August |
|
|
| 1765 - 3
executions |
|
| M 11 March |
David Browne |
Highway robbery |
F 29 March |
|
| W 24 July |
John Oram Thomas |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 9 August |
|
| " |
Richard Davis |
Housebreaking |
F 9 August |
|
|
| 1766 - No
executions |
|
|
| 1767 - 3
executions |
|
| M
9 March |
William Timbrell |
Highway robbery |
F 27 March |
|
| W 5 August |
Thomas Goodeve |
Horse theft |
F 21 August |
|
| " |
John Butcher |
Horse theft |
F 21 August |
|
|
| 1768 - 4
executions |
|
| M
7 March |
Thomas Williams |
Highway robbery |
F 25 March |
|
| W 20 July |
John Rivers |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 5 August |
|
| " |
Samuel Read |
Highway robbery |
F 5 August |
|
| " |
John Saltmarsh |
Highway robbery |
F 5 August |
|
|
| 1769 - 3
executions |
|
| Tu. 28 February |
William Robinson |
Rape of Ann Day |
F 17 March |
|
| W 12 July |
William Brown |
Horse theft |
F 28 July |
|
| " |
William Reynolds |
Housebreaking |
F 28 July |
|
|
| 1770 - 5
executions |
|
| M 26 March |
Thomas Malt |
Burglary |
W 11 April |
|
| " |
Robert Eastwell |
Burglary |
W 11 April |
|
| " |
Francis Wilson |
Highway robbery |
W 11 April |
|
| " |
John Sorrell & |
Burglary |
W 25 April |
|
| " |
Thomas Sorrell |
Burglary |
W 25 April |
|
|
| 1771 - 1
execution |
|
| W 10 July |
John Lundy |
Robbery in dwelling house |
F 26 July |
|
|
| 1772 - 6
executions |
|
| M 16 March |
Samuel Dowsett |
Burglary |
F 10 April |
|
| " |
John Humphries |
Burglary |
F 10 April |
|
| " |
David Jones |
Burglary |
F 24 April |
|
| " |
Thomas Chesterman |
Highway robbery |
F 24 April |
|
| W 29 July |
Daniel Halls |
Burglary |
F 14 August |
|
| " |
Robert Miles |
Highway robbery |
F 14 August |
|
|
| 1773 - 7
executions |
|
| M 15 March |
Robert Fawkes |
Highway robbery |
F 2 April |
|
| " |
James Fox & |
Highway robbery |
F 2 April |
|
| " |
James Crudd |
Highway robbery |
F 2 April |
|
| " |
James Farnley |
Burglary |
F 2 April |
|
| " |
William Harrold & |
Burglary |
F 2 April |
|
| " |
Edmund Butler |
Highway robbery |
F 2 April |
|
| W 28 July |
Edward Tweed |
Burglary |
F 13 August |
|
|
| 1774 - 6
executions |
|
| M
7 March |
William Higgs |
Murder of Richard Lambert |
M 14 March |
|
| W 20 July |
John Dickson |
Murder of Francis Bolgar |
Tu 26 July |
|
| " |
Henry Butcher |
Housebreaking |
F 5 August |
|
| " |
William Mason |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 5 August |
|
| " |
Matthew Maguire |
Burglary |
F 5 August |
|
| " |
Jonathan Adams |
Housebreaking |
F 5 August |
|
|
| 1775 - 9
executions |
|
| M 13 March |
Philip Ward |
Highway robbery |
F 31 March |
|
| " |
John Brabant, |
Housebreaking |
F 31 March |
|
| " |
Lawrence Wade & |
Housebreaking |
F 31 March |
|
| " |
John Hutchins |
Housebreaking |
F 31 March |
|
| " |
Thomas Pickett |
Highway robbery |
F 31 March |
|
| W
2 August |
Lambert Reading |
Robbery in dwelling house |
S 5 August |
|
| " |
Thomas Clamping |
Housebreaking |
F 11 August |
|
| " |
Nathanial Chapman |
Robbery in dwelling house |
F 18 August |
|
| " |
David Hoy |
Burglary |
F 18 August |
|
|
| 1776 - 4
executions |
|
| M
4 March |
Samuel Norfolk |
Murder of his wife, Sarah |
S 9 March |
|
| " |
Richard Johnson |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
|
| W 24 July |
John Wren |
Burglary |
F 9 August |
|
| " |
Samuel Watts |
Burglary |
F 9 August |
|
|
| 1777 - 6
executions |
|
| M 10 March |
John Ellis & |
Highway robbery |
F 4 April |
|
| " |
John Price |
Highway robbery |
F 4 April |
|
| " |
Richard Padgett & |
Burglary |
F 4 April |
|
| " |
Stephen Player |
Burglary |
F 4 April |
|
| W 16 July |
George Gillam & |
Horse theft |
F 1 August |
|
| " |
John Gorsden |
Horse theft |
F 1 August |
|
|
| 1778 - 4
executions |
|
| W
5 August |
Joseph Harrison, |
Burglary |
F 21 August |
|
| " |
William Pollard & |
Burglary |
F 21 August |
|
| " |
Thomas Bright |
Burglary |
F 21 August |
|
| " |
John Swain |
Burglary |
F 21 August |
|
|
| 1779 - 2
executions |
|
| W 21 July |
John Holmsted & |
Housebreaking |
F 6 August |
|
| " |
William Smith |
