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Monday, 17 February 1783 (Cambridge Chronnicle)

James Beeton
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

?? Friday, 7 March 1783 (Ipswich Journal)

Joseph Clibbon
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

?? Friday, 7 March 1783 (Ipswich Journal)

John Holden
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

?? Friday, 7 March 1783 (Ipswich Journal)

Thomas Halling
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Thomas Godfrey guilty of the murder John Barrett, a watchman at Portsmouth.

Thomas Godfrey
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

John Taylor guilty of the murder of James Stores (Nicholas Stares in Hampshire Chronicle) at Soberton.

John Taylor
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 10 March 1783 at Romford

James Smith
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 10 March 1783 at Chelmsford

Barney Farrell
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Saturday, 15 March 1783(Cambridge Chronicle) George Mean of Ickleton guilty of the murder George Cooper, farmer, striking him and fracturing his skull in his stable in the parish of Duxford on 8th October 1781. He had…

George Mean
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Stephen Barlow guilty of feloniously, riotously and tumultuously to the disturbance of the Public Peace remained and continued by the space of one hour after the reading of the Riot Act in the parish of Stoke-on-Trent…

Stephen Barlow
1783

Crime: rioting

Location: —

Richard Maze
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Thursday, 20 March 1783

John Day guilty of the highway robbery of James Nash in the parish of Claines on 28th December 1782: robbing him of a metal watch (valued at 40/-) and a gold half guinea.

John Day
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Jones guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Pidduck in the parish of Wichenford on 9th March 1783: stealing therefrom 2 silver tablespoons (valued at 10/-), 5 silver teaspoons (valued at 10/-), a pair…

John Jones
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Saturday, 22 March 1783 (Reading Mercury) Daniel Gibbs and William Wayne indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of William Prior in the parish of Uffington on 29th January 1783: stealing therefrom 2 linen shirts…

Daniel Gibbs
1783

Crime: Burglary

Location: —

Saturday, 22 March 1783 (Reading Mercury) Daniel Gibbs and William Wayne indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of William Prior in the parish of Uffington on 29th January 1783: stealing therefrom 2 linen shirts…

William Wayne
1783

Crime: Burglary

Location: —

John Tafferson, Theophilus Crimsey and James Denison guilty of the highway robbery of William Cook: robbing him of a hat (valued at 10/-), other goods (valued at 2/-) and 4 gold guineas.

John Tafferson
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Tafferson, Theophilus Crimsey and James Denison guilty of the highway robbery of William Cook: robbing him of a hat (valued at 10/-), other goods (valued at 2/-) and 4 gold guineas.

Theophilus Crimsey
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Tafferson, Theophilus Crimsey and James Denison guilty of the highway robbery of William Cook: robbing him of a hat (valued at 10/-), other goods (valued at 2/-) and 4 gold guineas.

James Denison
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

James May and Jeremiah Theobald guilty of the murder of Mrs Phipps. After execution his body was hanged in chains at Eriswell.

James May
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

James May and Jeremiah Theobald guilty of the murder of Mrs Phipps. After execution his body was hanged in chains at Eriswell.

Jeremiah Theobald
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

James Seal, aged 25, and Eyre Harding, aged 24, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Edward Evith in Grange Road, in the parish of St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey on 21st April 1782: robbing him of a…

James Seal
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

James Seal, aged 25, and Eyre Harding, aged 24, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Edward Evith in Grange Road, in the parish of St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey on 21st April 1782: robbing him of a…

Eyre Harding
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Shepherd, aged 18, guilty of the highway robbery John Holmes in the parish of Penn on 17th January 1783: robbing him of a watch (valued at £3).

John Shepherd
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Clay for the murder of Ann Hands. After execution his body was hanged in chains at Chilvens Coton

John Clay
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Thomas Challenor guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Joseph Witcherley in the parish of Chetwynd on 8th March 1783; and stealing therefrom 2 flitches of bacon (valued at 50/-) and 3 bacon chines (valued at…

Thomas Challenor
1783

Crime: house breaking

Location: —

William Thomas John
1783

Crime: arson

Location: —

April 1783 (circa)

Richard Carter
1783

Crime: stealing sheep

Location: —

Lent 1783

James Steggles guilty of shooting at William Macro at Barrow on 6th January 1783.

