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Geo Combes
1786
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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY
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Wm Hines
1786
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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY
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William Howell
1786
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Saturday, 11 March 1786
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Francis Gilbar
1786
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Thursday, 16 March 1786 (Ipswich Journal - Saturday 25 March)
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Joseph Ridgely Moore
1786
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Thursday, 16 March 1786 (Ipswich Journal - Saturday 25 March)
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Mary Melley
1786
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Thursday, 16 March 1786 (Ipswich Journal - Saturday 25 March)
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Joseph Harrow
1786
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Thursday, 16 March 1786 (Ipswich Journal - Saturday 25 March)
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Jonathan Hickman
1786
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Thursday, 16 March 1786 (Ipswich Journal - Saturday 25 March)
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Joseph Wilkinson
1786
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Thursday 16 March 1786 (Derby Mercury)
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John Gradey
1786
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Wednesday, 22 March 1786 (Western Flying Post)
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John Jacob
1786
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Saturday, 1 April 1786 (Western Flying Post)
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Joseph Cook
1786
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Joseph Cook guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Hawkes Sanders in the parish of St Helen, Worcester on 5th May 1785: stealing therefrom 12 yards of cotton jean (valued at 40/-), 6 yards of corded striped…
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Michael Gough
1786
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Michael Gough guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Cheese n the parish of Tenbury on 4th September 1785: stealing therefrom a silk handkerchief (valued at 18d), 3 gold guineas and a gold half guinea.
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William Prosser
1786
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William Prosser guilty of the highway robbery of William Drinkwater in the parish of St Peter on 1st November 1785: robbing him of a hat (valued at 3/-), a linen shirt (valued at 6/-), a carter’s frock (valued at 5/-),…
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Thomas Neale
1786
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Thomas Neale guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of John Pardoe in the parish of Ombersley on 25th January 1786; and stealing therefrom a leather purse (valued at 1d), a canvas purse (valued at 1d), a hempen bag…
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Richard Watts
1786
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Richard Watts guilty of the highway robbery of Thomas Blizard in the parish of Holy Cross, Pershore on 28th December 1785: robbing him of a watch (valued at 40/-) and 14 copper halfpennies.
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John Murphy
1786
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John Murphy guilty of being found at large in the Kingdom having been tried at the Old Bailey on 10th December 1784 for stealing a watch (valued at 10), a steel watch chain (valued at 3/-) and a brass watch key (valued…
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Thomas Allen
1786
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Friday, 24 March 1786
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Henry Knowles
1786
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Friday, 24 March 1786
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Stephen Tarr
1786
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Friday, 24 March 1786
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Thomas Brett
1786
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Friday, 24 March 1786
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William Brooks
1786
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Friday, 24 March 1786
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John Sparrow
1786
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Friday, 24 March 1786
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John Wells
1786
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Friday, 24 March 1786
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John Shilling
1786
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Saturday, 25 March 1786
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Richard Hemmings
1786
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Saturday, 25 March 1786 (Reading Mercury) Richard Hemmings otherwise Hathaway) (aged 30) indicted for stealing a grey mare (valued at ?10), the property of William Bowles, in the parish of West Hanney on 21st December…
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John Steptoe
1786
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Saturday, 25 March 1786 (Reading Mercury) John Steptoe (aged 21) indicted for stealing 13 ewes (valued at ?10) and 7 lambs (valued at ?3), the property of John Stevens, in the parish of Childrey on 13th September 1795.
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William Cripps
1786
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Saturday, 25 March 1786 (Reading Mercury) William Cripps indicted for breaking into the dwelling house of Frances Maskell, widow, in the parish of Hrwell on 30t May 1785; and stealing therefrom 3 Dowlas shirts (valued…
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Richard Forder
1786
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Richard Forder guilty of stealing 25 ewes (value at £12) and 12 wethers (valued at £6), the property of Samuel Harfield
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Miles Ward
1786
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Miles Ward guilty of a burglary in Magdalen College Chapel in the parish of St Peter in the East, Oford on 24th February 1786: stealing therefrom a pair of silver candlesticks gilt wit gold (valued at £7), a pair of…
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Thomas Russell
1786
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Monday, 27 March 1786 (Exeter Flying Post)
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John Cox
1786
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John Cox and Richard Cox guilty of killing an ewe (valued at 30/-), the property of Daniel Piercy, in the parish of Rotherfield Peppard on 5th June 1786.
