With special thanks to Mr. Dave Mossop for allowing me to publish the results of his years of painstaking research thus enabling this unique insight into 18th century crime and punishment. If you would like more detail on some of these cases or wish to view the trial transcripts, have a look at the Old Bailey on-line website at http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
302 people were put to death at Tyburn during this decade after trial at the Old Bailey. The total comprised 272 men and 29 women who were hanged and 2 women who were burned at the stake for Petty Treason. 1 more man was hanged at Fetter Lane Holborn (see 1742) and is not included in the crime analysis figures below.
Just 26 of these executions were for murder, including 3 of women who murdered their bastard children, 2 who were guilty of Petty Treason as they had killed their husbands and 1 man, guilty of the same offence, as he had killed his master.
No less than 128 people were hanged for highway robbery, by far the most common crime to attract the death penalty. Burglary accounted for 33 hangings and housebreaking 26. A full breakdown by year and crime is below. Death sentences were carried out for 23 separate crimes in this decade.
A total of 516 people were sentenced to death – 430 men and 86 women. The reprieve rate was therefore 36.75% for men, 63.16% for women and 41.28% overall. Surprisingly, reprieves were given in at least 3 cases of murder. It is not clear at this remove what led to particular decisions in any given case as to whether to reprieve or not. Although highway robbery was by far the most common crime for which people were actually hanged, there are reprieves for this as well.
The smallest number of executions in a single year was 17 in 1740, the largest numbers being 48 in 1738 and 42 in 1742. The largest simultaneous execution occurred on Wednesday the 18th of March 1741, when 16 men and 4 women were “launched into eternity” together from the backs of three carts. Although multiple executions were the norm, occasionally a single person was executed. This may have been because they presented some special risk e.g. of escape. Hanging in chains could form part of the punishment after death and this was applied to notorious bands of thieves such as the Gregory gang.
Analysis by Year.
| Death sentences | Executions | |||
| Year | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| 1735 | 59 | 9 | 31 | 4 |
| 1736 | 32 | 5 | 19 | 0 |
| 1737 | 46 | 10 | 23 | 2 |
| 1738 | 54 | 4 | 43 | 5 |
| 1739 | 42 | 6 | 28 | 2 |
| 1740 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 2 |
| 1741 | 49 | 19 | 27 | 6 |
| 1742 | 41 | 5 | 33 | 2 |
| 1743 | 37 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 1744 | 42 | 8 | 37 | 5 |
| Sub totals | 433 | 86 | 271 | 31 |
| Total death sentences 519 | Total executions 302 | |||
Analysis of executions by crime.
| Crime | No. of executions |
| Murder (including of wife) | 20 |
| Murder of bastard child | 3 |
| Petty Treason murder | 3 |
| Highway robbery | 128 |
| Housebreaking | 27 |
| Burglary | 33 |
| Horse theft | 12 |
| Stealing in a dwelling house | 16 |
| Rape | 6 |
| High Treason – coining offences | 7 |
| Arson | 1 |
| Forgery | 7 |
| Robbery in a dwelling house | 11 |
| Privately stealing from person | 10 |
| Uttering | 2 |
| Stealing in a shop | 3 |
| At large | 6 |
| Riot | 0 |
| Cattle/sheep stealing | 4 |
| Smuggling | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
| Total | 303 |
“Other” comprises one crime each of Sacrilege, “shot at” – attempted murder with a gun, sending a threatening letter, pulling down Ledbury turnpike and enlisting men in the service of France or Prussia.
1735
There were 5 “hanging days” at Tyburn with 31 men and 4 women being hanged.
A total of 65 people were sentenced to death in this year of which 34 were hanged and the rest reprieved, typically to transportation. 9 women were amongst those condemned.
The Sessions held on the 16th of January resulted in 2 men and 4 women being sentenced to death of whom 1 man and 1 woman were reprieved. The February Sessions that began on the 26th resulted in a further 14 men being sentenced to death, of whom 9 were hanged and 1 died awaiting execution. All the executions took place on the 10th of March.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Monday 10th March | Elizabeth Ambroke | Murder of her bastard child |
| Jane Herbert | Burglary | |
| Elizabeth Stevens | Highway robbery | |
| William Williams | Housebreaking (shop) | |
| John Field * | Housebreaking (shop) | |
| Joseph Rose * | Housebreaking (shop) | |
| William Saunders * | Housebreaking (shop) | |
| William Williams | Burglary | |
| William Isaacson | Burglary | |
| Richard Gulliford | Burglary | |
| Robert Jacks | Burglary | |
| John Sindall | Burglary | |
| Ethelbert Hawks | Burglary |
* = Hanged in chains after execution near Edgware, together with the body of Humphrey Walker who had died in Newgate. They were members of the Gregory Gang who’s leader was hanged in June.
2 men and 3 women were sentenced to death at the April Sessions but all were reprieved.
A further 6 men were condemned at the May Sessions on the 5th of that month, of whom 2 were reprieved.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 4th June | William Hughes | Murder of mother |
| Elton Lewis | Murder of aunt | |
| John Sutton | Highway robbery | |
| Samuel Gregory * | Housebreaking |
* = Hanged in chains after execution near Edgware.
