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William Hughes
1789
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April/May 1789(circa)
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Catherine Murphy
1789
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Catherine Murphy was the last woman to be burned to death (legally) in England. The penalty was abolished the next year.
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Thomas Male
1789
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Wednesday, 4 February 1789 city execution (ACC)
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William Weldon
1789
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Monday, 16 March 1789 Mount Pleasant. Oakham (Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury)
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Richard Weldon
1789
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Monday, 16 March 1789 Mount Pleasant. Oakham (Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury)
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Joseph Cook
1789
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Monday, 16 March 1789 (Northampton Mercury)
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MURPHY, Christian
1789
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* (or BOWMAN) A woman Strangled and burnt for coining
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John Bridger
1789
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John Bridger guilty of cutting and maiming a mare (valued at £5), the property of Richard Chase of Selborne.
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William Dungan
1789
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William Dungan (otherwise Quin) guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of George Munro in the parish of Havant on 23rd October 1788: stealing therefrom 11 silver tablespoons and other goods (valued at £21.10/-).
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George Lockey
1789
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George Lockey guilty of the murder of Christopher Barker by stabbing him in the parish of Easby on 26th August 1788.
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Thomas Jones
1789
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Thomas Jones
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Thomas Bailey
1789
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Thomas Bailey
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Thomas Underwood
1789
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Friday, 27 March 1789
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William Nettleship
1789
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Friday, 27 March 1789
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William Ward
1789
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Friday, 27 March 1789
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George Kilpike
1789
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Friday, 27 March 1789
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William Brown
1789
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Friday, 27 March 1789 (Ipswich Journal)
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Robert Adams
1789
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Friday, 27 March 1789 (Ipswich Journal)
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Charles Clarke
1789
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Friday, 27 March 1789 (Ipswich Journal)
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Joseph Ruth
1789
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Friday, 27 March 1789 (Ipswich Journal)
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William Coombs
1789
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Saturday, 28 March 1789 (Western Flying Post)
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William Harvey
1789
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Saturday, 28 March 1789 (Western Flying Post)
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Thomas Hunt
1789
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Saturday, 28 March 1789 (Western Flying Post)
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Nathaniel Hearn
1789
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Lent 1789
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Thomas Summers
1789
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Lent 1789
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James Waybourn
1789
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Friday, 3 April 1789 (Exeter Flying Post)
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William Snow
1789
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Friday, 3 April 1789 (Exeter Flying Post)
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Francis Brown
1789
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Saturday, 4 April 1789 (Cambridge Chronicle) Francis Brown (otherwise Fuller) and Thomas Brown guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Samuel Myson in the parish of Castle Camps on 16th January: stealing therefrom…
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Thomas Brown
1789
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Saturday, 4 April 1789 (Cambridge Chronicle) Francis Brown (otherwise Fuller) and Thomas Brown guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Samuel Myson in the parish of Castle Camps on 16th January: stealing therefrom…
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Isaac Purnell
1789
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Isaac Purnell (aged 19) guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Hodges in the parish of Sparkord on 20th May 1788: stealing therefrom a gun (valued at 20/-) and 68 yards of linen (valued at £4).
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William Lee
1789
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William Lee found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Edward White in the parish of St Olave, Southwark on 1st August 1788: robbing him of a silver watch (valued at £5), a watch chain (valued at 2/-), a…
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William Edwards
1789
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William Edwards (otherwise Hugh Edwards) found guilty on an indictment for stealing goods and chattels valued at £1167 in the dwelling house of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth on 10th…
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George Vivins
1789
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George Vivins found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Robert Hawes in the parish of Croydon on 19th March 1797 (sic): robbing him of £1.0.6d in money numbered.
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Christopher Galloway
1789
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Saturday, 11 April 1789
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Ralph Dawson
1789
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Ralph Dawson guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of John Ball at East Rudham on 13th July 1788: stealing therefrom goods valued at £4.3.6. and 480 copper halfpennies.
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Daniel Goose
1789
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Daniel Goose (aged 21)and James Ayers (aged 40) guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Sarah Slagg at Martham on 29th May: stealing therefrom goods valued at £11.10/-.