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Richard Cox
1786
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John Cox and Richard Cox guilty of killing an ewe (valued at 30/-), the property of Daniel Piercy, in the parish of Rotherfield Peppard on 5th June 1786.
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John Grace
1786
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John Grace guilty of stealing 2 wethers (valued at 20/-), 3 ewes (valued at 20/-) and a lamb (valued at 5/-), the property of Stephen Gonin, in the parish of Chinnor on 30th June 1786.
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George Hale
1786
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George Hale
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Mordecai Bollen
1786
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Mordecai Bollen
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John Nightingale
1786
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John Nightingale
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William Hiccock
1786
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William Hiccock
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William Hands
1786
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Wednesday, 29 Mar 1786 (Leicester and Nottingham Journal)
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John Lister
1786
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John Lister (aged 21) for the theft of a sheep at Wilford
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James Williams
1786
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April 1786 (circa)
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Jacob Stanley
1786
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Jacob Stanley, aged 25, John Insley, aged 25, James Whitehouse, aged 27, and Samuel Brown, aged 30, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Samuel and James Cramer in the parish of St Mary, Stafford on 8th March…
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John Insley
1786
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Jacob Stanley, aged 25, John Insley, aged 25, James Whitehouse, aged 27, and Samuel Brown, aged 30, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Samuel and James Cramer in the parish of St Mary, Stafford on 8th March…
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James Whitehouse
1786
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Jacob Stanley, aged 25, John Insley, aged 25, James Whitehouse, aged 27, and Samuel Brown, aged 30, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Samuel and James Cramer in the parish of St Mary, Stafford on 8th March…
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Samuel Brown
1786
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Jacob Stanley, aged 25, John Insley, aged 25, James Whitehouse, aged 27, and Samuel Brown, aged 30, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Samuel and James Cramer in the parish of St Mary, Stafford on 8th March…
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John Plimmer
1786
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John Plimmer, aged 27, guilty of stealing an ewe (valued at 15/-), the property of Thomas March, in the parish of Uttoxeter on 23rd January 1786.
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Eleanor Haywood
1786
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Eleanor Haywood for the murder of her bastard.
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William Wood
1786
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William Wood for the murder of Rebecca Brindley
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John Browning
1786
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Monday, 3 April 1786 John Browning (otherwise Astell) (aged 28) and John Jones (otherwise Saxton) (aged 40) for a burglary in the house of Alderman Fisher of Leicester on 26th November 1785. This was a borough execution.
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John Jones
1786
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Monday, 3 April 1786 John Browning (otherwise Astell) (aged 28) and John Jones (otherwise Saxton) (aged 40) for a burglary in the house of Alderman Fisher of Leicester on 26th November 1785. This was a borough execution.
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John Shepherd
1786
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Friday, 7 April 1786
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William Stanley
1786
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Friday, 7 April 1786
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William Brooks
1786
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Friday, 7 April 1786 (Exeter Flying Post)
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James Herslake
1786
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Friday, 7 April 1786 (Exeter Flying Post)
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Edward Land
1786
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Saturday, 8 April 1786
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William Edwards
1786
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William Edwards, aged 23, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of William Hover in the parish of Wartling on 11th January 1786: robbing him of 2 gold guineas and 7/3 in money numbered.
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Joseph Clark
1786
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Joseph Clark, aged 19, found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of Abel Parkhurst in the parish of Pulborough on 5th September 1785: and stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 21/-), a…
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William Hartley
1786
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William Hartley, aged 27, found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of Peter Everist in the parish of East Grinstead on 24th November 1785; and stealing therefrom a Bath great coat (valued at…
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Joseph Hartley
1786
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Joseph Hartley, aged 34, guilty of the highway robbery of William Chamber in the parish of Seamer on 3rd February 1786: robbing him of a leather and parchment purse (valued at 6d), 1 gold guinea, 2 gold half guineas and…
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Robert Watson
1786
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Robert Watson the younger, aged 22, guilty of the highway robbery of William Bailed in the parish of Wath upon Dearne on 1st January 1786: robbing him of a puse (valued at 1d), 7 gold guineas and a gold half guinea.
