Leicestershire 1735 - 1799
In the period 1757 to 1799 there were 136 death sentences of which 29 were carried out.
In the years 1735 – 1756, 52 death sentences were commuted and a report of
1 execution has been found.
Name	Crime	Execution date
John Clarke	Highway robbery	March/April 1740
Probably hanged as he robbed mail coach
John Flawn	Forgery	S 15 August 1741
Abbott Lewin	Murder wife	W  26 March 1755
John Hall	Murder of William Proudman	W  26 July 1758
Thomas Castlebine &	Murder of Edward Brown	M  16 March 1761
Catherine Castlebine	Murder of Edward Brown	M  16 March 1761
(husband & wife)
Mathew Bott (73)	Forgery	S  9 April 1763
John Townsend	Burglary	S  9 April 1763
John Smith (Douglas)	At large	M  5 September 1763
James Earl	Highway robbery	M  27 March 1769
Samuel Beck	Rape of Mary Payne	M  27 March 1769
William Goosey	Burglary	S  3 April 1773
William Mee	Murder wife	M  24 March 1777
Elizabeth Johnson	Murder her bastard child	M  23 March 1778
Thomas Bunney &	Burglary	M  6 April 1778
William Wykes	Burglary	M  6 April 1778
James Ward	Highway robbery	M  1 April 1782
Richard Lewis	Highway robbery	M  8 April 1782
John Branson	Highway robbery	W  7 April 1784
John Colson	Highway robbery	W  7 April 1784
Abraham Shaw	Burglary	M  28 March 1785
John Browning  &	Burglary	M  3 April 1786
John Jones	Burglary	M  3 April 1786
John Figures (19)	Burglary	S  8 April 1786
Thomas Torville (17)	Horse theft	S  8 April 1786
Thomas Roe	Highway robbery	M  12 April 1790
Edward Jones,	Murder of Henry Hutchins	M  21 March 1796
Matthew Riley &	Murder of Henry Hutchins	M  21 March 1796
Dennis Conray	Murder of Henry Hutchins	M  21 March 1796
Timothy Dunn	Murder of Mary Lakin	M  21 March 1796
George Davenport (19)	Highway robbery	M  28 August 1797
John Crowder	Sheep theft	M  13 August 1798