Housebreaking |
F 6 August |
|
|
| 1780 - 3
executions |
|
| W 8 March |
John Gunn |
Burglary |
S 25 March |
|
| " |
Thomas Woodbine |
Burglary |
S 25 March |
|
| W
2 August |
John Horn |
Housebreaking |
F 18 August |
|
|
| 1781 - 7
executions |
|
| W
7 March |
William Ellis, |
Housebreaking |
F 23 March |
|
| " |
George Bartingdon & |
Housebreaking |
F 23 March |
|
| " |
Philip Jones |
Housebreaking |
F 23 March |
|
| W
1 August |
James Martin |
Horse theft |
F 17 August |
|
| " |
Thomas Spencer |
Robbed booth |
F 17 August |
|
| " |
Samuel Parker & |
Burglary |
F 17 August |
|
| " |
John Fox |
Burglary |
F 17 August |
|
|
| 1782 - 7
executions |
|
| W
6 March |
Henry Weaver, |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
|
| " |
John Tansley & |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
|
| " |
John Eainsman |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
|
| " |
William Clare |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
|
| W 17 July |
John Bunch |
Burglary |
F 2 August |
|
| " |
Richard Tharm |
Murder of Michael Wilkinson |
M 5 August |
|
| " |
Elizabeth Holmstead |
Burglary |
F 22
November |
|
|
| 1783 - 9
executions |
|
| W
5 March |
James Smith |
Murder of Richard Gaisor |
M 10 March |
| " |
Barney Farrell |
Murder of Richard Moss |
M 10 March |
| " |
Lewis Arnold |
Highway robbery |
Th. 3 April |
|
| W
6 August |
Richard Jones & |
Highway robbery |
F 22 August |
|
| " |
Robert Jones |
Highway robbery |
F 22 August |
|
| " |
George Spradbury & |
Horse theft |
F 22 August |
|
| " |
William Fox |
Horse theft |
F 22 August |
|
| " |
John Staines |
Housebreaking |
F 22 August |
|
| " |
William Jones |
Highway robbery |
F 22 August |
|
|
| 1784 - 6
executions |
|
| M
8 March |
William West |
Housebreaking |
Th. 18 March |
|
| " |
Charles Dunsdon |
Highway robbery |
F 26 March |
|
| " |
Richard Leather |
Housebreaking |
F 26 March |
|
| " |
Henry Snook |
Horse theft |
F 2 April |
|
| " |
Richard Frazier |
Highway robbery |
S 3 April |
|
| " |
John Carney |
Highway robbery |
M 5 April |
|
|
| 1785 - 15
executions. From here on at the Essex County Gaol, at Moulsham. |
|
| M
7 March |
Robert Wright |
Murder of Samuel Pewter |
S 12 March |
|
| " |
John Godfrey & |
Burglary |
F 18 March |
|
| " |
William Dobson |
Burglary |
F 18 March |
|
| " |
William Grace |
Burglary |
S 26 March |
|
| " |
George Ingram |
Horse theft |
S 26 March |
|
| W
6 July |
Thomas Abrams |
Burglary |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
Thomas Littler |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
Michael Whadcock, |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
William Moore & |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
John Williamson |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
William Jones |
Housebreaking |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
John Morgan & |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
Thomas Wheeler |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
Edward Smith |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July |
|
| " |
Edward Green |
Highway robbery |
F 22 July |
|
|
| 1786 - 8
executions |
|
| M
6 March |
Thomas Brett |
Housebreaking |
F 24 March |
|
| " |
William Brooks |
Housebreaking |
F 24 March |
|
| " |
John Sparrow |
Highway robbery |
F 24 March |
|
| " |
John Wells |
Highway robbery |
F 24 March |
|
| W 26 July |
Thomas Jaggard |
Highway robbery |
F 11 August |
|
| " |
James Cowell |
Horse theft |
F 11 August |
|
| " |
Samuel Riglin |
Burglary |
F 11 August |
|
| " |
William Smith |
Horse theft |
Th. 22 August |
|
|
| 1787 - 9
executions |
|
| M 12 March |
William Day |
Highway robbery |
F 30 March |
|
| " |
John Woollard |
Horse theft |
F 30 March |
|
| " |
William Slaton |
Burglary |
F 30 March |
|
| " |
John Say |
Burglary |
F 30 March |
|
| M 23 July |
John Phillips, |
Highway robbery |
F 10 August |
|
| " |
John Wheeler & |
Highway robbery |
F 10 August |
|
| " |
Jacob Ludlow |
Highway robbery |
F 10 August |
|
| " |
William Green & |
Highway robbery |
F 10 August |
