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Thomas Harris
1759
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Thomas Harris indicted for the rape of his daughter, Ann (aged 11), in the parish of Newbury on 29th September 1758. Executed
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William Cooper
1759
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William Cooper and Thomas Cross indicted for the highway robbery of Thomas Elton in the parish of Newbury on 18th January 1759: robbing him of 3 foreign gold 36/- pieces, 2 gold Moidores (each with a value of 27/-) and…
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Thomas Cross
1759
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William Cooper and Thomas Cross indicted for the highway robbery of Thomas Elton in the parish of Newbury on 18th January 1759: robbing him of 3 foreign gold 36/- pieces, 2 gold Moidores (each with a value of 27/-) and…
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Thomas Day
1759
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March 1759
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John Pain
1759
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March 1759
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Christopher Harris
1759
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March 1759
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John Swanson
1759
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Monday, 12 March 1759 Mount Pleasant. Oakham (Leicester Journal)
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Jos Halsey
1759
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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY
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Joseph Halsey
1759
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JOSEPH HALSEY Ship's mate, hanged for beating two of his men to death
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Richard Adams
1759
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Richard Adams guilty of the murder of John Ennis
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John Greenwood
1759
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Saturday, 24 March 1759 (Manchester Magazine)
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Charles Kirkman
1759
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Saturday, 24 March 1759
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Nic Wingfield
1759
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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY
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Thomas Hide
1759
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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY
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Thomas Brown
1759
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Wednesday, 28 March 1759(LDB)
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Benjamin Downing
1759
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Friday, 30 March 1759
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Hannah Thomas
1759
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Hannah Thomas guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of John Povey; and stealing therefrom 2 cloth coats (valued at 2/-) and other goods
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Terence Sweeny
1759
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Terence Sweeny and James Curry guilty of the highway robbery of James Long: robbing him of a watch (valued at 40/-) and other goods.
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James Curry
1759
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Terence Sweeny and James Curry guilty of the highway robbery of James Long: robbing him of a watch (valued at 40/-) and other goods.
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Henry Pickersnell
1759
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Henry Pickersnell guilty of stealing 2 hogs (valued at 20/- each), the property of John Osmond, in his dwelling house.
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Robert Sign
1759
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Robert Sign guilty of stealing a wether (valued at 10/-) and an ewe (valued at 10/-), the property of John Smith.
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James Gray
1759
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James Gray guilty of stealing a black mare (valued at 40/-), the property of William Cook
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Ann Loale
1759
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Saturday, 31 March 1759
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Robert Selby
1759
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Saturday, 31 March 1759 (Cambridge Journal) Robert Selby guilty of breaking into the shop of Mr Moxton in Downham in the Isle and stealing linen therefrom.
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Robert Lattimore
1759
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Monday, 2 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Mary Edmondson
1759
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MARY EDMONDSON Strongly protesting her Innocence, she was executed on Kennington Common, 2nd of April, 1759, for the Murder of her Aunt
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Mary Edmonson
1759
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Mary Edmonson found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Susanna Walker, by cutting her throat with a knife, in the parish of St Mary, Rotherhithe on 23rd February 1759. She was ordered to be executed on Monday 2…
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Samuel Ward
1759
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Wedneday, 4 April 1759 (Leicester and Nottingham Journal)
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Richard Alcock
1759
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Richard Alcock for stealing a horse
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John Forward
1759
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John Forward for uttering forgeries
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John Wilde
1759
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Stole in dwelling house
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William Rose
1759
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William Rose
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Henry Hall
1759
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Henry Hall and Edward Mortersau guilty of the highway robbery of Thomas Mulliver
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Edward Mortersau
1759
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Henry Hall and Edward Mortersau guilty of the highway robbery of Thomas Mulliver
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Sarah Evill
1759
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Sarah Evill guilty of the murder of her male bastard.
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John Morgan
1759
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Thursday, 19 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Patrick Connor
1759
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Thursday, 19 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Thomas Carter
1759
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Thursday, 19 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Patrick Butler
1759
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Thursday, 19 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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John Watson
1759
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Thursday, 19 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Henry Nelson
1759
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Henry Nelson guilty of a forgery on William Wyld of Otley in the parish of Sedburgh on 24th September 1757.
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Benjamin Windle
1759
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Benjamin Windle guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Thomas Hurst in the parish of Huddersfield on 21st October 1758; and stealing therefrom two purses (each valued at 1d), 40 gold guineas and £100 in other…
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Peter Davenport
1759
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Peter Davenport guilty of the highway robbery of John Barnes: robbing him of 5/- in money numbered.
