Gloucestershire & the City of Gloucester |
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Gloucestershire
passed 603 death sentences led to 118 executions |
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County
executions took place at Over unless otherwise specified. |
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Gloucester
City passed a further 12 death sentences of which 3 were carried out at the
West Gate |
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Assize
date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
1735 - 4
executions |
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S 9 August |
Edmund Goodrich |
Murder of Robert Gregory |
F 22 August |
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Hanged at Corse Lawn, Cheltenham,
afterwards in chains there. |
" |
Sarah Baylis |
Murder male bastard |
F 22 August |
" |
Nathaniel Willis |
Highway robbery |
F 22 August |
" |
Jonathan Willis |
Housebreaking |
F 22 August |
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1736 - 1
execution |
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S 28 August |
Thomas James |
At large |
Th. 16 September |
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1737 - 5
executions |
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S 5 March |
Arthur Jotcham |
At large |
W 6 April |
S 13 August |
John Willis |
Housebreaking |
F 26 August |
" |
John Gibbs |
Housebreaking |
F 26 August |
" |
John Wood
& |
Highway robbery |
F 26 August |
" |
Abraham Wood |
Highway robbery |
F 26 August |
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1738 - 5
executions |
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S 4 March |
George Read |
Burglary |
F 17 March |
" |
Dan Grastock |
Burglary |
F 17 March |
S 5 August |
John Ovens |
Horse theft |
F 18 August |
" |
Henry Arvin |
Highway robbery |
F 18 August |
" |
Nathaniel Webb |
Highway robbery |
F 18 August |
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1739 - No
executions |
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1740 - 2
executions |
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S 29 March |
Benjamin Fletcher |
Highway robbery |
M 14 April |
" |
William Lewis |
Highway robbery |
M 14 April |
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1741 - 3
executions |
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S 7 March |
Thomas Cook & |
Robbery |
Th. 26 March |
" |
Francis Cook |
Robbery |
Th. 26 March |
S 11 July |
John Leonard |
Highway robbery |
F 24 July |
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1742 - 9
executions |
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S 13 March |
William Seymour |
Murder of his brother |
W 31 March |
" |
John Symonds |
At large |
W 31 March |
" |
Giles Hancock |
At large |
W 31 March |
" |
Benjamin Barnard |
Burglary |
W 31 March |
" |
James Pewtrees |
Burglary |
W 31 March |
city
assizes |
James Matthews |
Horse theft |
W 31 March |
S 31 July |
George Edwards |
Burglary |
W 18 August |
" |
Daniel Crew |
At large |
W 18 August |
" |
Thomas Bright |
Horse theft |
W 18 August |
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1743 - 2
executions |
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S 5 March |
Joseph Mulloe |
Murder of Jane Clarke |
Tu. 22 March |
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Hanged at on Rodborough Hill ,
afterwards in chains there. |
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" |
John Waters |
Highway robbery |
W 23 March |
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1744 - 3
executions |
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S 3 March |
Thomas Cambrey |
Murder of Anne Millington |
Tu. 20 March |
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Hanged at Bowling Green House,
Cirencester, afterwards in chains |
" |
Andrew Burnet |
Murder of Richard Ruddle |
Th. 22 March |
" |
Henry Payne |
Murder of Richard Ruddle |
Th. 22 March |
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Both hanged at Durdham Down,
afterwards in chains above Hot Well |
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1745 - No
executions |
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1746 - 1
execution |
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S 8 March |
William Gibbs |
Burglary |
Th. 27 March |
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1747 - 2
executions |
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S 1 August |
Samuel Baxter |
Highway robbery |
M 17 August |
" |
Robert Hine |
Highway robbery |
M 17 August |
1748 - No
executions |
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1749 - 2
executions |
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S 5 August |
George Bangor |
H/T colouring coin |
W 23 August |
" |
Joseph Abseny |
Murder of Mary Wiltshire |
F 25 August |
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Hanged at Durdham Down, afterwards
in chains there. |
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1750 - 2
executions |
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S 10 March |
Richard Merrick |
