Worcestershire passed 416 death sentences which led to 104 confirmed executions and 9 probable ones. County executions took place at Red Hill, outside Worcester unless otherwise stated. 26 death sentences were passed by the City which led to 9 executions. City executions took place at Pitchcroft (now the racecourse). Assize date Name Crime Execution date … Read more
Staffordshire Assizes were always held at Stafford. 467 death sentences led 109 executions, plus 14 probable ones. Executions took place at Sandyford near Stafford up to 1793 and from then on the flat roof of the gatehouse of the Stafford County Gaol in Gaol Road Stafford (first there Ebenezer Colston). Assize date Name Crime Execution … Read more
443 death sentences led to 100 confirmed executions plus 13 probable ones. Assize date Name Crime Execution date 1735 – 1 execution M 28 July John Wayne Horse theft Unknown 1736 – 2 executions Th. 25 March Samuel Davis Murder of Mary Ellis Unknown M 16 August Samuel Trickett Horse theft Unknown 1737 – 1 … Read more
City – 14 death sentences led to 4 confirmed executions and 2 probable ones. Executions took place at Green Ditch, Oxford. Assize date Name Crime Execution date City of Oxford. 1738 – 1 probable execution Th. 13 April Mary Strecks Murder of her female bastard Unknown 1738 – 1 probable execution Th. 11 January Mary … Read more
County – 240 death sentences led to 59 confirmed executions and 3 possible ones. Executions were carried out either on a mound outside the West Gate or on the Castle Green. Assize date Name Crime Execution date 1735 – 1737 – No executions 1738 – 1 execution W 1 March William Clifford Burglary M 20 … Read more