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John Figures
1786
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Saturday, 8 April 1786 John Figures (aged 19) for a burglary in the house of Elizabeth Needham at Syston.
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Thomas Torville
1786
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Saturday, 8 April 1786 Thomas Torville (aged 17) for the theft of a horse.
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John Waltho
1786
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John Waltho, aged 32, guilty of stealing a wether (valued at 10/-), the property of John Rochford, in the parish of Kings Bromley n 16th June 1785.
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Thomas Roberts
1786
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Thursday, 6 or 13 Apr 1786 Bodmin (Western Flying Post)
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John Williams
1786
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John Williams guilty of a burglary
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William Last
1786
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William Last guilty of the theft of sheep
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William Prested
1786
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William Prested for the theft of sheep
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John Thay
1786
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John Thay (17) for the theft of a horse
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Ann Sutton
1786
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Ann Sutton for theft
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John Gooding
1786
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John Gooding and William Cozens guilty of the highway robbery of William Parsons in the parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe on 10th November 1785: robbing him of a waistcoat and other goods (valued at 3/6), 3 silver half…
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William Cozens
1786
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John Gooding and William Cozens guilty of the highway robbery of William Parsons in the parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe on 10th November 1785: robbing him of a waistcoat and other goods (valued at 3/6), 3 silver half…
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John Ramsden
1786
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John Ramsden guilty of the highway robbery of John Barrett in the parish of Walcot on 12th August 1785: robbing him of a pair of silver plated shoe buckles (valued at 2/-), a silver half crown piece and 7/- in other…
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William Norman
1786
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William Norman (aged 17) guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Edmund Oland in the parish of Exford on 15th August 1785; and stealing therefrom a pound of butter and other goods (valued at 2/2), the goods of…
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John Smith
1786
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John Smith (aged 17) guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Henry Pinn in the parish of west Monkton on 26th November 1785; and stealing therefrom 2 silver teaspoons and other goods (valued at 30/-) and £28 in…
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John Jenkins
1786
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John Jenkins (aged 21) guilty of the highway robbery of James Chappell in the parish of Brislington on 3rd September 1785: robbing him of 96 copper halfpennies.
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John Clements
1786
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John Clements (aged 20) guilty of stealing a gelding (valued at £10), the property of John Butler, in the parish of St John, Glastonbury on 19th September 1785.
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Thomas Frosser
1786
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Thomas Frosser guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of John Smith in the parish of Walcot on 17th September 1785; and stealing therefrom a bell and other goods (valued at 16/-), the goods of John Smith; and goods…
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Edward Wyatt
1786
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Edward Wyatt (aged 18) guilty of stealing a wether (valued at 28/-), the property of William Collins, n the parish of Farrington Gurney on 16th March 1786.
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William Thomas Williams
1786
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William Thomas Williams (aged 27) guilty of sacrilege in stealing a silver chalice and other goods (valued at £4.7/-), the property of the parishioners, from the church of Hatch Beauchamp on 5th October 1785.
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Josiah Neal Dayus
1786
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Coventry Wednesday, 19 April 1786 (Coventry Mercury) Josiah Neal Dayus for a robbery in a dwelling house.
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Francis Coath
1786
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Thursday, 20 April 1786 Bodmin
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Simon Norris
1786
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Saturday, 22 April 1786 at Ely ((Cambridge Chronicle)
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Peter Steer
1786
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Monday, 24 April 1786 (Bath Chronicle)
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James Proctor
1786
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James Proctor (otherwise John Smith, otherwise William Smith), aged 35, guilty of uttering and publishing a Bill of Exchange for £14.14/- dated 2nd July 1785, knowing it to be forged, with intent to defraud Thomas…
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William Russell
1786
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Saturday, 29 April 1786 at Ely (Cambridge Chronicle)
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John Ellis
1786
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John Ellison 6 May 1785 stole from the dwelling house of Henry Edwards in the parish of Coedana 62 pieces of gold coin called guineas value £65.2.-. the property of Henry Edwards and 1 silver watch, value £4.4.-, the…
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Richard Williams
1786
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Monday, 1 May 1786 (circa)
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Edward Holt
1786
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Saturday, 6 May 1786 (ACC)
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John Thomas
1786
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Wednesday, 10 May1786
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Edward Eagel
1786
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Edward Eagel, aged 66, found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of John Gretton in the parish of Camberwell on 5th January 1786; and stealing therefrom 2 hens (valued at 3/-), 1 cock (valued at…
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William Goddard
1786
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William Goddard, aged 22, found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of James Ticknor in the parish of Woking on 20th August 1785; and stealing therefrom a cloth cloak (valued at 16/-), a printed…
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James Defontain
1786
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James Defontain, aged 25, found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of John Thomas in the parish of St Mary, Newington on 9th February 1786: stealing therefrom 3 lien handkerchiefs (valued at…
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James Coussins
1786
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James Coussins, aged 15, found guilty on an indictment for setting fire to an outhouse, the property of Hannah Pool, in the parish of Bermondsey on 24th Februay 1786.
