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At least 196 people received death sentences of which 57 were carried out. |
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Trial dates are not available. |
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Executions took place at Gallows Acre, at the top of St. Michael's Hill. |
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Joshua Harding |
Housebreaking |
Friday, 3 September 1736 |
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John Vernon |
Stealing from a shop |
Friday, 3 September 1736 |
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James Covey |
Stealing from a warehouse |
Friday, 15 April 1737 |
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James Freeman |
Stealing from a dwelling house |
Friday 28 September 1737 |
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Thomas Boon |
Riot |
Friday, 14 April 1738 |
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John Hobbs |
H/T coining |
Monday, 18 September 1738 |
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John Kimberley |
Murder of James Burgess |
Friday, 4 May 1739 |
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John Phillips |
Housebreaking |
Friday, 4 May 1739 |
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William Roe |
Stealing from a shop |
Friday, 19 September 1740 |
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Jane Williams |
Murder of her bastard |
Friday, 17 April 1741 |
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Samuel Goodere, |
Murder of Sir John Dinely Goodere |
Friday, 17 April 1741 |
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Matthew Mahoney |
on board his ship |
Friday, 17 April 1741 |
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Mahoney hanged in chains on the bank of the River Avon. |
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and Charles White |
in the |
Friday, 17 April 1741 |
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William Curtis |
At large |
Thursday, 8 April 1742 |
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Sarah Barrett |
Stealing from a dwelling house |
Friday, 13 May 1743 |
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John Woods |
Forgery |
Monday, 6 June 1743 |
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John Barry |
Forgery |
Friday, 16 May 1746 |
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Matthew Daly |
Murder of William Sullivan |
Friday, 26 September 1746 |
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William Nicholas |
Murder of Anne Logan |
Friday, 22 April 1748 |
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Jeremiah Hays |
Murder of Eleanor Dillar |
Friday, 25 Aug 1749 |
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John Jones |
Highway robbery |
Friday 24 Apr 1752 |
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Nicholas Mooney |
Highway robbery |
Friday 24 Apr 1752 |
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William Cudmore |
At large |
Friday 24 Apr 1752 |
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William Critchett |
Sodomy |
Wed, 12 September 1753 |
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Richard Arnold |
Sodomy |
Wed, 12 September 1753 |
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William Price |
Not known |
Wednesday, 27 March 1754 |
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Elizabeth Hind |
Highway robbery |
Friday, 27 September 1754 |
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Thomas Larey |
Highway robbery |
Friday, 27 September 1754 |
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Catherine Gardner |
Murder of her female bastard |
Monday, 18 August 1755 |
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William Williams |
Forgery |
Friday, 3 October 1755 |
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John Hobbs |
Murder of Nathanial |
Thursday, 24 August 1758 |
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John Price |
Stealing from a shop |
Friday, 8 September 1758 |
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William Saunders |
Stealing on the river |
Friday, 8 September 1758 |
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William Dilon Shepherd |
Sodomy |
Monday, 1 June 1761 |
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Patrick Ward |
Murder of Henry Morgan |
Tuesday, 20 October 1761 |
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John Cope |
At large |
Friday, 6 November 1761 |
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James Rendall |
Burglary in a dwelling house |
Friday, 24 June 1763 |
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William Dawson |
Robbery in a dwelling house |
Monday, 16 April 1764 |
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Thomas Usher |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
Monday, 14 May 1764 |
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Robert Slack |
Horse theft |
Friday, 9 June 1769 |
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Jonathan Britain |
Uttering forged Bill of Exchange |
Friday, 15 May 1772 |
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Isaac Barrett |
Highway robbery |
Friday, 22 April 1774 |
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Daniel Haynes |
Burglary in a dwelling house |
Friday, 22 September 1775 |
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Thomas Crewys |
Forged Bill of Exchange |
Friday, 15 May 1778 |
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Benjamin Loveday |
Sodomy |
Friday, 12 October 1781 |
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John Burke |
Sodomy |
Friday, 12 October 1781 |
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William Morley |
Uttering forged Bill of Exchange |
Friday, 23 May 1783 |
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William Shutler |
Burglary in a dwelling house |
Friday, 23 May 1783 |
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John Collins |
Murder of Rebecca Butler |
Friday, 8 April 1785 |
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Ambrose Cooke |
Highway robbery |
Friday, 6 October 1786 |
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Edward Macnamara |
Uttering forged Bill of Exchange |
Friday, 7 May 1790 |
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William Hungerford |
Stealing in a dwelling house |
Friday, 9 July 1790 |
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Robert Hamilton |
Stealing in a shop |
Friday, 3 May 1793 |
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Benjamin Smith |
Uttering a forged Promissory Note |
Friday, 24 April 1795 |
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James Baber |
Uttering a forged Promissory Note |
Friday, 26 April 1799 |
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James Powell |
Uttering a forged Promissory Note |
Friday, 26 April 1799 |
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John Dugan |
Uttering a forged Promissory Note |
Friday, 26 April 1799 |