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William Clegg
1740
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William Clegg, carpenter (of the parish of West Chester, Cheshire) in the parish of Brecon on 3 January 1740 at 11 in the night burglariously entered the dwelling house of Samuel Thomas and stole articles of cloth…
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John Clarke
1740
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March/April 1740 (??) John Clarke for a highway robbery (mail coach). No reprieve traced. As it involved a mail coach it is likely to have resulted in an execution.
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John Norfield
1740
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Lent 1740
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John Woods
1740
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Lent 1740
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Mary Young
1740
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MARY YOUNG ALIAS JENNY DIVER The Head of a Gang of Thieves of every Description. Executed at Tyburn, 18th of March, 1740
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William Child
1740
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Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)
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John Rudd
1740
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Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)
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John Hetherington
1740
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Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)
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Thomas Hethington
1740
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Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)
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Samuel Fordham
1740
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Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)
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George Brooks
1740
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Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)
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Benjamin Johnson
1740
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Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)
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Samuel Harvey
1740
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Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)
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Henry Wheeler
1740
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Murder of William Harecourt
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William Spinks
1740
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William Spinks, aged 26, guilty of stealing a black mare (valued at £8), the property of James Rickaby, in the parish of Bedale on 1st March 1740.
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William Simms
1740
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William Simms guilty of High Treason in that he forged 8 pieces of false, feigned and counterfeit money and coin of copper, tin, pewter, lead and other metals to the likeness of silver crown pieces; 4 to the likeness of…
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Blackmore Bill
1740
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Blackmore Bill guilty of the highway robbery of John Dearne in the parish of Forton on 9th October 1736: robbing him of 50/- in money numbered. No reprieve traced.
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Thomas Lawrence
1740
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Thomas Lawrence guilty of a burglary. Marked ‘ordered for execution’. No reprieve traced.
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John Whatman
1740
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April 1740
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Robert Knowlden
1740
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April 1740
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John Brooks
1740
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John Brooks guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of William Elson
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John Brown
1740
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John Brown (otherwise George Whithead) guilty of the highway robbery of Joseph Bramen: robbing him of a black mare (valued at £7) and other goods.
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Thomas Wilkinson
1740
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Friday, 2 April 1740 (St Mary’s Burial Register)
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John Browes
1740
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Friday, 2 April 1740 (St Mary’s Burial Register)
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Daniel Goodman
1740
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Friday, 2 April 1740 (St Mary’s Burial Register)
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John Floyd elder
1740
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Special verdict at the Lent Assizes.
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John Floyd younger
1740
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Special verdict at the Lent Assizes.
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William Cross
1740
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William Cross guilty of stealing a horse
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Robert Smith
1740
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Robert Smith guilty of stealing a horse
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John Robinson
1740
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John Robinson guilty of the highway robbery
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Charles Drew
1740
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Charles Drew (aged 25) guilty of the murder of his father, Charles John Drew, at Long Melford on 31st January 1740: shooting him while committing a burglary in his house.
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Charles Drew
1740
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CHARLES DREW Parricide, executed at St. Edmondsbury, 9th April, 1740
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William Dolphin
1740
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Wednesday. 9 April 1740
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Johanna Bryant
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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Dinah Turner
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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Ann Cummings
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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Simon Philips
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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Henry Woodford
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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John Bale
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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William Dugger
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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Thomas Diggett
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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Israel Jessing
1740
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Friday, 11 April 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury)
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Robert Blake
1740
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Saturday, 12 April 1740 Castle Hill, Norwich
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John Jenkins
1740
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John Jenkins found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Thomas Marryat in the parish of St Saviour, Southwark on 9th September 1739: stealing therefrom 4 pieces, called long ells, of woollen…
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Patrick Murphy
1740
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Patrick Murphy (otherwise Hourbourne) found guilty on an indictment for privately stealing a box (valued at 12d), 59 lbs of sewing thread (valued at £20) and 8 dozen linen handkerchiefs (valued at £4), the property of…
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Thomas Middleton
1740
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Thomas Middleton found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of John Heathfield in the parish of Croydon on 28th January 1740: robbing him of a periwig (valued at 5/-) and 2 gold guineas.
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William Welford
1740
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Friday, 25 April 1740
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Samuel Wakefield
1740
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Saturday, 26 April 1740 (QSR)
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Elizabeth Branch
1740
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Elizabeth Branch and Betty Branch guilty of the murder of Jane Butterworth, their appentice
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Betty Branch
1740
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Elizabeth Branch and Betty Branch guilty of the murder of Jane Butterworth, their appentice
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Elizabeth Branch
1740
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ELIZABETH AND MARY BRANCH Mother and Daughter, executed at Ivelchester on the 3rd of May, 1740, for murdering a Girl
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Mary Branch
1740
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ELIZABETH AND MARY BRANCH Mother and Daughter, executed at Ivelchester on the 3rd of May, 1740, for murdering a Girl
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Margaret Sherley
1740
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Margaret Sherley guilty of stealing in a dwelling house.
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Thomas Trapps
1740
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Thomas Trapps guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of John Roberts in the parish of Bredon on 3rd October 1739; and stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 10/-), a waistcoat (valued at 6/-), a pair of breeches…
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John Stovegrove
1740
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July 1740 (LDB)
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William Sava
1740
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Saturday, 9 August 1740 (Sherbourne Mercury) William Sava, aged about 21, guilty of stealing 5/- in money numbered in the dwelling house of Henry Caines.