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Thomas Nicholls
1786
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Thomas Nicholls, aged 32, found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of John Moorey in the parish of St Olave, Southwark on 23rd December 1785: stealing therefrom 3 linen capes (valued at 3/-), a…
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Thomas Ladd
1786
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Thomas Ladd, aged 43, found guilty on an indictment for committing sodomy on William Bearfoot the younger, aged 13, in the parish of St Giles, Camberwell on 20th August 1785. Other charges on which he was not tried…
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John Curtis
1786
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Friday, 12 May 1786
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Charles Adley
1786
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Saturday, 13 May 1786 (Manchester Magazine)
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Henry Love
1786
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Friday, 14 July 1786 Henry Love for a murder.
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Thomas Freeman
1786
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Summer 1786
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John Hastings
1786
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John Hastings guilty of the murder of James (or Robert) Warnock. After execution his body was hanged in chains at Hardway, near Gosport, in the parish of Alverstoke.
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Jervase Matcham
1786
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Wednesday, 2 August 1786 (Cambridge Chronicle)
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George Miller
1786
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Friday, 4 August 1786 (Cambridge Chronicle) George Miller, aged 18, guilty of the murder of Elizabeth Hunt, aged 18, in the fens about ½ mile from Reach, throwing her into Reach lode, dragging her through the water and…
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Samuel Lane
1786
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Samuel Lane (otherwise John Jones), Joseph Watts and James Cook guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Elizabeth Townsend, widow, in the parish of Northfield on 11th April 1786: stealing therefrom a silver…
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Joseph Watts
1786
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Samuel Lane (otherwise John Jones), Joseph Watts and James Cook guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Elizabeth Townsend, widow, in the parish of Northfield on 11th April 1786: stealing therefrom a silver…
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James Cook
1786
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Samuel Lane (otherwise John Jones), Joseph Watts and James Cook guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Elizabeth Townsend, widow, in the parish of Northfield on 11th April 1786: stealing therefrom a silver…
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George Roberts
1786
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Friday, 11 August 1786 (A City execution)
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Thomas Jaggard
1786
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Friday, 11 August 1786
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James Cowell
1786
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Friday, 11 August 1786
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Samuel Riglin
1786
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Friday, 11 August 1786
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Robert Brown
1786
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Robert Brown and William Earls guilty of the highway robbery of Edward Alford in the parish of Portsmouth on 2nd April 1786: robbing him of 9 copper halfpennies.
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William Earls
1786
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Robert Brown and William Earls guilty of the highway robbery of Edward Alford in the parish of Portsmouth on 2nd April 1786: robbing him of 9 copper halfpennies.
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Robert Hill
1786
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Saturday, 19 August 1786 (Cambridge Chronicle)
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William Shop
1786
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William Shop, aged 26, and William Bamforth, aged 28, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Duncan Macdonald in Sheffield on 5th June 1786: stealing therefrom 15 horn combs (valued at 3/-) a silver 3d and 4d in…
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William Bamforth
1786
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William Shop, aged 26, and William Bamforth, aged 28, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Duncan Macdonald in Sheffield on 5th June 1786: stealing therefrom 15 horn combs (valued at 3/-) a silver 3d and 4d in…
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John Charlesworth
1786
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John Charlesworth, aged 21, of Liversedge guilty of the highway robbery of William Hetheringway in the parish of Mirfield.