James Steggles
1783

Crime: unknown

Location: —

Samuel Roberts guilty of a highway robbery

Samuel Roberts
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Samuel Oxer guilty of a burglary

Samuel Oxer
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Lewis Arnold
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Thursday, 3 April 1783

Zachariah Smith, aged 43, found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Thomas Harffy in the parish of Cuckfield on 19th November 1782: stealing therefrom a piece of printed cotton measuring 15…

Zachariah Smith
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Abraham Carman
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Saturday, 5 April 1783

Henry Cabell
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Saturday, 5 April 1783

Thomas Jackson guilty of stealing 6 worked chair covers (valued at £3), a silk petticoat (valued at 20/-), 2 silk sleeve bows (valued at 6d), a cotton quilted petticoat (valued at 20/-), 4 linen window curtains (valued…

Thomas Jackson
1783

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Griffith Jones, aged 22, found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Robert Ground in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth on 15th September 1782: stealing therefrom a cotton gown (valued at 2/-), a…

Griffith Jones
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Thomas Cox, aged 41, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Robert Spottis in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth on 1st January 1783: robbing him of a bay gelding (valued at £6)., a watch with gold cases…

Thomas Cox
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

James Knight and Joseph Knight for a robbery in a dwelling house

James Knight
1783

Crime: robbery

Location: —

James Knight and Joseph Knight for a robbery in a dwelling house

Joseph Knight
1783

Crime: robbery

Location: —

Walter Bakewell for a highway robbery

Walter Bakewell
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Wharton (otherwise John Wharton Turner) guilty of the highway robbery of William Chilcott.

John Wharton
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Joseph Edkins guilty of High Treason coining

Joseph Edkins
1783

Crime: coining

Location: —

William Lattimore (otherwise Cassell) guilty of the highway robbery of William Chilcott. Executed at Taunton.

William Lattimore
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

William Ajax
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 21 April 1783

Charles Caldwell guilty of picking the pocket of John Sykes in the parish of Wakefield on 11th November 1782; stealing therefrom 2 Bills of Exchange; and forging an endorsement in the name of David Butler on one of…

Charles Caldwell
1783

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Saturday, 3 May 1783 (ACC)

Martha Brown
1783

Crime: arson

Location: —

Saturday, 3 May 1783 (ACC)

Resolution Heap
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

William Morley
1783

Crime: uttering

Location: —

Friday, 23 May 1783

William Shutler
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Friday, 23 May 1783

Emanuel Pinto
1783

Crime: murder

Location: unknown

Execution not confirmed

James Scudamore
1783

Crime: stealing sheep

Location: —

August 1783 (circa)

William Wynne Ryland
1783

Crime: forgery

Location: —

WILLIAM WYNNE RYLAND Engraver to his Majesty. Executed at Tyburn, in August, 1783, for forging a Bill of Exchange

John Marshall guilty of the murder of his wife, Mary, whom he beat to death and hung on a tree in the New Forest.

John Marshall
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Thomas Wardle guilty of the murder of John Webb, by striking him with a stick in the parish of Northfield on 13th March 1783. After execution his body was hanged in chains at Bromsgrove Lock.

Thomas Wardle
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Murder of her female bastard

Eleanor Hudd
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Matthew Gardner
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Matthew Gardner

John Wheeler
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Wheeler

James Murray guilty of the highway robbery of John Cutler: robbing him of a silk purse (valued at 6d), 6 gold guineas and £1.19.6d in money numbered.

James Murray
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Connolly guilty of the highway robbery of John Drake; robbing him of 48 gold guineas.

John Connolly
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Thomas Spencer and Mark Saltonstall (or Tattonstall) guilty of the highway robbery of John Anderson in Halifax on 7th June 1783: robbing him of 67 bushels of Oat Shelling (valued at £29); and stealing a similar quantity…

Thomas Spencer
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Champ guilty of stealing a mare (valued at £40) and 2 geldings (valued at £40), the property of Henry Paulet and John Bart.

John Champ
1783

Crime: horse stealing

Location: —

Thomas Spencer and Mark Saltonstall (or Tattonstall) guilty of the highway robbery of John Anderson in Halifax on 7th June 1783: robbing him of 67 bushels of Oat Shelling (valued at £29); and stealing a similar quantity…

Mark Saltonstall
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Jenkins guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Benjamin Beale of Portsmouth: robbing him of a wooden cask (valued at 6d) and other goods (valued at 26/-).