Murder of John Poole (14) |
W 28 March |
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Hanged in chains by the Monument on
Lansdown |
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" |
William Collins |
Horse theft |
W 28 March |
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1751 - 2
executions |
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S 30 March |
Joseph Oliver (16) |
Highway robbery |
F 19 April |
" |
William Onion |
Sheep theft |
F 19 April |
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1752 - 1
execution |
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S 7 March |
John Handley |
Highway robbery |
W
25 March |
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1753 - 5
executions |
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S 31 March |
Walter Crabb |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 13 April |
" |
Anne Williams |
P/T murder of husband |
F 13 April |
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Burned at the stake |
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" |
William Weobley |
Sheep theft |
F 13 April |
S 25 August |
William Hughes |
Horse theft |
W 12 September |
" |
James Jones |
Horse theft |
W 12 September |
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1754 - 5
executions |
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W 13 March |
William Taylor |
Housebreaking |
W 27 March |
" |
Samuel Cotterell |
Highway robbery |
W 27 March |
" |
John Davis |
Horse theft |
W 27 March |
" |
John Wire |
Horse theft |
W 27 March |
" |
Thomas Cooke |
Stole in dwelling house |
Th. 18 April |
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1755 - 4
executions |
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S 29 March |
Ann Ockford |
Murder of her female bastard |
F 4 April |
" |
Thomas Williams |
Highway robbery |
M 14 April |
" |
Robert Long & |
Highway robbery |
M 14 April |
" |
John Smith |
Highway robbery |
M 14 April |
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1756 - 1
execution |
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W 4 August |
William Cross Pearce |
Murder of his wife, Mary |
M 9 August |
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1757 - 3
executions |
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W 23 March |
John Allen |
Cattle theft |
W 6 April |
" |
Richard Colwell & |
Housebreaking |
W 6 April |
" |
Robert Colwell |
Housebreaking |
W 6 April |
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1758 - 5
executions |
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M 6 March |
Thomas Roberts |
Murder of Benjamin Hedges |
F 10 March |
" |
Robert Prude |
Highway robbery |
W 22 March |
S 29 July |
Mary Vinson |
Housebreaking |
W 16 August |
" |
James Hall |
Burglary |
W 16 August |
" |
William Pitt |
Burglary |
M 28 August |
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1759 - 1
execution |
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S 7 April |
Edith Saunders |
Murder of James Short |
M 16 April |
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1760 - No
executions |
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1761 - 5
executions |
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W 11 March |
Elizabeth Brooks |
Housebreaking |
F 3 April |
Th. 16 July |
George Northcott |
Murder |
M 27 July |
" |
Benjamin Fox |
Murder |
M 27 July |
" |
Edward Brown |
Highway robbery |
M 3 August |
" |
Richard Alexander |
Highway robbery |
M 24 August |
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1762 - No
executions |
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1763 - 3
executions |
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W 9 March |
Thomas Hanks |
Murder of his wife, Ann |
M 14 March |
S 6 August |
Daniel Neale |
Highway robbery |
F 26 August |
" |
Richard Johnson |
Housebreaking |
F 26 August |
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1764 - 3
executions |
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W 14 March |
Daniel Pugh |
Cattle theft |
F 13 April |
W 8 August |
John Hancock |
Highway robbery |
F 24 August |
" |
John Jordan |
Highway robbery |
F 24 August |
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1765 - 4
executions |
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W 20 March |
John Conroy |
Highway robbery |
F 12 April |
" |
William O'Brien & |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 12 April |
" |
Brian Birhagra |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 12 April |
" |
Richard Holmes |
Stole in dwelling house |
F 12 April |
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1766 - 6
executions |
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W 12 March |
John Hosier |
Highway robbery |
W 26 March |
" |
Thomas Evans |
Highway robbery |
W 16 April |
S 13 December |
Nathaniel Close |
Murder of Sarah Vines |
M 22 December |
" |
Stephen Cratchley |
Riot |
F 9 January '67 |
" |
Joseph Wildey |
Riot |
F 9 January '67 |
" |
Aaron Prinn |
Riot |
F 9 January '67 |
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1767 - 3
executions |