|
| " |
Thomas Ward |
Highway robbery |
F 10 August |
|
|
| 1788 - 1
execution |
|
| W
2 July |
Thomas Hogg |
Highway robbery |
F 18 July |
|
|
| 1789 - 4
executions |
|
| M
9 March |
Charles Clarke & |
Housebreaking |
F 27 March |
|
| " |
Joseph Ruth |
Housebreaking |
F 27 March |
|
| " |
William Brown |
Housebreaking |
F 27 March |
|
| " |
Robert Adams |
Highway robbery |
F 27 March |
|
|
|
| 1790 - 3
executions |
|
| M
8 March |
William Saville |
Murder of Thomas Bray |
M 15 March |
|
Hanged at Manuden, afterwards in
chains there. |
|
| " |
Clare Montford |
Burglary |
F 26 March |
|
| " |
John Murray |
Highway robbery |
F 26 March |
|
|
| 1791 - 1
execution |
|
| M
7 March |
John Hugh Jones |
Murder of Evan Roberts |
S 12 March |
|
|
| 1792 - 1
execution |
|
| M
5 March |
James Read |
Housebreaking |
F 23 March |
|
|
| 1793 - 3
executions |
|
| M
4 March |
Thomas Jones |
Highway robbery |
F 22 March |
|
| " |
John Hay |
Burglary |
F 22 March |
|
| W 10 July |
John Wilshere |
Highway robbery |
F 26 July |
|
|
| 1794 - 2
executions |
|
| W
6 August |
John Hall & |
Highway robbery |
M
15 September |
| " |
Richard Wiltshire |
Highway robbery |
M
15 September |
|
| 1795 - 2
executions |
|
| W 11 March |
Thomas Flack |
Burglary |
F 27 March |
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| " |
William Thorogood |
Highway robbery |
F 27 March |
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| 1796 - 6
executions |
|
| W
9 March |
Richard Chilcot & |
Burglary |
S 26 March |
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| " |
Colbourne Smith |
Burglary |
S 26 March |
|
| " |
John Jones & |
Highway robbery |
S 26 March |
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| " |
James Smith |
Highway robbery |
S 26 March |
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| W 13 July |
James Orwell |
Murder of Joseph Chiswell |
M 18 July |
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| " |
Richard Saunders |
Highway robbery |
F 29 July |
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|
| 1797 - 6
executions |
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| W
8 March |
James Glendening |
Counselling to commit burglary |
F 24 March |
|
| " |
William Akenhead |
Burglary |
F 24 March |
|
| " |
John Theobald |
Burglary |
F 24 March |
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| W 26 July |
Edward Sewell |
Burglary |
F 11 August |
|
| " |
William Dench |
Highway robbery |
F 11 August |
|
| " |
John Mermon |
Burglary |
F 11 August |
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|
| 1798 - 5
executions |
|
| M
5 March |
William Baldry |
Horse theft |
F 23 March |
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|
Andrew M'Cafe & |
Rape |
F 23 March |
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|
Robert Rutlidge |
Rape |
F 23 March |
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| W 18 July |
John Saunders |
Burglary |
F 3
August |
|
|
John Morris |
Burglary |
F 3
August |
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|
| 1799 - 8
confirmed executions, plus 1 possible as reported as both naged and reprieved |
|
| W
6 March |
James Robinson & |
Burglary |
S 23 March |
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John Robinson |
Burglary |
S 23 March |
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James Thompson & |
Highway robbery |
S 23 March |
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|
James Meyrick |
Highway robbery |
S 23 March |
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| W
10 July |
James Owers |
Rape of Elizabeth Cox |
F 26 July |
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|
Christopher Trailing & |
Housebreaking |
F 26 July |
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Joseph Hainsworth |
Housebreaking |
F 26 July |
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Stephen Richardson |
Sheep theft |
F 26 July |
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|
Charles Martin |
Sheep theft |
Ex 26/7 or R 3. 8.99 |
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