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James Ayers
1789
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Daniel Goose (aged 21)and James Ayers (aged 40) guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Sarah Slagg at Martham on 29th May: stealing therefrom goods valued at £11.10/-.
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Richard Shaw
1789
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Richard Shaw guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Rebecca Lowe in the parish of Cofton Hackett on 5th October 1788: stealing therefrom a silver tea kettle and lamp (valued at £28), 2 silver coffee pots (valued…
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William Perkins
1789
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William Perkins guilty of the forgery of a Bill of Exchange for £8.10/-, purporting to be made on 15th November 1788 by Richard Johnsons to William Edkins, in the parish of Feckenham on 25th November 1788.
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Thomas Jepson
1789
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Thomas Jepson (otherwise Thomas Jobson) guilty of stealing 2 wethers (valued at 14/-), the property of Edward Grizzel in the parish of Flyford Flavell on 23rd June 1788.
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James Winn
1789
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James Winn found guilty on an indictment for stealing a bay gelding (valued at £10), the property of Henry Bye, in the parish of East Grinstead on 8th February 1789.
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Stephen Hately
1789
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Stephen Hately, aged 30, guilty of robbing William Mills of a silk handkerchief (valued at 4/-) and 2 Promissory Notes (each with a value of £5.5/-) in his dwelling house in the parish of Tipton on 10th February 1789.
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Joseph Gorton
1789
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Joseph Gorton, aged 28, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Mary Cox, widow, in the parish of Rowley Regis on 18th January 1789: stealing therefrom a pair of shoes (valued at 2/-), a linen shirt (valued at…
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Robert Wilkinson
1789
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Robert Wilkinson guilty of the highway robbery of George Fowler in the parish of Heslington on 12th February 1789: robbing him of 1 pound of powdered sugar (valued at 7d), a silver watch (valued at 40/-), a steel chain…
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William Griffith
1789
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Saturday, 18 April 1789
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David Williams
1789
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Friday, 29 April 1789
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John Edward
1789
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Friday, 29 April 1789
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Thomas Hall
1789
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Thomas Hall for a highway robbery
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Hannah Whitley
1789
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Hannah Whitley, wife of John Whitley, guilty of the murder Joseph Rhodes, by poisoning him, in the parish of Hampsthwaite on 24th May 1789.
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John Dowsing
1789
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John Dowsing guilty of the murder of his wife, Susan: strangling her at Halesworth in 22nd June 1789
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William Earl
1789
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William Earl guilty of the rape of Sarah Spicer. Hampshire Chronicle missing August - September
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Henry Noxon
1789
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Henry Noxon guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of Thomas Gibbons in the parish of Powick on 29th May 1789; and stealing therefrom 2 cloth coats (valued at 15/-), a cloth waistcoat (valued at 8/-), 3 linen shirts…
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John Wilks
1789
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John Wilks guilty of stealing 2 ewes (valued at 20/-), a tup lamb (valued at 1/-) and an ewe lamb (valued at 1/-), the property of John Berkeley, in the parish of Langwardine on 10th March 1789.
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William Hill
1789
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William Hill guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of William Hales in the parish of Redmarley on 10th March 1789; and stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 20/-), a cloth waistcoat (valued at 7/-), 5 linen…
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John George
1789
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Friday, 7 August 1789
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Jeremiah Exell
1789
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Jeremiah Exell
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John Poulsum
1789
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John Poulsum
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Richard Potter
1789
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Richard Potter
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James Whiting
1789
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James Whiting
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Thomas Gordon
1789
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Gordon, Thomas
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Thomas Gordon
1789
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THOMAS GORDON Executed at Northampton, 17th of August, 1789, for a Murder ordered by his Mother
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Thomas Gordon
1789
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Tuesday, 18 August 1789
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John Walford
1789
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John Walford guilty of the murder of his wife Jane. After execution his body was hanged in chains on the same gallows..
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William Stephens
1789
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Friday, 21 August 1789 (Exeter Flying Post)
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Richard Ford
1789
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Friday, 21 August 1789 (Exeter Flying Post)
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George Turner
1789
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Friday, 21 August 1789 (Exeter Flying Post)
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James Banks
1789
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Saturday, 22 August 1789
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William Jones
1789
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William Jones, aged 21, and John Jones, aged 24, guilty of the highway robbery of William Preston in the parish of Alberbury on 11th April 1789: robbing him of 12/6 in money numbered.
