| Northumberland executions 1735 - 1799. |
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| The
Assizes were held only in the Summer and always at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. |
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| Additionally
Assizes were held for the County of the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
simultaneously with the shire Assizes. |
| 168 death
sentences leading to 44 executions. |
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| Executions
were carried out in Newcastle upon Tyne at Westgate for people sentenced at
the County Assizes |
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| and on the
Town Moor for those convicted at the City Assizes and also 12 miles north at
Fair Moor, Morpeth. |
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| Assize date |
Name |
Crime |
Execution date |
Place |
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| 1739 - 3
executions. |
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| M 20 August |
John Wilson |
Murder of Barbara Tremble
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Tu. 4 September |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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| " |
Michael Curry |
Murder of Robert
Shearvel |
Tu. 4 September |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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| city assizes |
William Smith |
Murder of wife, Rachel |
F 14 September |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1740 &
1741 - no executions. |
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| 1742 - 2
executions. |
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| Tu. 17 August |
William Simpson |
Horse theft |
F 24 September |
Morpeth |
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| " |
John Todd |
Sheep theft |
F 24 September |
Morpeth |
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| 1743 - 1
execution. |
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| Tu.
2 August |
William Brown |
At large |
M 8 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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| 1744 - 3
executions. |
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| M 23 July |
James Maben |
H/T coining |
S 11 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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| " |
John Samuel |
H/T coining |
S 11 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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Thomas Lister |
Horse theft |
S 11 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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| 1745 - no
executions. |
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| 1746 - 1
execution. |
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| W
4 August |
John Stuart |
Horse theft |
W 3 September |
Morpeth |
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| 1747 - 1750
- no executions. |
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| 1751 - 1
execution. |
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| M
5 August |
Richard Brown |
Murder of daughter,
Mary |
W 21 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1752 - 1
execution. |
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| M 27 July |
Ewen M'Donald |
Murder of Robert
Parker |
Th. 28 September |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1753 - no
executions. |
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| 1754 - 1
execution. |
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| M 12 August |
Dorothy Catinby |
Murder of her bastard |
M 19 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1755 &
1756 - no executions. |
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| 1757 - 1
possible execution as no reprieve traced. |
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| M
8 August |
Isabella Haines |
Murder of her bastard |
Execution ordered |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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for S 13/8 |
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| 1758 - 1
execution. |
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| ??/??/1758 |
Alice Williamson |
Burglary |
M 7 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1759 &
1760 - no executions. |
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| 1761 - 1
execution. |
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| M 27 July |
Peter Patterson |
Riot |
M 5 October |
Morpeth |
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| 1762 &
1763 - no executions. |
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| 1764 - 2
executions. |
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| S 18 August |
George Stewart |
Murder of Robert
Lindsey |
M 27 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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James Edgar |
Burglary |
M 3 September |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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| 1765 - 1
execution. |
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| M 5 August |
Joseph Hall |
Highway robbery |
Th. 15 August |
Morpeth |
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| 1766 - 1773
- no executions. |
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| 1774 - 1
execution. |
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| S 30 July |
George Davidson |
Rape Isabel Blair |
S 20 August |
Morpeth |
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| 1775 - No
executions. |
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| 1776 - 2
executions. |
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| S
3 August |
Andrew M'Kenzie |
Highway robbery |
W 21 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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Robert Knowles |
Stole in dwelling
house |
W 21 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1777 - 1782
- no executions. |
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| 1783 - 1
execution. |
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| S 16 August |
William Alexander |
Forgery |
M 17 November |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1784 - 2
executions. |
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| S
7 August |
James Chambers |
Highway robbery |
F 27 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| " |
William Collins |
Highway robbery |
F 27 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1785 - 2
executions. |
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| S 23 July |
William Graham |
Burglary |
Tu. 16 August |
Morpeth |
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William Cockburn |
Burglary |
Tu. 16 August |
Morpeth |
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| 1786 - 1
execution. |
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| S 12 August |
Henry Jenning |
Horse theft |
W 30 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1787 - No
executions. |
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| 1788 - 2
executions. |
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| S 19 July |
John Winter |
Burglary |
W 6 August |
Morpeth |
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| " |
Robert Winter |
Burglary |
W 6 August |
Morpeth |
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| " |
(Father & brother of William
Winter below) |
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| 1789 - 1
execution. |
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| S
8 August |
Thomas Young |
Highway robbery |
W 26 August |
Morpeth |
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| 1790 - 4
executions. |
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| S 31 July |
Thomas Watson |
Murder of George
Gibson |
Th. 5 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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John Brown |
Burglary |
W 18 August |
Morpeth |
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James Greenwood |
Burglary |
W 18 August |
Morpeth |
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| " |
George Bolton |
Horse theft |
W 18 August |
Morpeth |
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| 1791 - No
executions. |
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| 1792 - 6
executions. |
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| S
4 August |
William Winter |
Murder of Margaret
Crozier |
F 10 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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| " |
Winter was afterward hanged in
chains at Steng Cross |
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Jane Clarke |
Murder of Margaret
Crozier |
F 10 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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| " |
Eleanor Clarke |
Murder of Margaret
Crozier |
F 10 August |
Westgate, Newcastle |
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Christopher Taylor |
Arson |
W 22 August |
Morpeth |
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| " |
Silvanus Broadwater |
Horse theft |
W 22 August |
Morpeth |
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| " |
Joseph Marshall |
Horse theft |
W 22 August |
Morpeth |
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| 1793 - 2
executions. |
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| S 27 July |
Margaret Dunn |
Stole in dwelling
house |
W 14 August |
Morpeth |
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| " |
Walter Clarke |
Burglary |
W 14 August |
Morpeth |
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(Father of Jane & Eleanor Clark
above) |
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| 1794 - No
executions. |
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| 1795 - 1
execution. |
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| S
1 August |
Thomas Nicholson |
Murder of Thomas
Purvis |
S 8 August |
Town Moor, Newcastle |
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| 1796 - 1799
- No executions. |
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