Executions at Newgate 1783 - 1799

 

542 men and 19 women were executed at Newgate or at the place of their crime (10) between 09/12/1783

and 31/11/1799.  Of these 3 women were burned at the stake for coining which was High Treason. 

(Shown as H/T below.) The average number of executions per annum over this 16 year period is 35.

 

Sessions on 25/10/1783 - 21 men and 1 woman sentenced to death, 11 men reprieved

07/11/1783

John Austin

Highway robbery - last execution at Tyburn

09/12/1783

John Burke

Highway robbery - 1st executions at Newgate

"

George Morley

Highway robbery

"

Simon Wilson

H/T coining

"

John Wallis

Burglary

"

Richard Martin

Burglary

"

Frances Warren

Burglary

"

John Lawler

Burglary

"

William Munro

Uttering

"

William Busby

At large

"

Francis Burke

At large

 

Sessions on 10/12/1783 - 18 men and 6 women sentenced to death, 14 men & 5 women reprieved

22/12/1783

John Clarke

Murder of Thomas Johnson

21/01/1784

Robert Dewer

Forgery

"

John Young

Highway robbery

"

Mary Moody

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

John Rich

Burglary

 

Sessions on 14/01/1784 - 16 men and 2 women sentenced to death, 9 men & 2 women reprieved

04/03/1784

Thomas Welch

Burglary

"

Joseph Clarke

Highway robbery

"

John Ash

Personating

"

Thomas Ledger

Housebreaking

"

George Allen

Housebreaking

"

John Lee

Forgery

 

Executions took place in the Old Bailey opposite Newgate

No reprieve found for:

 

 

Samuel Gascoyne

Highway robbery

 

Sessions on 25/02/1784 - 14 men sentenced to death, 10 men reprieved

14/04/1784

Richard M'Donagh

Highway robbery

"

William Prosser

Highway robbery

"

William Martin

Burglary

"

William Smith

Stealing in a dwelling house

 

Executions took place in the Old Bailey opposite Newgate

 

Sessions on 21/04/1784 - 23 men and 1 woman sentenced to death, 8 men & 1 woman reprieved

23/06/1784

Patrick Bermingham

Burglary

"

James Farrell

Burglary

"

John Lynch

Burglary

"

Charles Burton

Burglary

"

James Davies

Burglary

"

William Smith

Burglary

"

Thomas Randall

Burglary

"

Archibald Burridge

Burglary

"

Daniel Bean

Burglary

"

Patrick Burn

Burglary

"

Isaac Torres

Burglary

"

Robert Ganley

Housebreaking

"

Peter Hazlet

Personating

"

Joseph Hawes

Highway robbery

"

James Hawkins

Highway robbery

 

Executed outside Newgate prison

 

 

Sessions on 26/05/1784 - 9 men and 2 women sentenced to death, 5 men & 2 women reprieved

27/07/1784

John Richards

Burglary

"

John Branton

Burglary

"

George Dane

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

Thomas White

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

William Thompson

Forgery

 

Sessions on 07/07/1784 - 17 men and 1 woman sentenced to death, 11 men & 1 woman reprieved

01/09/1784

John Codd

Highway robbery

"

Robert Moore

Highway robbery

"

Richard Edwards

Highway robbery

"

James Napier

Highway robbery

"

William Holmes

Burglary

"

John Shelley

Riot

 

Sessions on 15/09/1784 - 24 men sentenced to death, 13 men reprieved, 1 died in prison.

20/09/1784

Henry Morgan

Murder of Charles Linton

17/11/1784

William Rellions

Highway robbery

"

William Collop

Highway robbery

"

George Drummond

Highway robbery

"

James Lisle

Personating

"

Kyran Ryan

Perjury/personating

"

Peter LaRoche

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

James Hulett

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

James Fairbester

Burglary

"

William Hogbon

Cutting & maiming

 

Sessions on 20/10/1784 - 13 men and 1 woman sentenced to death, 6 men & 1 woman reprieved

29/12/1784

William Ryan

Personating

"

William Coombes

At large

"

Richard Dodd

Highway robbery

"

Henry Moore

Highway robbery

"

James Treble

Highway robbery

"

George Hands

Highway robbery

05/01/1785

George Owen

Forgery

 

Sessions on 08/12/1784 - 31 men sentenced to death, 11 men reprieved.

