The Newgate Calendar 1801 onwards
A chronological list of all entries in the Newgate Calendar from 1801 A.D.
JAMES RILEY AND ROBERT NUTTS
Executed before Newgate, 24th of June, 1801, for Highway Robbery
JOSEPH WALL, ESQ.
Formerly Governor of Goree. Executed 28th of January, 1802, nearly Twenty Years after committing the Crime, for ordering a Soldier to be flogged to Death
HENRY COCK
Executed before Newgate, 23rd of June, 1802 for Forgery, whereby he swindled his Benefactor's Estate
WILLIAM CODLIN
Executed 27th of November, 1802, for scuttling a Ship, of which he was Captain
GEORGE FOSTER
Executed at Newgate, 18th of January, 1803, for the Murder of his Wife and Child, by drowning them in the Paddington Canal; with a Curious Account of Galvanic Experiments on his Body
COLONEL EDWARD MARCUS DESPARD, JOHN FRANCIS, JOHN WOOD, THOMAS BROUGHTON, JAMES SEDGWICK WRATTON, ARTHUR GRAHAM AND JOHN MACNAMARA
Executed in Horsemonger Lane, Southwark, 21st of February, 1803, for High Treason
JOHN TERRY AND JOSEPH HEALD
Executed under Extraordinary Circumstances at York, 21st of March, 1803, for Murder
CAPTAIN MACNAMARA
Who killed Colonel Montgomery in a Duel arising out of a Quarrel about Dogs, and was acquitted on a Charge of Manslaughter
ROBERT SMITH
Executed before Newgate for robbing Coachmen on the Highway, 8th of June, 1803
JOHN HATFIELD
"The Keswick Impostor." Executed at Carlisle, 3rd of September, 1803, for Forgery; with Particulars of the once celebrated "Beauty of Buttermere," a victim to his Villainy.
ROBERT EMMET
Executed for High treason, 20th of September, 1803
FRANCIS SMITH
Condemned to Death on 13th of January, 1804, for the Murder of the supposed Hammersmith Ghost, but pardoned soon afterwards
ANN HURLE
Executed before Newgate, 8th of February, 1804, for Forgery, at the Age of Twenty-two
ROBERT ASLETT
Assistant Cashier of the Bank of England. Condemned to Death for embezzling Exchequer Bills to a Large Amount, entrusted to his Charge, and respited during his Majesty's Pleasure, 18th of November, 1804
RICHARD HAYWOOD
A Violent and Hardened Sinner, who was executed along with John Tennant, before Newgate, 30th of April, 1805, for Robbery
HENRY PERFECT
A most plausible Begging-Letter Swindler, transported to Botany Bay, in April, 1805
ELIZABETH BARBER ALIAS DALY
Who smoked her Pipe after murdering a Pensioner. Executed near Maidstone, 25th of May, 1805
WILLIAM CUBITT
Executed in November, 1805, for stealing valuable Jewellery from the Earl of Mansfield
THOMAS PICTON, ESQ.
Late Governor of Trinidad. Convicted 24th of February, 1806, of applying Torture, in order to extort Confession from a Girl
RICHARD PATCH
Executed on the Top of the New Prison, in the Borough of Southwark, 8th of April, 1806, for Murder, after a Trial at which accommodation was provided for the Royal Family
CHARLES HEMMINGS AND GEORGE BEVAN
Bogus Bow Street Officers who robbed a Clergyman, and were executed, April, 1806
JOHN DOCKE ROUVELETT ALIAS ROMNEY
After maliciously prosecuting a Woman he was executed at Ilchester, at the Summer Assizes, 1806, in Somersetshire, for Forgery
JOHN HOLLOWAY AND OWEN HAGGERTY
A Hundred Spectators were killed or injured in a Crush at the Execution of these Men before Newgate, 22nd of February, 1807
JOHN MAYCOCK
Executed 23rd of March, 1807, on the Top of the New Jail, Horsemonger Lane, Southwark, for the Murder Of an old lone Lady, Mrs Ann Pooley, in company with John Pope, who was admitted Evidence for the Crown.