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W 25 March |
Joseph Tilling |
Burglary |
W 15 April |
city assizes |
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S 1 August |
Robert Jones |
Murder of Stephen Matthews |
F 7 August |
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Hanged in chains at Bourton on the
Hill, near to where the murder took place |
" |
Samuel Williams |
Rape of Elizabeth Woodcock |
F 21 August |
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1768 - 1
execution |
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W 9 March |
William Howard |
Burglary |
W 30 March |
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1769 - No
executions |
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1770 - 2
executions |
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S 17 March |
Samuel Crew |
Burglary |
F 6 April |
" |
Richard York |
Burglary |
F 6 April |
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1771 - No
executions |
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1772 - 6
executions |
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W 11 March |
William Morgan |
Murder of Mary Jones |
M 16 March |
" |
Elizabeth Twigg |
Murder of William
Twigg |
M 16 March |
S 22 August |
William Keely |
Murder of Richard Dyer |
F 28 August |
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Hanged at Campden, afterwards in
chains there |
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" |
Richard Daw |
Accessory to murder |
S 12 September |
" |
Richard Bidmead |
Accessory to burglary |
S 12 September |
" |
Jeremiah Workman |
Horse theft |
S 12 September |
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1773 - 4
executions |
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S 27 March |
Thomas Taylor |
Horse theft |
F 16 April |
" |
Henry Rook |
Highway robbery |
F 16 April |
" |
John Butt |
Sheep theft |
F 16 April |
S 31 July |
George Giles |
Uttering |
W 25 August |
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1774 - 4
executions |
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S 24 March |
Richard Falkener |
Highway robbery |
F 15 April |
" |
James Donald & |
Burglary |
F 15 April |
" |
Josiah Gardiner |
Burglary |
F 15 April |
" |
William Townsend |
Cutting & maiming |
F 15 April |
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1775 - No
executions |
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1776 - 3
executions |
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Th. 28
March |
Thomas Harmer |
Murder of Jonathan Hayward |
W 3 April |
" |
John Gilbert |
Housebreaking |
F 19 April |
" |
Susannah Underwood |
Arson |
F 19 April |
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1777 - 2
executions |
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W 16 July |
William Cockeran & |
Housebreaking |
F 1 August |
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John Chapman |
Housebreaking |
F 1 August |
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1778 - 3
executions |
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W 11 March |
Elizabeth Grimett |
Murder of her male bastard |
M 16 March |
" |
Thomas Smart & |
Highway robbery |
F 27 March |
" |
Samuel Warren |
Highway robbery |
F 27 March |
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1779 - 2
executions |
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W 10 March |
Stephen Walker |
Highway robbery |
F 26 March |
S 7 August |
Catherine Jenkins |
Murder of her niece, Ann Jenkins |
Th. 12 August |
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1780 - No
executions |
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1781 - 2
executions |
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S 10 March |
John Read & |
Burglary |
F 30 March |
" |
John Ward |
Burglary |
F 30 March |
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1782 - 3
executions |
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W 27 March |
Thomas Stallard |
Murder of William Millard |
Ex M 1 April |
" |
John Wiggins |
Highway robbery |
Ex F 26 April |
" |
Richard Eyman |
Murder of Margaret Eyman |
Ex F 26 April |
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1783 - 4
executions |
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W 26 March |
Jenkin Prothero |
Murder of Evan Daniel |
M 31 March |
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Hanged on on Durdham Downs,
afterwards in chains there |
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" |
William Butt |
Highway robbery |
F 18 April |
" |
Hannah Williams |
Housebreaking |
F 18 April |
W 6 August |
James Bryant |
Sheep theft |
F 29 August |
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1784 - 10
executions |
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W 24 March |
John Mayo |
Burglary |
F 16 April |
" |
William Turner |
Housebreaking |
F 16 April |
" |
Richard Baxter & |
Sheep theft |
F 16 April |
" |
James Blewitt |
Sheep theft |
F 16 April |
S 24 July |
Henry Dunsden |
Murder of William Harding |
F 30 July |
" |
Thomas Dunsden |
Aiding above murder |
F 30 July |