02/02/1785

William Stewart

Burglary

"

William Astill

Burglary

"

George Goldsmith

Burglary

"

Lawrence Hall

Burglary

"

John Jones

Burglary

"

John Kelsey

Burglary

"

Martin Simmonds

Burglary

"

Richard Hobson

Burglary

"

William Finder

Burglary

"

Allen Williams

Highway robbery

"

Thomas Tobbs

Highway robbery

"

George Harris

Highway robbery

"

John Shaw

Highway robbery

"

Thomas Battledore

Highway robbery

"

John Moody

Highway robbery

"

James Dunn

Forgery

"

John Evans

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

Edward Johnson

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

James Hamilton

Housebreaking

"

William Abbott

Uttering

 

Sessions on 12/1/1785 - 10 men and 1 woman sentenced to death, 4 men & 1 woman reprieved

03/03/1785

Edward Payne

Stealing on river

"

John Bruce

Robbery in dwelling house

"

Thomas Brown

Highway robbery

"

Samuel Davis

Highway robbery

"

William Hurt

Highway robbery

 

Sessions on 23/02/1785 - 29 men and 4 women sentenced to death, 9 men & 4 women reprieved

28/04/1785

Michael Johnson

Uttering

"

Robert Mott

At large

"

Charles Payton

At large

"

Thomas West

At large

"

Joseph Hitchcock

Stealing on river

"

James Gray

Stealing on river

"

Holland Palmer

Forgery

"

John Lucas

Burglary

"

Richard Summers

Burglary

"

John Waters

Burglary

"

James Cowan

Burglary

"

Robert Roberts

Burglary

"

William Bland

Burglary

"

Jasper Robins

Burglary

"

William Weston

Highway robbery

"

James Coyle

Highway robbery

"

James Wiggin

Highway robbery

"

James Russell

Highway robbery

"

John Johnson

Highway robbery

No reprieve found for :

 

 

James Lapier

Burglary

 

Sessions on 16/04/1785 - 19 men and 3 women sentenced to death, 7 men & 3 women reprieved

11/04/1785

William Higgin

Murder of his son Joseph

26/04/1785

John Thompson

Burglary

01/06/1785

James Hayward

Burglary

"

William Harding

Burglary

"

Patrick Daly

Stealing on river

"

Thomas Scott

Highway robbery

"

Henry Wood

Highway robbery

"

George Ward

Highway robbery

"

Thomas Connor

Highway robbery

"

Thomas Bateman

Highway robbery

"

John Hughes

Highway robbery

"

George Hawley

Escaping from prison hulks

 

Sessions on 11/05/1785 - 10 men and 1 woman sentenced to death, 5 men & 1 woman reprieved

06/07/1785

John Ivermay

Highway robbery

"

John Honey

Highway robbery

"

Peter Shaw

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

Joseph Shaw

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

Robert Jackson

Uttering

 

Sessions on 29/06/1785 - 22 men and 3 women sentenced to death, 15 men & 2 women reprieved

17/08/1785

James Lockhart

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

John Rebouit

Highway robbery

"

John Morris

Highway robbery

"

James Guthrie

Highway robbery

"

Richard Jacobs

Burglary

"

Thomas Bailey

Burglary

"

Martin Taylor

Burglary

"

Elizabeth Taylor

Burglary

 

Sessions on 14/09/1785 - 25 men sentenced to death, 7 men reprieved

10/11/1785

John Hayes

Stealing in a shop

"

George Reynolds

Stealing in a shop

"

James Lewis

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

William Beer

Stealing on river

"

James Connell

Housebreaking

"

William Moore

Housebreaking

"

John Ashbourn

Housebreaking

"

James Wood

Housebreaking

"

Joseph Benning

Forgery

"

James Rowe

Sheep stealing

"

Amos Rowsell

Burglary

"

Benjamin Howells

Burglary

"

John Lloyd

Horse stealing

"

William Barnes

Highway robbery

"

Richard Silvester

Highway robbery

"

James Mosdell

Highway robbery

"

Thomas Browning

Highway robbery

"

Thomas Winderbank

Highway robbery

 

Sessions on 19/10/1785 - 12 men sentenced to death, 3 men reprieved

01/12/1785

John Isaacs

Highway robbery

"

William Powley

Horse stealing

"

William Vandeput

Burglary

"

Daniel East

Burglary

"

James Bearman

Burglary

"

Frederick Storer

Burglary

"

James Nesbitt

Burglary

"

George Manning

Burglary

"

Michael Smith

Burglary

 

Sessions on 14/12/1785 - 14 men sentenced to death, 7 men reprieved

10/01/1786

Thomas Harris

Sheep stealing

"

Michael Druitt

Uttering

"

John Murray

Perjury (personate)

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Charles Seymour

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

Thomas Shipley

Stealing in a dwelling house

"

Joseph Leonard

Burglary

"

George Wilson

Burglary