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Executions at Tyburn 1725 – 1734. |
With special thanks to Mr. Dave Mossop for allowing me to publish the results of his years of painstaking research thus enabling this unique insight into 18th century crime and punishment. If you would like more detail on some of these cases or wish to view the trial transcripts, go to the Old Bailey on-line website at http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
582 death sentences were passed during this decade on 494 men and 88 women. Of these 320 men and 25 women were duly executed. Overall reprieve rate : 41.2%
Male reprieves : 35.8% Female reprieves : 71.59%.
1725
There were 6 “hanging days” at Tyburn with 30 men and 2 women being hanged.
56 people were sentenced to death in this year, comprising 46 men and 10 women.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Tuesday 5th January |
William Anderson |
Assault & robbery |
The Sessions held on the 15th of January resulted in 9 men being sentenced to death of whom 3 were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 1st February |
John Hewlet |
Murder |
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William Lipsat |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Thomas Bradley |
Highway robbery |
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Joseph Picken |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Packer |
Highway robbery |
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Edward Johnson (or Pollet) |
Privately stealing from person |
The February Sessions that began on the 24th resulted in a further 4 men being sentenced to death, all of whom were reprieved.
9 men and 4 women were sentenced to death at the 7th of April Sessions. 2 men and 3 women were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 30th April |
Mary Hanson |
Murder of brother in law |
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Vincent Davis |
Murder of wife |
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William Eaton |
Highway robbery |
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Bryan Smith |
Sending threatening letter |
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Thomas Lloyd |
Burglary |
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John Guy |
Killing deer |
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James Camell |
Highway robbery |
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William Marshall |
Highway robbery |
5 men were condemned at the 13th of May Sessions, of whom 1 was reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 24th May |
Robert Sanford |
Highway robbery |
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William Sperry |
Highway robbery |
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Jonathan Wilde |
Receiving stolen goods etc. |
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Robert Harpham |
H/T coining |
The Sessions on the 30th of June saw 1 woman get the death sentence for Petty Treason. There is no report of her execution or of a reprieve.
The next Sessions began on the 27h of August and resulted in 5 men and 2 women being sentenced to death. 1 man and 1 of the women were reprieved. 1 man died in prison.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 13th September |
Jane Wilkinson |
Privately stealing from person |
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John Price |
Burglary |
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Thomas Wooldridge |
Burglary |
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John Little |
Housebreaking |
6 men and a woman received death sentences at the October Sessions on the 13th of that month with 2 men being subsequently reprieved. The woman died in Newgate.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 3rd November |
James Carter |
Theft |
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James Little |
Highway robbery |
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Foster Snow |
Murder |
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John Whalebone |
At large |
The December Sessions opened on the 8th and 8 men and 2 women received death sentences of whom 2 men and 1 woman were reprieved. 3 men and the women were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 22nd December |
Richard Scurrier |
Stealing in a shop |
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James Bird |
Highway robbery |
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John Hemp |
Highway robbery |
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John Austin |
Highway robbery |
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John Foster |
Housebreaking |
1726
52 men and 12 women were sentenced to death during this year. 26 men and 5 women were hanged and 1 woman burned at the stake at 7 “hanging days”. 1 man died in Newgate before he could be sentenced.
The first Sessions of 1726 were held on the 14th January and resulted in death sentences on 2 men, neither being reprieved
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 18th February |
Samuel Sells |
Highway robbery |
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John Mattocks |
Highway robbery |
7 men were condemned at the March Sessions on the 2nd of whom 2 men were later reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 14th March |
Benjamin Jones |
Housebreaking |
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Francis Bailey |
Housebreaking |
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William Yates (Vulcan) |
Outlaw |
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William Swift |
Highway robbery |
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John Barton |
Burglary |
13 men and 2 women were condemned at the 20th of April Sessions, with 3 men being later reprieved and 2 dying in prison. Katherine Hayes was burned at the stake for the Petty Treason murder of her husband.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 9th May |
John Cotterel |
Housebreaking |
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John Gillingham |
Highway robbery |
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John Map |
Highway robbery |
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Gabriel Lawrence |
Sodomy |
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William Griffin |
Sodomy |
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Thomas Wright |
Sodomy |
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Henry Vigous |
Highway robbery |
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James Dupree |
Housebreaking |
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Thomas Billings |
Murder |
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Katherine Hayes |
P/T murder of husband |
Thomas Billings had assisted Katherine Hayes in the murder of her husband and was hanged in chains after execution on the Paddington Road.