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Benjamin Alton
1759
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Benjamin Alton and James Noble guilty of the highway robbery of Thomas Slocumbe: robbing him o f a silk purse (valued at 1d), 2 foreign gold 36/- pieces and other goods and money.
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James Noble
1759
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Benjamin Alton and James Noble guilty of the highway robbery of Thomas Slocumbe: robbing him o f a silk purse (valued at 1d), 2 foreign gold 36/- pieces and other goods and money.
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Charles Darras
1759
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Wednesday, 25 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Fleurant Tremaine
1759
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Wednesday, 25 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Pierre Pitiel
1759
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Wednesday, 25 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Louis Beudecq
1759
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Wednesday, 25 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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Pierre Lagnol
1759
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Wednesday, 25 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)
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William Smart
1759
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Saturday, 28 April 1759
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John Lovelock
1759
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John Lovelock guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Robert Mayhew; and stealing therefrom £50 in money. Executed
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Eugene Aram
1759
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Eugene Aram, aged 54, guilty of the murder of Daniel Clark by striking him on his head with a hammer in the parish of Knaresborough on 8th February 1745. His body was after execution hanged in chains in Knaresborough…
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Eugene Aram
1759
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EUGENE ARAM A Self-Educated Man, with remarkable Linguistic Attainments, who was executed at York on 6th of August, 1759, for a Murder discovered Fourteen Years after its Commission.
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ARAM, Eugene
1759
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Murder; York
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Thomas Ansell
1759
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Thomas Ansell found guilty on an indictment for aiding and abetting in the murder of Thomas Cole, dragoon, by shooting him, in the parish of Middleton on 8th November 1757, so that he died the following day. He was…
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Erasmus Whitehall
1759
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Erasmus Whitehall guilty of the highway robbery of Mary, the wife of Thomas Clifton in the parish of Bromsgrove on 29th June 1759: robbing her of a gold guinea and 9/3 in money numbered.
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Richard Dove
1759
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Saturday, 11 August 1759
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Joseph Darby
1759
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Joseph Darby the younger and Thomas Darby guilty of the murder of John Walker, by beating him on the head with sticks, in the parish of Halesowen (?) on 13th April 1759. Joseph Darby the elder feloniously, wilfully and…
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Thomas Darby
1759
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Joseph Darby the younger and Thomas Darby guilty of the murder of John Walker, by beating him on the head with sticks, in the parish of Halesowen (?) on 13th April 1759. Joseph Darby the elder feloniously, wilfully and…
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Joseph Darby elder
1759
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Joseph Darby the younger and Thomas Darby guilty of the murder of John Walker, by beating him on the head with sticks, in the parish of Halesowen (?) on 13th April 1759. Joseph Darby the elder feloniously, wilfully and…
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Robert Saxby
1759
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Robert Saxby found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Anne, wife of Wiliam Saxby, cutting and stabbing her on the right side of her neck and the middle of her throat with a knife, in the parish of Wotton on 25th…
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William Cockburn
1759
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William Cockburn and John Cockburn guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Ripley in the parish of Low Worsall on 26th December 1748: stealing therefrom 1 yard of black Allapien (valued at 2/-), 4 yards of…
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John Cockburn
1759
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William Cockburn and John Cockburn guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Ripley in the parish of Low Worsall on 26th December 1748: stealing therefrom 1 yard of black Allapien (valued at 2/-), 4 yards of…
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Jonathan Horner
1759
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Thursday, 23 or Friday, 24 August 1759
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John Halway
1759
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Thursday, 23 or Friday, 24 August 1759
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John Sutton
1759
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Thursday, 23 or Friday, 24 August 1759
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John Reynolds
1759
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Thursday, 23 or Friday, 24 August 1759
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John Richards
1759
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Thursday, 23 or Friday, 24 August 1759
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Mary Baker
1759
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T H E E A S T
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John Ayliffe
1759
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JOHN AYLIFFE, ESQ. Commissary of Musters in the War Office. Executed at Tyburn, 7th of November, 1759, for Forgery
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William Andrew Horne
1759
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Thursday, 30 November 1759 (various newspapers)
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William Andrew Horne
1759
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WILLIAM ANDREW HORNE, ESQ. Executed at Nottingham, 11th of December, 1759, in the Seventy-fifth Year of his Age, for Murder, concealed Twenty-five Years
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Wm Lawrence
1759
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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY
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