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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…

William Cooper
1759

Crime: Highway robbery

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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…

Thomas Cross
1759

Crime: Highway robbery

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Thomas Day
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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March 1759

John Pain
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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March 1759

Christopher Harris
1759

Crime: return from transportation

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March 1759

Monday, 12 March 1759 Mount Pleasant. Oakham (Leicester Journal)

John Swanson
1759

Crime: murder

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Jos Halsey
1759

Crime: murder

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JOSEPH HALSEY Ship's mate, hanged for beating two of his men to death

Joseph Halsey
1759

Crime: murder

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Richard Adams guilty of the murder of John Ennis

Richard Adams
1759

Crime: murder

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Saturday, 24 March 1759 (Manchester Magazine)

John Greenwood
1759

Crime: murder

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Charles Kirkman
1759

Crime: murder

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Saturday, 24 March 1759

Nic Wingfield
1759

Crime: piracy

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Thomas Hide
1759

Crime: piracy

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Wednesday, 28 March 1759(LDB)

Thomas Brown
1759

Crime: murder

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Benjamin Downing
1759

Crime: burglary

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Friday, 30 March 1759

Hannah Thomas guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of John Povey; and stealing therefrom 2 cloth coats (valued at 2/-) and other goods

Hannah Thomas
1759

Crime: house breaking

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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.

Terence Sweeny
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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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.

James Curry
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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Henry Pickersnell guilty of stealing 2 hogs (valued at 20/- each), the property of John Osmond, in his dwelling house.

Henry Pickersnell
1759

Crime: stealing

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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.

Robert Sign
1759

Crime: stealing

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James Gray guilty of stealing a black mare (valued at 40/-), the property of William Cook

James Gray
1759

Crime: horse stealing

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Ann Loale
1759

Crime: murder

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Saturday, 31 March 1759

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.

Robert Selby
1759

Crime: stealing

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Monday, 2 April 1759 (Western Flying Post)

Robert Lattimore
1759

Crime: murder

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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

Mary Edmondson
1759

Crime: murder

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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…

Mary Edmonson
1759

Crime: murder

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Wedneday, 4 April 1759 (Leicester and Nottingham Journal)

Samuel Ward
1759

Crime: house breaking

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Richard Alcock for stealing a horse

Richard Alcock
1759

Crime: horse stealing

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John Forward for uttering forgeries

John Forward
1759

Crime: uttering

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John Wilde
1759

Crime: stealing

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Stole in dwelling house

William Rose
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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William Rose

Henry Hall and Edward Mortersau guilty of the highway robbery of Thomas Mulliver

Henry Hall
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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Henry Hall and Edward Mortersau guilty of the highway robbery of Thomas Mulliver

Edward Mortersau
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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Sarah Evill guilty of the murder of her male bastard.

Sarah Evill
1759

Crime: murder

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John Morgan
1759

Crime: stealing

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Patrick Connor
1759

Crime: burglary

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Thomas Carter
1759

Crime: burglary

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Patrick Butler
1759

Crime: rape

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John Watson
1759

Crime: rape

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Henry Nelson guilty of a forgery on William Wyld of Otley in the parish of Sedburgh on 24th September 1757.

Henry Nelson
1759

Crime: forgery

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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…

Benjamin Windle
1759

Crime: burglary

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Peter Davenport guilty of the highway robbery of John Barnes: robbing him of 5/- in money numbered.

Peter Davenport
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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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.

Benjamin Alton
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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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.

James Noble
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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Charles Darras
1759

Crime: murder

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Fleurant Tremaine
1759

Crime: murder

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Pierre Pitiel
1759

Crime: murder

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Louis Beudecq
1759

Crime: murder

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Pierre Lagnol
1759

Crime: murder

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William Smart
1759

Crime: return from transportation

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Saturday, 28 April 1759

John Lovelock guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Robert Mayhew; and stealing therefrom £50 in money. Executed

John Lovelock
1759

Crime: house breaking

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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…

Eugene Aram
1759

Crime: murder

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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.

Eugene Aram
1759

Crime: murder

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ARAM, Eugene
1759

Crime: unknown

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Murder; York

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…

Thomas Ansell
1759

Crime: unknown

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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.

Erasmus Whitehall
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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Richard Dove
1759

Crime: return from transportation

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Saturday, 11 August 1759

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…

Joseph Darby
1759

Crime: murder

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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…

Thomas Darby
1759

Crime: murder

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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…

Joseph Darby elder
1759

Crime: unknown

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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…

Robert Saxby
1759

Crime: murder

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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…

William Cockburn
1759

Crime: burglary

Location: —

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…

John Cockburn
1759

Crime: burglary

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Jonathan Horner
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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John Halway
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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John Sutton
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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John Reynolds
1759

Crime: highway robbery

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John Richards
1759

Crime: return from transportation

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Mary Baker
1759

Crime: murder

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T H E E A S T

JOHN AYLIFFE, ESQ. Commissary of Musters in the War Office. Executed at Tyburn, 7th of November, 1759, for Forgery

John Ayliffe
1759

Crime: forgery

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William Andrew Horne
1759

Crime: murder

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Thursday, 30 November 1759 (various newspapers)

William Andrew Horne
1759

Crime: murder

Location: —

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

Wm Lawrence
1759

Crime: unknown

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