WILLIAM DUNCAN
Convicted for the Murder of his Master, William Chivers, Esq., and transported for Life, March, 1807
GEORGE ALLEN
An Epileptic, who was executed at Stafford, 30th of March, 1807, for the Murder of his Three Children
MARTHA ALDEN
Executed, 31st of July, 1807, for murdering her Husband in a Cottage near Attleborough, Norfolk
ROBERT POWELL
A Starving Fortune-Teller, who was convicted by the Middlesex Magistrates of being a Rogue and Vagabond, 1807
JOHN ALMOND
Convicted at the December Sessions, 1807, of forging a Will, and executed before Newgate
RICHARD OWEN
Convicted of Cross-Dropping, and sentenced to Transportation, at the Old Bailey, January Sessions, 1808
WILLIAM WALKER
A Soldier in the Middlesex Militia. Sentenced to Death for a Highway Robbery of Sixpence and a Penny-Piece, but reprieved at the Request of his Victim, February, 1808
THOMAS SIMMONS
Executed at Hertford, 7th of March, 1808, for a Double Murder
JOHN SHEPHERD
Convicted, at Lancaster, of a Riot and setting fire to the Prison, June, 1808
HECTOR CAMPBELL, ESQ.
Fined and imprisoned, in the Year 1808, for acting as a Physician without a Licence
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, ESQ.
Brevet-Major in the Army, and a Captain in the 21st Regiment of Foot. Executed 24th of August, 1808, at Armagh, in Ireland, for murdering a Brother Official, whom he killed in a Duel
JAMES WOOD
Convicted at the Cumberland Summer Assizes, 1808, and executed for a Double Murder
JAMES INWOOD
Convicted of Manslaughter in killing William Goodman, who had been detected in robbing a fishery, October, 1808
JOHN RYAN AND MATHEW KEARINGE
Executed in Ireland, for Arson and Murder, 1808
THE REV. ABRAHAM ASHWORTH
Sentenced in 1808 to Three Years' Imprisonment in Lancaster Jail, for ill-treating his Female Pupils
JOHN NICHOLLS
A Wholesale Bank-Note Forger, convicted at the January Sessions at the Old Bailey, 1809, and executed before Newgate
MARGARET CRIMES ALIAS BARRINGTON
Executed before Newgate, 22nd of February, 1809, for taking a False Oath, and thereby obtaining Letters of Administration to the Effects of a Soldier
MARY BATEMAN
Commonly called the Yorkshire Witch, Executed for Murder
HENRY HUNT
A Driver of the Norwich Mail. Convicted of stealing a Gold Watch sent by his Coach, 8th of April, 1809
WILLIAM PROUDLOVE AND GEORGE GLOVER
Executed at Chester, 28th of May, 1809, for Salt-Stealing, after a First Attempt to hang them had failed
CAPTAIN JOHN SUTHERLAND
Commander of the British Armed Transport, The Friends. Executed at Execution Dock, on the Banks of the Thames, 29th of June, 1809, for the Murder of his Cabin-Boy.