The next Sessions opened on the 25th of May and resulted in death sentences on 7 men of whom 4 were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 27th June |
William Hollis |
Burglary |
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William Brown |
Stealing in a shop |
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John Murrel |
Horse theft |
The Sessions on 13th of July resulted in 9 men and 1 woman being condemned of whom 4 men were reprieved and 2 died in prison.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 3rd August |
John Claxon |
Unknown - mentioned in sentencing summary |
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Edward Reynolds |
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Mary Stanford |
Privately stealing from person |
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Thomas Smith |
Highway robbery |
The August Sessions opened on the 31st and led to death sentences being passed on 5 men and 7 women. Of these 3 men and 1 woman were reprieved and 1 man died in prison.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 12th September |
Frances Blacket |
Highway robbery |
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William Allison |
Horse theft |
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John Cartwright |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Mary Robinson |
Stealing in a shop |
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Jane Holmes |
Stealing in a shop |
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Katherine Fitzpatrick |
Stealing in a shop |
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Jane Martin |
At large |
7 men and 1 woman were sentenced to death at the October Sessions on the 12th of that month. 5 men and the woman being later reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Thursday 3rd November |
Joseph Smith |
Privately stealing from person |
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Anthony Drury |
Highway robbery |
2 men and 2 women were condemned at the December Sessions on the 7th of whom 1 man and the 2 women were reprieved. The other man was held over for execution in 1727.
1727
30 men and 10 women were sentenced to death during this year. There were 5 “hanging days” at Tyburn this year with 15 men and 1 woman being hanged.
As a result of the January Sessions on the 13th of the month, 3 men and 2 women were sentenced to death of whom 2 of the men and the women were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 13th
February |
Highway robbery |
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 13th
February |
Murder |
3 men received death sentences at the 22nd of February Sessions of whom 1 was reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 22nd March |
Thomas Wheeler |
Burglary |
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John Fox |
Privately stealing from person |
The April Sessions on the 12th of that month resulted in 4 men being condemned, of whom 3 were reprieved and 1 died in gaol.
A man and a woman were condemned at the 17th of May Sessions but both reprieved.
The July Sessions saw 5 men and 3 women condemned, of whom 2 of the men and the women were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 11th August |
Thomas Timms |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Perry |
Highway robbery |
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Edward Brown |
Highway robbery |
5 men and a woman were sentenced to hang at the August Sessions on the 30th of the month, of whom 1 man and the woman were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 18th September |
Samuel Hammond |
Murder |
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Henry Chaplin |
Burglary |
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Peter Boother |
Burglary |
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Thomas Johnson |
At large |
4 men and 2 women were condemned at the October Sessions on the 17th of that month, with 1 woman being reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 20th November |
Sarah Griffith |
Burglary |
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Richard Lyon |
Burglary |
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John Turner |
Highway robbery |
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John Johnson |
H/T coining |
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Samuel Johnson (Cabbage) |
At large |
The Sessions held on the 6th December resulted in death sentences being passed on 5 men and 1 woman, of whom at least 3 men and the woman were reprieved. There is no confirmation of either a reprieve or an execution for the other 2 men, who appear to have been respited.
1728
There were 7 “hanging days” at Tyburn in 1728 with 44 men and 9 women being executed. 63 men and 15 women were condemned during this year.