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Both hanged in chains at
Shipley-cum-Wichwood |
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" |
James Bond & |
Sacrilege |
F 13 August |
" |
Rob Cook |
Sacrilege |
F 13 August |
" |
John Young & |
Highway robbery |
F 13 August |
" |
Samuel Harmer |
Highway robbery |
F 13 August |
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1785 - 12
executions |
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W 23 March |
David Castell |
Highway robbery |
F 15 April |
" |
John Howard |
Burglary |
F 15 April |
" |
James Brooke |
Sheep theft |
F 15 April |
" |
William White |
Burglary |
F 15 April |
" |
Thomas Jones |
Horse theft |
F 15 April |
" |
John Garner |
Burglary |
F 15 April |
" |
William Day |
Burglary |
F 15 April |
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Samuel Green |
Highway robbery |
F 15 April |
City
assizes |
Samuel Griffiths |
Stole in dwelling
house |
F 15 April |
W 13 July |
Charles Jenkins |
Murder of his wife, Sarah |
M 18 July |
" |
Mary Morgan |
Horse theft |
F 5 August |
" |
James Hawkins |
Burglary |
F 5 August |
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1786 - 9
executions |
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W 29 March |
William Crew, |
Burglary |
F 21 April |
" |
John Chapman & |
Burglary |
F 21 April |
" |
William Matthews |
Burglary |
F 21 April |
" |
Samuel Allaway |
Housebreaking |
F 21 April |
" |
James Davis |
Housebreaking |
F 21 April |
" |
Thomas Russ |
Highway robbery |
F 21 April |
" |
Joseph Fry & |
Housebreaking |
F 21 April |
" |
Samuel Ward |
Housebreaking |
F 21 April |
" |
William Whittick |
Horse theft |
F 21 April |
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1787 - No
executions |
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1788 - 8
executions |
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W 26 March |
Francis Turner |
Horse theft |
W 16 April |
" |
Thomas Trueman |
Burglary |
W 16 April |
" |
Charles Frost |
Housebreaking |
W 16 April |
" |
Thomas Fox |
Housebreaking |
W 16 April |
" |
Robert Collins |
Housebreaking |
W 16 April |
" |
Joseph Wilcox |
Housebreaking |
W 16 April |
W 16 July |
John Birchill & |
Horse theft |
F 8 August |
" |
John Anstell |
Horse theft |
F 8 August |
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1789 - 3
executions |
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W 29 July |
Charles Brassington |
Murder of Martha Huntly |
M 3 August |
" |
John Davies |
Sheep theft |
F 28 August |
" |
George Dalby |
Rape of Elizabeth Paul
(child) |
F 28 August |
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1790 - 3
executions (last at the old county gallows) |
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Th. 25 March |
Thomas Ferryman |
Housebreaking |
F 16 April |
" |
Charles Brown |
Housebreaking |
F 16 April |
" |
Edmund Sweet |
Burglary |
F 16 April |
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1791 - No
executions |
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1792 - 2
executions (first outside the County Gaol, Gloucester) |
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W 28 March |
Charles Rachford & |
Highway robbery |
S 14 April |
" |
John Hughes |
Highway robbery |
S 14 April |
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1793 - 1
execution |
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S 30 March |
John Evans |
Housebreaking |
S 13 April |
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1794 - 3
executions |
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Tu. 19
August |
Hannah Limbrick |
Murder of Deborah Limbrick |
F 22 August |
" |
Hannah Weobley |
Murder of her male bastard |
S 23 August |
" |
William Williams |
Sheep theft |
S 6 September |
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1795 - 1
execution |
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W 11 March |
William Large |
Sheep theft |
S 28 March |
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1796 - 5
executions |
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W 23 March |
John Smith |
Housebreaking |
S 9 April |
" |
Thomas Yemm |
Stealing |
S 9 April |
" |
Thomas Rosser |
Stealing |
S 9 April |
W 13 July |
Thomas Smith |
Sheep theft |
S 30 July |
" |
James Cornock |
Sheep theft |
S 30 July |
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1797 - 3
executions |
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W 15 March |
John Viner |
Horse theft |
S 1 April |
" |
Edward Davis |
Sheep theft |
S 1 April |
" |
William Freeman |
Horse theft |
Th. 13 April |
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1798 - 3
executions |
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W 25 July |
John Roberts |
Housebreaking |
S 11 August |
" |
John Hawkins |
Housebreaking |
S 11 August |
" |
Benjamin Gullick |
Housebreaking |
S 11 August |
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1799 - 1
execution |
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W 13 March |
William Jewell |
Murder of John Ayliffe |
M 18 March |
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