HENRY WHITE AND JAMES SMITH
Well-equipped and armed Burglars, who were sentenced to Death at the Old Bailey, 3rd of July, 1809
WILLIAM HEWITT
Fined Five Hundred Pounds, and imprisoned, at the Old Bailey Sessions, in October, 1809, for enticing an English Artificer to leave his Country and emigrate to the United States of North America
EDWARD EDWARDS
A Young but Artful Thief, transported for stealing privately from a Shop in London, October, 1809
JAMES MARLBOROUGH, AND SARAH, HIS WIFE
Imprisoned for Gross Cruelty to their Child, 8th of December, 1809
GEORGE WEBB
Son of a Clergyman, and a Notorious Burglar. Executed on Shooter's Hill, near London, 1809
RICHARD TURNER
A Young but Artful Swindler, transported to Botany Bay for Fourteen years for cheating a Young Lady
JOHN LUMLEY
Imprisoned, and whipped through the Streets of the Borough of Southwark, for stealing Pewter Pint-Pots from Public-Houses, January, 1810
THOMAS PUGH AND ELIZABETH PUGH
Convicted at the London Sessions, 20th of January, 1810, and sentenced to Imprisonment for a Conspiracy, in what is called " Child-Dropping "
HENRY CLARKE
Convicted at the Old Bailey, 20th of February, 1810, for robbing a Mail-Coach, and sentenced to Death
WILLIAM COLMAN
A Convict on board the Hulks, at Woolwich. Executed on Pennington Heath, 26th of March, 1810, for the Murder of a Fellow-Prisoner
WILLIAM COOPER AND WILLIAM DRAPER
Convicted of cutting off Trunks from a Gentleman's Carriage; the Former was transported for Seven Years, and the Latter imprisoned for Six Months in the House of Correction, 1810
RICHARD FAULKNER
A Boy, executed at Wisbech, in 1810, for the Murder of another Lad of Twelve Years of Age
EDWARD WILLIAM ROBERTS, -- BROWN, and DOROTHY COLE, alias MRS BROWN
Convicted in the Court of King's Bench, of a conspiracy, and the two first imprisoned and pilloried
RICHARD VALENTINE THOMAS
Executed at the New Prison, in Horsemonger Lane, 3rd of September, 1810, for Forgery
HENRY GRIFFIN
Indicted at the Old Bailey, at the September Sessions, 1810, for the Murder of his Wife, found guilty of Manslaughter, and fined
WILLIAM HITCHIN
Transported for Seven Years for stealing an Exchequer Bill, September, 1810
THOMAS BELLAMY AND JOHN LANEY
Watchmen, convicted of assaulting those whom they were bound to protect, September, 1810
JOHN DAVISON, ESQ.
A Captain in the Royal Marines, convicted of stealing a Piece of Muslin from a Shopkeeper at Taunton, 13th of November, 1810
MARY JONES AND ELIZABETH PAINE
Transported for Seven Years, November Sessions, 1810, at the Old Bailey for Shoplifting
THOMAS KIMPTON
Convicted at the Middlesex Sessions, December, 1810 of a Violent Assault on a Juryman of the Court Leet, and sentenced to Imprisonment
WILLIAM BRITTON
Convicted at the Sessions at the Old Bailey, December, 1810, of stealing from a coffee-house bedroom, and sentenced to transportation
JOSEPH MOSES
Convicted in 1811 of receiving the Skins of Royal Swans from the Serpentine River, in Hyde Park, knowing them to have been stolen
EDWARD BEAZLEY
A Boy, whipped in Newgate for destroying Women's Apparel with Aqua Fortis, 11th of March, 1811
WILLIAM TOWNLEY
Convicted of Burglary, and executed at Gloucester, 23rd of March, 1811, a Few Minutes before a Reprieve arrived
MICHAEL WHITING
Methodist Preacher, sentenced to Death for poisoning his Two Brothers-in-Law, with an Intent to possess himself of their Property, 1811
RICHARD ARMITAGE AND C. THOMAS
Clerks in the Bank of England, executed before Newgate, 24th of June, 1811, for Forgery
MARY GREEN
Convicted of putting off Base Coin, and sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment, 5th of April, 1811
THE HONOURABLE ARTHUR WILLIAM HODGE
One of the Members of his Majesty's Council in Tortola, an Island subject to Great Britain, in the West Indies, executed there on the 8th of May, 1811, for the Murder of his Negro Slave