John Jenkins
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Monday, 18 August 1783 at Halldown, near Kingsteignton (Exeter Flying Post)

John Cunningham
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 18 August 1783 at Halldown, near Kingsteignton (Exeter Flying Post)

John Grimslade
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Monday, 18 August 1783 (Newcastle Journal)

Robert Storey
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

William Peare
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Highway robbery Mail

Thursday, 21 August 1783 (Northampton Mercury)

Henry Moore
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Thursday, 21 August 1783 (Northampton Mercury)

Thomas Williamson
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Christopher Townsend
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Summer 1783

Richard Jones
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Robert Jones
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

George Spradbury
1783

Crime: horse stealing

Location: —

Edward Perplar
1783

Crime: high treason

Location: —

William Fox
1783

Crime: horse stealing

Location: —

William Dale
1783

Crime: high treason

Location: —

John Staines
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

William Jones
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Thomas Jones, aged 26, and Robert Parsons, aged 24, found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Henry Kipping in the parish of Brightelmstone on 23rd July 1783: stealing therefrom goods and…

Thomas Jones
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Thomas Jones, aged 26, and Robert Parsons, aged 24, found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Henry Kipping in the parish of Brightelmstone on 23rd July 1783: stealing therefrom goods and…

Robert Parsons
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

John Beach, aged 32, found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of William Wicks in the parish of Botolphs on 15th May 1783; and stealing therefrom goods and chattels of his valued at “2.19.6d.

John Beach
1783

Crime: house breaking

Location: —

John Riley guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Peter Pollard in the parish of St Helen in the City of York on 10th June 1783: stealing therefrom a harden bag (valued at 2/-) and 380 yards of linen cloth…

John Riley
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

William Emmerson guilty of stealing 2 cows (valued at £4) and a heifer (valued at £3), the property of Frederick Stephenson, in the parish of Farnham on 17th June 1783.

William Emmerson
1783

Crime: stealing sheep

Location: —

William Field of Errenden (?) guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Sutcliffe in the parish of Stansfield (?) on 16th January 1783: stealing therefrom 15 pieces of Irish Linen (valued at £20), 10 silk…

William Field
1783

Crime: burglary

Location: —

Saturday, 23 August 1783 (Northampton Mercury)

Sarah Cave
1783

Crime: arson

Location: —

Martha Baker, aged 24, and Henry Symonds, aged 39, found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Elisha Cook by throwing him from a second storey window of a house in King Street in the parish of St George the Martyr,…

Martha Baker
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Martha Baker, aged 24, and Henry Symonds, aged 39, found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Elisha Cook by throwing him from a second storey window of a house in King Street in the parish of St George the Martyr,…

Henry Symonds
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Simon Masters
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Amos Barnes
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Pidgeon
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Simon Frazer
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Patrick Dogherty
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Elizabeth Rumbelow
1783

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Richard Mann
1783

Crime: stealing sheep

Location: —

Griffith Rowland
1783

Crime: murder

Location: —

Saturday, 30 August 1783

Jenkin Evans
1783

Crime: stealing sheep

Location: —

1783

George Gaynes guilty of stealing 159 yards of lnen cloth (valued at £5) from the bleachcroft of John Gummer, a whitester.

George Gaynes
1783

Crime: stealing

Location: —

John Wotton and Samuel Wotton guilty of the highway robbery of Ann Curtis, widow: stealing therefrom 17 yards of woollen cloth (valued at 34/-) and other goods (valued at 30/-).

John Wotton
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Wotton and Samuel Wotton guilty of the highway robbery of Ann Curtis, widow: stealing therefrom 17 yards of woollen cloth (valued at 34/-) and other goods (valued at 30/-).

Samuel Wotton
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

John Hickman and John Powell guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of William Odford; and stealing therefrom a cloth cloak (valued at 7/-) and other goods (valued at 30/10).

John Hickman
1783

Crime: house breaking

Location: —

John Hickman and John Powell guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of William Odford; and stealing therefrom a cloth cloak (valued at 7/-) and other goods (valued at 30/10).

John Powell
1783

Crime: house breaking

Location: —

George Wood, aged 22, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Samuel Selwood in the parish of Camberwell on 20th April 1783: robbing him of a watch (valued at 50/-), a steel watch chain (value at 3d),a…

George Wood
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Richard Smith, aged 41, found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of James Spicer in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth; and stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 20/-), a satin waistcoat…

Richard Smith
1783

Crime: house breaking

Location: —

Saturday, 6 September 1783 at Hardwick Common, Kings Lynn

Robert Fox
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Saturday 13 September 1783 (Cumberland Packet)

William Fenwick
1783

Crime: stealing

Location: —

Wednesday, 17 September 1783 at Littleport (Cambridge Chronicle)

Thomas Eaton
1783

Crime: arson

Location: —

Friday, 21 September 1783 at Magdalen Road Gallows, Exeter. (Exeter Flying Post)

John Ashbolt
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Friday, 21 September 1783 at Magdalen Road Gallows, Exeter. (Exeter Flying Post)

John Lee
1783

Crime: highway robbery

Location: —

Monday, 17 November 1783 - Town Moor, Newcastle (Newcastle Journal)

William Alexander
1783

Crime: forgery

Location: —

John Clarke
1783

Crime: murder

Location: unknown

Execution not confirmed