Cambridgeshire 1735 - 1799 |
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105 death
sentences led to 34 executions |
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Assize date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1735 - No
executions |
|
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1736 - 2
executions |
|
M 15 March |
John Neale |
Horse theft |
S 27 Mar or 3 Apr |
M 16 August |
Martha Colston |
Arson |
S 28 Aug or 4 Sept |
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1737 - 2
executions |
|
M
7 March |
Thomas Thirley |
Highway robbery |
S 19 March |
" |
Joseph Wright |
Burglary |
S 19 March |
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1738 to
1740 - No confirmed executions, but no unreprieved death sentences traced. |
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1741- 1
execution |
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M 13 July |
Isaac West |
Murder wife |
S 1 August |
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1742- 1
execution |
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M 15 March |
Thomas Waite |
Housebreaking |
S 3
April |
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1743 &
1744 - No executions |
|
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1745 - 4
executions |
|
M 18 March |
Francis Knight |
Highway robbery |
S 6 April |
" |
William Gussor |
Sheep theft |
S 6 April |
M 29 July |
Henry Footmass |
Highway robbery |
S 10 August |
" |
John Jerroms |
Highway robbery |
S 10 August |
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1746 to
1758 - No executions |
|
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1759- 1
execution |
|
M 12 March |
Robert Selby |
Broke into shop |
S 31 March |
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1760 to
1762 - No executions |
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|
1763- 1
execution |
|
M 14 March |
William Johnson |
Housebreaking |
S 2 April |
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1764 to
1769 - No executions |
|
|
1770 - 2
executions |
|
Tu. 13 March |
William Bass |
Burglary |
S 7 April |
M
6 August |
Nicholas Brown |
Shot at Peter Dunn |
S 1 September |
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1771 to
1774 - No executions |
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|
1775- 1
execution |
|
M
7 August |
John Stickwood |
Murder of Andrew Nunn |
F 11 August |
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1776 to
1778 - No executions |
|
|
1779 - 1
execution |
|
M
8 March |
Thomas Dellar |
Sheep theft |
S 3 April |
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1780 - 1
execution |
|
M 13 March |
Elizabeth Butchill |
Murder of her female bastard |
F 17 March |
|
1781 - 1
execution |
|
M 30 July |
George Reynolds |
Burglary |
S 18 August |
|
1782 - No
executions |
|
|
1783 - 1
execution |
|
Tu. 11 March |
George Mean |
Murder of George Cooper |
S 15 March |
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1784 - 1
execution |
|
Tu. 16 March |
Michael Jaggard |
Stole in shop |
S 10 April |
|
1785 - 4
executions |
|
M 14 March |
Thomas Ashe |
Highway robbery |
S 2 April |
" |
John Hopper |
Burglary |
S 2 April |
M 11 July |
John Peters |
Burglary |
S 30 July |
" |
Andrew Frysen |
Privately stealing |
S 6 August |
|
1786 - 1
execution |
|
M 31 July |
George Miller |
Murder of Elizabeth Hunt |
F 4 August |
|
1787 - 2
executions |
|
M 19 March |
John Moore |
Murder of wife, Mary |
F 23 March |
" |
John Wiggs |
Highway robbery |
S 7 April |
|
1788 - 2
executions |
|
Tu. 11 March |
James Mitchell |
Highway robbery |
S 29 March |
" |
John Smith |
Housebreaking |
S 29 March |
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1789 - 2
executions |
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M 16 March |
Francis Brown |
Burglary |
S 4 April |
" |
Thomas Brown |
Burglary |
S 4 April |
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1790 &
1791 - No executions |
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|
1792 - 2
executions |
|
Tu. 13 March |
Jeremiah Archer |
Arson |
S 31 March |
M 23 July |
Edward Coarse |
Rape of Sarah Ellis |
S 11 August |
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1793 to
1798 - No executions |
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1799 - 1
execution |
|
M
8 July |
Henry Holland |
Stole in dwelling house |
S 27 July |
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