THOMAS LEACH AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE
The Former transported for uttering Forged Bank-Notes, and the Latter condemned to Death, July, 1811
JOHN STANLEY, THOMAS JEFFRY, W. BRAINE AND WILLIAM BRUNT
London Boot Operatives who were imprisoned for conspiring to obtain Better Wages, August, 1811
JANE COX
Executed at Exeter Summer Assizes, 1811, for poisoning a Child with Arsenic
JAMES DALE
A Chimney-Sweep, who descended Chimneys to break into Houses, and was convicted on 9th September, 1811
ARTHUR BAILEY
Executed at Ilchester, 11th of September, 1811, for stealing a Letter from the Post Office at Bath
WILLIAM BEAVAN
A Burglar, who was identified by his Deformed Hand, and was executed before Newgate, 19th of September, 1811
DANIEL DAVIS
A Postal Letter-Carrier, convicted at the September Sessions, 1811, at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to Death, for stealing a Letter containing Ten Pounds
ELIZABETH KING
Sentenced to Death at the Old Bailey, for privately stealing a Bag of Gold, 21st of September, 1811
AGNES ADAMS
Convicted at the Middlesex Sessions, 1811, and sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment for uttering a "Bank of Fleet" Note
RICHARD PAYNE AND JOHN MALONEY
Convicted, October Sessions, 1811, at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to Death, for robbing a Man whom they had accused of being an Ex-Convict
WILLIAM ROGERS
Overseer of Carpenters, employed at the Lyceum Theatre, transported, October Sessions, 1811, for embezzling Timber, and making False Charges to his Employer
TUCKER, THE MOCK PARSON
Convicted at the Middlesex Sessions, 2nd of November, 1811, for swindling a Victualler of his Wine, and transported for Seven Years
HARRIET MAGNIS
Tried for child stealing, 1811
JOHN WILLIAMS
Who, after committing a series of horrible murders, in 1811 escaped the gallows by hanging himself in Prison
JOHN CLAYTON and WILLIAM JENKINS
Executed for Burglary
COLONEL BROWNE
An American Loyalist, convicted in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster, 21st of February, 1812, of Forgery at Common Law, and Sentenced to Imprisonment in Newgate
BENJAMIN WALSH, ESQ., M.P.
Convicted in 1812 of feloniously stealing a Large Sum of Money from Sir Thomas Plomer, his Majesty's Solicitor-General, and pardoned on a Case reserved for the Opinion of the Twelve Judges
GEORGE SKENE
Chief Clerk of the Queen Square Police Office, Westminster. Executed before Newgate, 18th of March, 1812, for Forgery
JOHN BELLINGHAM
Executed for the Murder of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, Chancellor of the Exchequer, by shooting him in the House of Commons, in May, 1812
BENJAMIN RENSHAW
Executed, after an Abortive Attempt, at Nottingham, 29th of August, 1812, for setting fire to a Haystack
DANIEL DAWSON
Convicted at Cambridge Summer Assizes, 1812, and executed for Poisoning Racehorses at Newmarket
JOHN DAVIES
Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment for buying Guineas at a Higher Price than their Nominal Value, September, 1812
CHARLES FOX
"The Flying Dustman," convicted at the Middlesex Sessions, September, 1812, for an Assault, and sentenced to Three Months' Imprisonment
THOMAS LIGHT, alias JOHN JONES, alias THOMAS KNIGHT
Tried for stealing dead bodies from St. Giles' Churchyard
EDWARD TURNER
A pugilist, convicted of manslaughter for killing his opponent, 22nd October, 1812
LIEUTENANT GAMAGE
Late of the Griffon Sloop-of-War, hanged at the Yardarm of that Ship, in November, 1812, for the Murder of a Sergeant of Marines
JOHN WALKER
Another Tyrannical Guardian of the Peace of the Night, whose Case offers another Peep into a London Watch-House, imprisoned for assaulting a Woman, November, 1812
THE MARQUIS OF SLIGO
Convicted of enticing British Seamen to desert, fined Five Thousand Pounds, and imprisoned Four Months in Newgate, 16th of December, 1812