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John Goodwin
1740
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John Goodwin (Otherwise John Barlow) guilty of being found at large in the Kingdom having been tried at the Yorkshire Assizes on 17th July 1738 for stealing a black mare (valued at £5), the property of Thomas Moggs in…
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Lawrence Roberts
1740
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Lawrence Roberts guilty of being found at large in the Kingdom having been tried at the City of York Assizes on 19th March 1739 for a burglary in the dwelling house of Mary Drake in the parish of St Martin: stealing…
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John Temple
1740
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John Temple guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Henry Kempson in the parish of Handsworth on 17th May 1740: stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 12/-), a fustian coat (valued at 6/-), a calamanco…
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William Creak
1740
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WILLIAM CREAK
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Peter Purkis
1740
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July/August 1740
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Joseph Houching
1740
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July/August 1740
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James Houching
1740
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July/August 1740
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Thomas Thorne
1740
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July/August 1740
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Henry Hawkins
1740
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Henry Hawkins
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Jeremiah Brewer
1740
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Jeremiah Brewer
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Samuel Gilcomb
1740
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Samuel Gilcomb (Tidcomb)
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Benjamin Randall
1740
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Friday, 8 August 1740 (St Mary’s Burial Register)
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William Smith
1740
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Saturday, 9 August 1740 (Northampton Mercury)
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John Meddin
1740
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Saturday, 9 August 1740 (Northampton Mercury)
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George Leyburne
1740
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George Leyburne and William Forster. a miller, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Anthony Bayle in the parish of Osbaldkirk (sic) at about midnight on 16th February 1740; and stealing therefrom a purse and £8…
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William Forster
1740
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George Leyburne and William Forster. a miller, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Anthony Bayle in the parish of Osbaldkirk (sic) at about midnight on 16th February 1740; and stealing therefrom a purse and £8…
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Robert Underwood
1740
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Wednesday, 13 August 1740 (All Saints, Hertford Burial Register)
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Thomas Crook
1740
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Wednesday, 13 August 1740 (All Saints, Hertford Burial Register)
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Mary Cooper
1740
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Mary Cooper, wife of John Cooper, found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Roberta Torriane in the parish of Putney on 30th july 1740: stealing therefrom a grey silk damask nightgown (valued…
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Andrew Lister
1740
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Saturday, 23 August 1740 Castle Hill, Norwich
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Robert Bessey
1740
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Saturday, 23 August 1740 Castle Hill, Norwich
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James Hooper
1740
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James Hooper found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Lough Cumlyn in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth on 16th June 1740: robbing him of a silver watch (valued at £5), a silver seal (valued at 1/-) and 5/-…
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William Creake
1740
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William Creake found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of John Shepherd in the parish of Windlesham on 4th Aspril 1740: robbing him of a black gelding and a chestnut gelding (each valued at £5), the…
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Elizabeth Winchley
1740
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Wednesday, 6 February 1740 (respited to 21/8 to be executed 28/8) Elizabeth Winchley for murder
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John Evory
1740
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Friday, 29 August 1740 (Kentish Post)
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Martha Allen
1740
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Friday, 29 August 1740 (Kentish Post)
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John Mounsoon
1740
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Friday, 29 August 1740 (Kentish Post)
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George Ashmore
1740
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Friday, 29 August 1740
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John Millard
1740
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John Millard and Cornelius York guilty of the highway robbery of Jonathan Jones: robbing him of 1/7. After execution Millard’s body was hanged in chains on Bedminster Down whilst that of York was hanged in chains on…
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Cornelius York
1740
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John Millard and Cornelius York guilty of the highway robbery of Jonathan Jones: robbing him of 1/7. After execution Millard’s body was hanged in chains on Bedminster Down whilst that of York was hanged in chains on…
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George Masters
1740
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George Masters guilty of the highway robbery of John Stallard: robbing him of 1/6. After execution his body was hanged in chains on Brislington Common.
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William Derrick
1740
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William Derrick guilty of the highway robbery of Ann Isoedland: robbing her of a cloak (valued at 2/-).
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John Caswell
1740
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John Caswell guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Elizabeth Chapple; and stealing therefrom £10 in money. ?
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Edward Taylor
1740
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Edward Taylor guilty of High Treason in that he made a counterfeit half crown of pewter. ?
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William Holliday
1740
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William Holliday guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Edward Kingstone; and stealing therefrom £100 in money. ?
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Edward Hicks
1740
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Edward Hicks guilty of stealing a black mare (valued at £4), the property of John Oram. ?
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David Curtis
1740
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David Curtis guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Mary Whitcomb; and stealing therefrom 20/- in money and other goods. ?
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Thomas Edwards
1740
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Monday, 8 September 1740 (ordered for)
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Thomas Higgins
1740
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Thomas Higgins and William Organer guilty of rioting at Wisbech on 29th June 1740
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William Organer
1740
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Thomas Higgins and William Organer guilty of rioting at Wisbech on 29th June 1740.
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John Graham
1740
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1740
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William Roe
1740
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Friday, 19 September 1740
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Joseph Clarkson
1740
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Wednesday, 19 Nov 1740
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