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John Jones
1789
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William Jones, aged 21, and John Jones, aged 24, guilty of the highway robbery of William Preston in the parish of Alberbury on 11th April 1789: robbing him of 12/6 in money numbered.
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Richard Price
1789
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Richard Price, aged 27, guilty of the rape of Susannah Tonge in the parish of Madeley on 13th May 1789. He was also charged with the highway robbery of the same.
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John Gould
1789
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John Gould guilty of stealing a mare (valued at 10 guineas), the property of Hugh Hawkes, in the parish of Nunney on 29th July 1789.
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John Hellier
1789
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John Hellier guilty of stealing a gelding (valued at £8), the property of Richard Welch, in the parish of Bedminster on 18th April 1789.
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John Day
1789
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John Day (aged 36) guilty of stealing a gelding (valued at 14 hineas), the property of Robert Bumvey, in the parish of Yeovil n 26th March 1789.
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John Bartram
1789
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John Bartram and Samuel Bartram guilty of stealing a mare (valued at £20), the property of James Taylor, in the parish of Dunster on 28th July 1789.
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Samuel Bartram
1789
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John Bartram and Samuel Bartram guilty of stealing a mare (valued at £20), the property of James Taylor, in the parish of Dunster on 28th July 1789.
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George Bartlett
1789
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George Bartlett (otherwise George Barthram, otherwise William Brewer) (aged 29) guilty of stealing a mare (value at £15), the property of John Day, in the parish of Wedmore on 18th March 1789.
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Thomas Young
1789
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Wednesday, 26 August 1789 - Morpeth (Newcastle Courant)
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Matthew Delane
1789
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Matthew Delane for a highway robbery
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Christopher Hartley
1789
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Friday, 28 August 1789 (Chester Courant)
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James Lawrence
1789
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James Lawrence guilty of stealing a bay gelding (valued at £10) on 12th April 1789. (the owner and parish are illegible on the indictment)
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David Jones
1789
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David Jones guilty of stealing in the dwelling house of Shevrall Warburton in the parish (illegible) on 31st August 1789. The indictment is incomplete - what remains shows the theft was of silver shoe buckles, silver…
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Richard Remfrey
1789
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Richard Remfrey and James M'Cabb guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of James Johnson in the parish of Shenstone on 30th May 1789; and stealing a cloth coat (valued at 15/-), a cloth waistcoat (valued at 10/-), a…
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James MCabb
1789
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Richard Remfrey and James M'Cabb guilty of breaking into the dwelling house of James Johnson in the parish of Shenstone on 30th May 1789; and stealing a cloth coat (valued at 15/-), a cloth waistcoat (valued at 10/-), a…
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Lewis Lewis Jr
1789
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Lewis Lewis Jr was one of the people involved in the murder of Thomas Price in the parish of Llanafanfawr who was beaten with a stick and strangled to death with a rope. He was convicted and ordered to be hanged in…
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Thomas Phipps esq
1789
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THOMAS PHIPPS, ESQ., AND THOMAS PHIPPS, HIS SON Executed for a Forgery committed by the Younger Man, who exonerated his Father, 5th of September, 1789
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Thomas Phipps
1789
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THOMAS PHIPPS, ESQ., AND THOMAS PHIPPS, HIS SON Executed for a Forgery committed by the Younger Man, who exonerated his Father, 5th of September, 1789
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Thomas Phipps
1789
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Thomas Phipps, senior, aged 47, and Thomas Phipps, junior, aged 19 guilty of forgery a Promissory Note for £20 purporting to be signed by Richard Coleman of Oswestry, in the parish of Llwyn y mapsis (?) on 7th March…
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Thomas Phipps junior
1789
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Thomas Phipps, senior, aged 47, and Thomas Phipps, junior, aged 19 guilty of forgery a Promissory Note for £20 purporting to be signed by Richard Coleman of Oswestry, in the parish of Llwyn y mapsis (?) on 7th March…
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William Hodgson
1789
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Saturday, 5 September 1789 (Manchester Magazine)
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