JOACHIM, a Portuguese; MARTIN, a black; MILLINGTON, an Irishman; and WILLIAMS, an Englishman
Tried and executed for mutiny and murder of their officers, while making an English port, in a French prize brig, December, 1812
JOHN AND LEIGH HUNT
Imprisoned for a Libel on His Royal Highness the Prince Regent
HENRY MORRIS
Transported for Bigamy
WILLIAM CORNWELL
A Murderer, who was traced by a Watch he had sold, and was executed in 1813
PHILIP NICHOLSON
Executed on Pennenden Heath, August 23, 1813, for the Murder of Mr and Mrs Bonar
W. H. HOLLINGS
Executed for the Murder of Elizabeth Pitcher
THOMAS SHARPE
Executed October 31, 1814, for the horrid murder in Kentish Town
ELIZA FENNING
A Cook, who was convicted of placing Arsenic in Dumplings, and executed, 26th of June, 1815, after Solemn Protestations of Innocence
THOMAS BROCK, JOHN PELHAM, and MICHAEL POWER
Convicted of Coining, 25th of September, 1816
CASHMAN, HOOPER, GAMBLE, GUNNELL, CARPENTER, HUNT, AND WATSON
The Spafields rioters, 1817
GEORGE BARNETT
Charged with shooting at Miss Frances Maria Kelly, Actress, in Drury Lane Theatre, 17th of February, 1816
THE ASHCROFTS AND WILIAM HOLDEN
Tried at the Lancaster Assizes for the Murder of Margaret Marsden and Hannah Partington, 5th September, 1817
WILLIAM HAITCH
Who Murdered Mary Minting, destroyed himself, and was buried at a cross-road
MICHAEL SHIPMAN
Tried and convicted for administering drugs to a young lady, for an infamous purpose, 1818
ABRAHAM THORNTON
Acquitted on a Charge of murdering a Girl, and on being rearrested claimed Trial by Battle, April, 1818
DAVID OWEN
Tried and executed for a diabolical attempt to murder his sister, her husband, and their servant maid, 4th April, 1818
MARY STONE
Tried for Child Murder on a charge preferred by her sister, August 1818
GEORGE CHENNEL AND J. CHALCRAFT
Executed August, 1818 for the atrocious murder of Chennel's father and his Housekeeper, at Godalming
CHARLES HUSSEY
Who murdered a Wealthy Tradesman and his Housekeeper, and was executed on 3rd of 4ugust, 1818
ROBERT JOHNSTON
Executed for Robbery, On 30th of December 1818, after Shocking Scenes on the Scaffold
SAMUEL SIBLEY; MARIA CATHERINE SIBLEY; SAMUEL JONES; his son; THOMAS JONES; JOHN ANGEL; THOMAS SMITH; JAMES DODD and EDWARD SLATER
Deluded followers of Joanna Southcott, the sham prophetess, tried for rioting, 13th of January, 1819
ROBERT DEAN
Executed for the dreadful murder of a child, at Leeds, 1819
HENRY STENT
A case of seduction, and attempted assassination
PEI
A captured and liberated negro, tried for the murder and cannibalism of Zongobia, another captured negro slave, at Charlotte-town, Sierra Leone, July 1819
JOHN SCANLAN and STEPHEN SULLIVAN
The murderers of the Colleen Bawn
MRS MARY RIDDING
A Captain's Wife, who was sent to Prison for stealing a Child, 28th of August, 1819
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT
Fined Two Thousand Pounds at the Leicester Assizes, 23rd of March, 1820, and sent to Prison for Three Months for a Seditious Libel
ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD, JAMES INGS, JOHN THOMAS BRUNT, RICHARD TIDD AND WILLIAM DAVIDSON
Leaders in the Cato Street Conspiracy
PHILIP HAINES AND MARY CLARKE
Executed at Leicester for the murder of Mr. John Clarke, March 1821
JOHN SMITH
A Greenwich Pensioner, eighty years of age, executed 23rd of December, 1822, for the murder of a woman with whom he had cohabited
DANIEL DOODY, JOHN CUSSEN, alias WALSH, JAMES LEAHY, MAURICE LEAHY, WILLIAM DOODY, DAVID LEAHY, DANIEL RIEDY, WILLIAM COSTELLO, AND WALTER FITZMAURICE, alias CAPTAIN ROCK
Convicted of Abduction, 1822/1823
PHILIP STOFFEL AND CHARLES KEPPEL
Guilt of Murder disclosed by a Prisoner's Ignorance of Spelling, 1823
HENRY FAUNTLEROY
A Partner in a Leading Banking-House, who forged Securities of the Value of One Hundred and Seventy Thousand Pounds, and was executed at Newgate on 30th of November, 1824
CORNELIUS WOOD
