Dorset 1735 - 1799 |
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185 death
sentences led to 44 executions, plus another 2 possible ones. |
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Assizes
were held at Dorchester & executions were carried out at the Amphitheatre
there. |
Occasionally
a Judge sat to deliver the gaol of the County of the City of Poole. |
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Assize date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1736 - 2
executions |
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Th. 5 July |
Martin Frampton |
Arson |
Unknown |
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John Dickery |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
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1737 - 3
executions |
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Th. 28 July |
Thomas Lockyer |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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John Guppy |
Stole in dwelling house |
Unknown |
" |
Humph Staple |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1738 - 2
executions |
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Th. 9 March |
Thomas Fone |
Murder of Mary Wellbridge |
Unknown |
Th. 20 July |
John Crabb |
Murder of John Collingdon |
Unknown |
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1739 - 1
execution |
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S 17 March |
George Bezant |
Murder of his parents |
S 31 March |
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1740 - 1
execution |
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Th. 24 July |
William Sava |
Stole in dwelling house |
S 9 August |
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1741 - 3
executions |
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Th. 12
March |
Benjamin Flower |
Housebreaking |
S 4 April |
" |
William King |
Housebreaking |
S 4 April |
" |
Henry Smith |
Murder of Joan Mew |
S 28 March |
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1742 - 3
executions |
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Th. 18 March |
James Burt |
Highway robbery |
S 3 April |
" |
John Hunt |
Highway robbery |
S 3 April |
" |
William Woods |
Arson |
S 3 April |
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1743 - 1745
- No executions |
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1746 - 1
execution |
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Th. 13
March |
Thomas Young |
At large (1743 sentence) |
W 2 April |
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1747 &
1748 - No executions |
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1749 - 1
execution |
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Th. 13 July |
John Ford |
Sheep theft |
Unknown |
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1750 -
Probably 2 executions |
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M 12 March |
John Squire |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
" |
John Phillips |
Burglary |
Unknown |
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1751 - 1
execution |
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Th. 25 July |
Henry Isart |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1752 - 3
executions |
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Th. 12
March |
John Gray |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
" |
John Parker |
Housebreaking |
Unknown |
Th. 23 July |
Anthony Colpris |
Murder Elizabeth Buchler |
S 25 July |
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Hanged at Windmill Point, Poole,
afterwards in chains |
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1753 - 2
executions |
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Tu. 7
August |
Timothy Peppell |
Murder wife, Rebecca |
S 11 August |
" |
John Stanley |
Murder of Stephen
Wareham |
M 1 October |
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1754 - 1760
- No executions |
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1761 - 1
execution |
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Th. 12
March |
John Waterman |
Highway robbery |
Unknown |
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1762 - 1764
- No executions |
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1765 - 1
execution |
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Th. 21
March |
Joseph Groves |
Murder James Barrett |
M 25 March |
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1766 - 1
execution |
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Th. 13
March |
Benjamin Collings |
Forgery |
Unknown |
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1767 - 1
execution |
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Th. 19 March |
Robert Rymes |
Murder of Richard Williamson |
S 28 March |
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1768 - 1
execution |
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Th.10 March |
William Hardyman |
Forgery |
F 8 April |
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Hanged at Poole |
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1769 - 1771
No executions |
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1772 - 1
execution |
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Th. 12
March |
George Clowter |
Burglary |
Unknown |
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1773 - 1
execution |
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Th. 11
March |
Joel Pain |
Horse theft |
Unknown |
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1774 - No
executions |
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1775 - 1
execution |
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Th. 23 March |
Samuel Drayton |
At large |
Unknown |
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1776 &
1777 - No executions |
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1778 - 1
execution |
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Th. 12
March |
William Seymour jr |
Burglary |
Unknown |
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1779 &
1780 - No executions |
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1781 - 1
execution |
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Th. 15
March |
John Leveridge |
Horse theft |
S 31 March |
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1782 &
1783 - No executions |
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1784 - 1
execution |
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Th. 29 July |
William Cottman |
Stole in dwelling house |
S 14 August |
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1785 - 1
execution |
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Th. 14 July |
George Biddell |
Burglary |
S 30 July |
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1786 - 2
executions |
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Th. 16
March |
John Jacob |
Burglary |
S 1 April |
" |
John Gradey |
At large |
W 22 March |
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1787 &
1788 No executions |
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1789 - 3
executions |
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W 11 March |
William Coombs |
Sheep theft |
S 28 March |
" |
William Harvey |
Sheep theft |
S 28 March |
" |
Thomas Hunt |
Sheep theft |
S 28 March |
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1790 &
1791 No executions |
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1792 - 3
executions |
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Th. 26 July |
Matthew Gillingham |
Burglary |
F 10 August |
" |
Peter Primmer |
burglary |
F 10 August |
" |
Richard Strickland |
Burglary |
F 10 August |
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1793 - No
executions |
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1794 - 2
executions (New Drop outside Dorchester Gaol) |
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Th. 13 March |
Elizabeth Marsh (15) |
Murder grandfather, John
Nevil |
M 17 March |
" |
William Matthews |
Burglary |
S 29 March |
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1795 - 1
execution |
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W 11 March |
John Scadding |
Burglary |
S 28 March |
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1796 - 1799
- No executions |
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