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William Nicholson
1786
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William Nicholson, aged 27, guilty of stealing a chestnut gelding (valued at £30) and a bay gelding (valued at £20.5/-), the property of Robert Athorpe Athorpe in the parish of Dinnington on 17th June 1786.
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James Braithwaite
1786
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James Braithwaite (otherwise James Thompson), aged 30, guilty of stealing 20 yards of black silk (valued at £3.10/-), 56 yards of printed cotton (valued at £8), 25 yards of lace (valued at £3.13/-), 98 yards of white…
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Francis Blenkinsop
1786
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Monday, 21 August 1786 (Newcastle Courant)
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Morley Tewitt
1786
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Monday, 21 August 1786 (Newcastle Courant)
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James Hillier
1786
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James Hillier
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William Smith
1786
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Tuesday, 22 August 1786
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Daniel Rendall Haynes
1786
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Friday, 25 August 1786 (Exeter Flying Post)
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Joseph Moore
1786
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Saturday, 26 August 1786
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Robert Sutton
1786
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Saturday, 26 August 1786
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Henry Cross
1786
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Henry Cross guilty of stealing a sorrel mare, the property of Mr Walling in Suffolk(and bringing it to Norfolk).
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James Wells
1786
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James Wells, aged 26, found guilty on an indictment for stealing a horse (valued at £4.4/-), the property of Robert and John Clark in the parish of Horsham on 1st February 1786.
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Francis Fowler
1786
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Francis Fowler (otherwise Francis Harris, otherwise Thomas Harris) , aged 28, found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Ann Brown, widow, in the parish of Ditchling on 12th November 1785:…
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James Silverthorn
1786
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James Silverthorn guilty of the highway robbery of Mary, wife of Samuel Plumer in the parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe on 8th August 1786.
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Henry Jenning
1786
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Wednesday, 30 August 1786 - Town Moor, Newcastle (Newcastle Courant)
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Michael Hannasy
1786
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Michael Hannasy, aged 27, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Isaac Pearson in the parish of St George the Martyr, Southwark on 12th June 1786: robbing him of a watch (valued at 30/-) and 8/- in…
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William Parker
1786
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William Parker (otherwise William Smith) , aged 29, found guilty on an indictment for breaking into the dwelling house of John Comford in the parish of Stoke D’Abernon on 19th August 1786; and stealing therefrom a man’s…
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James Haliburton
1786
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Saturday, 2 September 1786
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Thomas Robinson
1786
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Saturday 9 September 1786 Low Sands, Carlisle (Cumberland Packet)
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Hopkin Owen
1786
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Wednesday, 13 September 1786 Stalling Down, Cowbridge
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William Rice
1786
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Saturday, 16 September 1786 (Chester Courant)
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John Gray
1786
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John Gray guilty of High Treason in possessing coining implementss
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James Jones
1786
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James Jones guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of
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Ralph Morris
1786
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Ralph Morris guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of
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James Lee
1786
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Monday, 18 September 1786 Bolton Moor (Chester Courant)
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Edward Rees
1786
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Saturday, 23 September 1786
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Thomas Roberts
1786
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Monday, 25 Septembr 1786
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Thomas Buckley
1786
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Saturday, S 30 September 1786 city execution (Shrewsbury Chronicle)
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Ambrose Cooke
1786
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Friday, 6 October 1786
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John Hyde
1786
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Saturday, 7 October 1786 (ACC)
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Alexander Aspland
1786
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Trial 16 Oct 1786
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James Buckley
1786
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Saturday, S 4 November 1786 city execution (ACC)
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William Branny
1786
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Monday 20 November 1786 (Cumberland Packet)
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Mary Fox
1786
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Monday 20 November 1786 (Cumberland Packet)
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Michael Walker
1786
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MICHAEL WALKER, RICHARD PAYNE AND ROBERT COX Executed opposite Smart's Buildings, Holborn, London, 18th of December, 1786, for Murder
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Richard Payne
1786
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MICHAEL WALKER, RICHARD PAYNE AND ROBERT COX Executed opposite Smart's Buildings, Holborn, London, 18th of December, 1786, for Murder
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Robert Cox
1786
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MICHAEL WALKER, RICHARD PAYNE AND ROBERT COX Executed opposite Smart's Buildings, Holborn, London, 18th of December, 1786, for Murder
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