Executed at the Old Bailey for the Violation and Robbery of Mary Ayres
EDWARD HARRIS, alias KIDDY HARRIS
One of a desperate Gang of Thieves and Ruffians, executed for a brutal Assault (with intent to Murder), committed on Sarah Drew, in Hackney Fields
GEORGE ALEXANDER WOOD AND ALEXANDER WELLESLEY LEITH
Eton College Boys, indicted for Manslaughter, 9th of March, 1825, as the Result of a Two-Hours' Fierce Fight
EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM WAKEFIELD AND FRANCES WAKEFIELD
Romance of a Wealthy Heiress who was abducted, and married at Gretna Green
WILLIAM CORDER
Executed 11th of August, 1828, for the Murder of Maria Marten, in the Red Barn, the Crime being revealed to the Victim's Mother in Three Dreams
JOSEPH HUNTON
A Wealthy Quaker, who committed a Series of Forgeries in the City of London, and was executed 8th of December, 1828
ESTHER HIBNER THE ELDER, ESTHER HIBNER THE YOUNGER, AND ANN ROBINSON
Tried for the Murder of a Parish Apprentice, who died as the Result of Inhuman Treatment, 10th of April, 1829
WILLIAM BANKS
Executed at Horsemonger Lane Jail, 11th of January, 1830, for an Armed Burglary
WILLIAM BURKE
Who, with his accomplice Hare, murdered persons to sell their bodies to the anatomists. Executed 28th of January 1830
CAPTAIN WILLIAM MOIR
Executed on 2nd August, 1830, for murdering a Fisherman who had trespassed on his Farm at Barking, Essex
JOHN SMITH, alias WILLIAM SAPWELL
Executed for the Murder of a Policeman
JOHN ST JOHN LONG
A Quack Doctor of Harley Street, who was convicted for the Manslaughter of a Woman Patient. When he died a Monument was erected to him by Grateful Patients
JOHN TAYLOR AND THOMAS MARTIN
A Body-Snatcher's Humorous Story of his Adventure, as told at the London Sessions, 21st of April, 1831
JOSEPH PLANT STEVENS
A Trickster, who was transported for robbing a Guileless Farmer, 25th of May, 1831
LEWIS LEWIS, RICHARD LEWIS, DAVID HUGHES, THOMAS VAUGHAN, DAVID THOMAS, AND OTHERS
The Merthyr Tydfil rioters, June 1831
JOHN AMY BIRD BELL
A Fourteen-year-old Criminal, who murdered another Boy for the sake of Nine Shillings, and was executed on 1st August, 1831
JOHN BISHOP AND THOMAS WILLIAMS
Notorious Body-Snatchers, who murdered People and sold their Bodies to Hospitals, and were executed at Newgate, 5th of December, 1831
JOHN HOLLOWAY
Executed on 16th of December, 1831, for the Murder of his Wife, whose Dismembered Body was discovered amid Rustic Surroundings
HENRY MACNAMARA
Hotel Jewel Thief, who was transported for committing several Robberies, 21st of May, 1832
DENNIS COLLINS
Convicted of High Treason, in throwing a Stone at King William IV. at Ascot Races, 19th of June, 1832
JONATHAN SMITHERS
Executed 9th of July, 1832, for setting fire to his Shop in Oxford Street, and causing the Death of Three People
JAMES COOK
Executed 10th of August, 1832, for the Murder of Mr Paas, whose Remains he attempted to destroy by Fire
WILLIAM JOHNSON
Executed at Newgate, 7th of January, 1833, for murdering a Wig Maker's Son, whose Body was found in a Ditch
JOB COX
Convicted in May, 1833, of stealing a Letter, he narrowly escaped Execution, owing to the City Recorder's Blunder
GEORGE FURSEY
Acquitted of stabbing two policement during the Calthorpe Street Riot, 30th May 1833
JAMES LOVELACE and others The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Transported for forming a trade union, 1834
PATRICK CARROLL
Executed 18th of May, 1835, for Murder. Origin of the Central Criminal Court
ROBERT SALMON
Convicted of Manslaughter, in administering "Morison's Pills," and fined Two Hundred Pounds, 4th of April, 1836
JOHN MINTER HART
A Cheating Money-Lender, who was transported for Life, 16th of December, 1836, for forging a Bill of Exchange
JAMES GREENACRE
Executed at Newgate, 2nd of May, 1837, for murdering and mutilating a Woman
THOMAS MEARS AND OTHERS
The Canterbury Rioters, 31st May 1838.