The first Sessions of the New Year were held on the 17th of January resulting in 7 men being condemned of whom 2 were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 12th February |
Joseph Barrett |
Murder (son) |
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James Sherwood (Hobs) |
Highway robbery/burglary |
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George Weedon |
Highway robbery/burglary |
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Henry Hews |
Burglary |
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Richard Jones |
Housebreaking |
The February 28th Sessions led to another 6 men and 2 women being sentenced to death of whom 4 men were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 27th March |
Benjamin Branch |
Highway robbery |
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Martin Bellamy |
Burglary |
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Margaret Wallis (alias Stainens) |
Burglary |
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Margaret Murphew |
Theft |
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James Staggles |
Highway robbery |
The 1st of May Sessions were a very busy affair with 21 men and 8 women condemned. Of these 5 men and 4 women were reprieved and 1 man died in Newgate.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 20th May |
Hester Landell |
Mentioned in sentencing summary only |
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Mary Henderson |
Aid and abet illegal marriage |
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Margaret Pendergrass |
Aid and abet illegal marriage |
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Christopher Rawlins |
Highway robbery |
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Isaac Ashby |
Highway robbery |
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John Rawden |
Highway robbery |
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John Cobbs |
Highway robbery |
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James Toon |
Highway robbery |
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William Septon (or Seaton) |
Highway robbery |
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Edward Benson |
Highway robbery |
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George Gale |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Crowder |
Highway robbery |
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Richard Nicholls |
Stealing in a shop |
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William Russell |
Highway robbery |
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William Holden |
Highway robbery |
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Robert Crouch |
Highway robbery |
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Mary Taylor |
Privately stealing from person |
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John Hornby |
Highway robbery |
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James Smith |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
The June Sessions opened on the 5th saw a further 6 men and 2 women condemned. Of these 2 men and 1 woman were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 26th June |
Burglary |
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Richard Hews |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Jinkins |
Housebreaking |
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Bryan Maguire |
Mentioned in sentencing summary only |
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Eleanor Benson |
Privately stealing from person |
3 men were sentenced to hang at the 17th of July Sessions. Of these 2 were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 23rd August |
Stealing |
5 men and a woman were condemned at the August Sessions which opened on the 28th. 1 man being subsequently reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Wednesday 11th
September |
James Mow (Harris) |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Griffin Owen |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Medling |
Highway robbery |
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Samuel Harris |
Highway robbery |
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Eleanor Reddy |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
15 men and 1 woman were condemned at the October Sessions on the 16th. Of these only 3men were reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 11th
November |
Thomas White |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Evans |
Highway robbery |
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Nathaniel Walker |
Highway robbery |
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William Taylor |
Highway robbery |
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Charles Mackcullister |
Highway robbery |
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John Hyrons |
Highway robbery |
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Anthony Meagre |
Highway robbery |
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Peter Levee |
Highway robbery |
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John Fetherby |
Highway robbery |
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Thomas Vaux |
Highway robbery |
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Stephen Barnham |
Highway robbery |
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Elizabeth Powell |
Housebreaking |
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John Oney |
At large |
The final Sessions of the year took place on the 4th of December with just 1 woman being sentenced to death. She was subsequently reprieved.
1729
There were 8 “hanging days” at Tyburn in 1729 with 30 men and 2 women being executed. 47 men and 10 women were condemned during this year.
The 16th of January Sessions saw 6 men and 1 woman receive death sentences, 2 of the men were reprieved.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 7th February |
Jeremiah Cray |
Highway robbery |
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William Davis |
Burglary |
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Thomas Neaves |
Stealing in a shop |
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Thomas Revell |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
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Elizabeth Cook |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
Death sentences were passed on 14 men and 2 women at the February Sessions on the 26th of that month, 2 men and the 2 women being later reprieved. 2 of the men managed to break out of prison.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 24th March |
Nicholas Dawling |
Housebreaking |
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Charles Cook |
Housebreaking |
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Peter Owen (Kelly) |
Murder |
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John Edmonds |
Horse theft |
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William Lythe |
Horse theft |
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Timothy Cotton |
Highway robbery |
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William Marple |
Highway robbery |
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John Bowen (Bowling) |
Stealing in a shop |
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Henry Geahagan |
H/T coining |
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 31st March |
H/T coining |
3 men and 1 woman were condemned at the 16th of April Sessions of whom only 1 man was to hang.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Monday 19th of May |
Jepthan Bigg |
Sending threatening letter |
4 men were condemned at the 21st of May Sessions and all reprieved.
5 men and 2 women received death sentences at the July Sessions on the 9th. The sentences on 1 man and the 2 women were commuted.
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 25th July |
Murder |
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Date |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 22nd August |
Thomas James Grundy |
Burglary |
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Joseph Kemp |
Burglary |
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Benjamin Wildman |
Highway robbery |
The 27th of August Sessions resulted in 4 men and 1 woman being condemned. 1 man and the woman were reprieved.
5 men and 1 woman received death sentences at the 15th of October Sessions. Only 1 man was reprieved.
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Date of execution |
Name |
Crime |
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Friday 21st
November |
William Simpson |
Horse theft |
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James Bolton |
Horse theft |
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William Rogers |
At large |
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