FRANCIS LIONEL ELIOT, EDWARD DELVES BROUGHTON, JOHN YOUNG AND HENRY WEBBER
Indicted for a Murder committed in a Duel on Wimbledon Common on 22nd of August, 1838
FRANCIS HASTINGS MEDHURST
Convicted on 13th of April, 1839, of the Manslaughter of a Schoolfellow
GEORGE CANT
Convicted of Rape, 31st October 1839
WILLIAM JOHN MARCHANT
A young Footman, who was hanged for murdering a Housemaid in a Magistrate's Drawing-Room
ROBERT TAYLOR
Convicted of bigamy, 29th of June, 1840
FRANCOIS BENJAMIN COURVOISIER
Executed, 6th of July, 1840, for murdering Lord William Russell while sleeping in his House in Norfolk Street, Park Lane
EDWARD OXFORD
Tried on 9th of July, 1840, for High Treason, in shooting at Queen Victoria while riding along Constitution Hill with Prince Albert, and found insane
THE EARL OF CARDIGAN
Tried on 16th of February, 1841, at the Bar of the House of Lords, for an Assault committed in a Duel
WILLIAM STEVENSON
Transported, 17th of March, 1841, for stealing a Bag of Gold from his Employers
JAMES INGLETT
Convicted, at the Age of Ninety-four, of the Manslaughter of a Woman, by carelessly administering Arsenic to her
HUFFEY WHITE AND RICHARD KENDALL
Executed at Northampton, for Robbing the Leeds Mail
RICHARD CORDUY
Imprisoned Two Years in Chelmsford Jail for robbing the Royal Forest at Waltham of Six Pieces of Wood
PRIVATE HALES
Pitiful Scene in an Attempt to hang him at Jersey
MARTHA DAVIS
Sentenced to Death for robbing a Foot-Boy while on an Errand for his Master
JOHN ROBINSON
Executed at York, for a most cruel and deliberate Murder of a Servant-Girl
LEVI MORTGEN AND JOSEPH LUPPA
Two Swindling Jews, transported for Seven Years for a Conspiracy to defraud
ELIZABETH MIDDLETON
Imprisoned for Fourteen Days for Shocking Cruelty to her Orphan Apprentice
JOHN MUCKETT
A Soldier, who was executed at Chelmsford for the Murder of his Wife, with whom he quarrelled because he had no Potatoes for Dinner
PATRICK M'DONALD
A Poor Boy, convicted at the Old Bailey of stealing, and presented with a Deluge of Shillings
JAMES BULLOCK
Executed, under the Bankruptcy Act, for a Felonious Embezzlement
FREDERICK SMITH ALIAS HENRY ST JOHN
Convicted at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to Transportation for a Curious Kind of Fraud
SAMUEL OLIVER
A Shop-Boy, transported for Seven Years for committing a Petty Theft
THOMAS WHITE AND WALTER WYATT
Two Thieves, who were the First Criminals to be executed at Oxford