The Sessions on the 2nd of July saw 6 men get the death sentence of whom 5 were hanged.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Monday 21st July | John Wilson | Highway robbery |
| Robert Morpeth | Highway robbery | |
| Robert Kisst | Highway robbery | |
| John Macdonald | Horse stealing | |
| Thomas Martin | Horse stealing |
The next Sessions began on the 11th of September and resulted in 12 men and 1 woman being sentenced to death. 2 men and the woman were reprieved.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Monday 22nd September | Joshua Dean (possibly hanged) | H/T counterfeiting |
| William Lewis | Burglary | |
| Isaac Dennis | Highway robbery | |
| John Farrell | Highway robbery | |
| Charles Hooper | Highway robbery | |
| Patrick Gaffney | Stealing in a dwelling house | |
| William Phillips | Horse stealing | |
| Edmond Togwell (or Dogwell) | Rape | |
| Peter Matthews | Rape | |
| James Whitney | Rape | |
| Charles Conyer (or Conner) | Murder of wife |
Only 4 death sentences were passed at the October Sessions on the 15th of that month. 2 men were subsequently reprieved.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Monday 10th November | Elizabeth Armstrong | Murder |
| William Blackwell | Housebreaking |
The December Sessions opened on the 10th and 11 men received death sentences of whom 8 were reprieved and 1 died in gaol. Joseph Cole & Burton Brace were left for execution in 1736.
1736
32 men and 5 women were sentenced to death during this year. 20 men were hanged at Tyburn.
The first Sessions of 1736 were held on the 15th January and resulted in 1 death sentence upon Thomas Bulker.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 4th February | Joseph Cole | Burglary |
| Burton Brace | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Bulker | Highway robbery |
A woman was condemned at the February Sessions but later reprieved.
The next Sessions opened on the 5th of May and resulted in 7 death sentences of which 2 were commuted.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Monday 24th May | Christopher Freeman | Burglary |
| George Ward | Housebreaking | |
| Thomas Tarlton | Horse theft | |
| Francis Owen | Arson |
The only death sentence at the June Sessions was that passed on George Watson
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Monday 5th July | George Watson | Murder |
Tried at Westminster Hall on Monday 5th July.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Monday 26th July | Thomas Reynolds | Pulling down Ledbury turnpike |
The Sessions on 21st July resulted in 7 men being condemned of whom 3 were reprieved.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 11th August | John Mackworth | Housebreaking |
| Thomas Mills | Horse theft | |
| John Kelsey | Highway robbery | |
| Stephen Phillips | Horse theft |
On the 8th of September 6 men were condemned of whom 1 was reprieved and 1 died in gaol.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Monday 22nd September | Thomas Dwyer | Highway robbery |
| James O’Neal | Highway robbery | |
| Edward Bonner | Highway robbery | |
| Edward Rowe | Shot at |
2 men and a woman were sentenced to death at the October Sessions on the 13th of that month. The woman was reprieved. Daniel Malden who had escaped from jail after the May Sessions was executed with these two men.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Tuesday 2nd November | Daniel Malden | Burglary |
| William Rine | Highway robbery | |
| Samuel Morgan | Highway robbery |
8 men and 3 women were condemned at the December Sessions on the 8th of that month and as a result 6 men were hanged on the 7th of March 1737, while 2 women were reprieved and a man and a woman died in gaol.
1737
46 men and 10 women were sentenced to death during this year of whom 23 men and 1 woman were hanged and 1 woman burned.
There were only 3 “hanging days” at Tyburn this year with 25 executions.
As a result of the January Sessions, 6 men were sentenced to death of whom 2 were reprieved and 1 died in prison.
4 men and 1 woman received death sentences at the February Sessions. 1 man was reprieved and another died in prison.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Thursday 3rd March | George Sutton | Highway robbery |
| Robert Campbell | Highway robbery | |
| William Wager | Highway robbery | |
| Edward Baker | Highway robbery | |
| David Jenkins | Burglary | |
| Thomas Stafford | Burglary | |
| James Ryan | Highway robbery | |
| Hugh M’Mahon | Highway robbery | |
| Garret Farill | Highway robbery | |
| William Maw | Murder | |
| Charles Orchard | Highway robbery | |
| Mary Shrewsbury | Murder of her bastard child |
The April Sessions on the 20th of that month resulted in 5 men and 3 women being condemned, of whom 3 men and 1 woman were executed on the 26th June.
4 men were sentenced to die at the May Sessions on the 26th of that month. 1 was reprieved.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 26th June | Richard Harper | Housebreaking |
| Henry Boswarway | Murder | |
| James Kelly | Murder | |
| Richard Sampson | Highway robbery | |
| Charles Rogers | Highway robbery | |
| John Simonds | Forgery | |
| Ann Mudd (burned at the stake) | P/T murder of husband |
The July Sessions saw 7 men and 1 woman condemned. 3 of the men and the woman were reprieved. A further 7 men were sentenced to die at the September Sessions of whom 5 were reprieved.
| Date of execution | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 5th October | John Goswell | Highway robbery |
| Robert Barrow | Highway robbery | |
| John Purdey | Highway robbery | |
| John Richardson | Highway robbery | |
| John Totterdale | Murder | |
| John Cotton | Highway robbery |
3 men and 3 women were condemned at the October Sessions on the 12th of that month. 1 of the women being spared.
The Sessions held on the 7th December resulted in death sentences being passed on 10 men and 3 women. Of these 3 men were reprieved and 1 died. All of those sentenced at the October and December Sessions were held over for execution until January 1738. 2 men and 2 women were left for execution from the October Sessions, 6 men and 2 women from the December Sessions, held on the 12th of that month
1738
There were 6 hanging days at Tyburn in 1738 with 43 men and 5 women being executed. 54 men and 4 women were condemned during this year.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 8th January(all sentenced in 1737) | Elizabeth Adams | Robbery in a dwelling house |
| Thomas Carr | Robbery in dwelling house | |
| Sarah Allen | Murder of her bastard child | |
| Alexander Radcliffe | Housebreaking | |
| Thomas Watson | Stealing in a dwelling house | |
| William Hardistry | Highway robbery | |
| William Brown | Highway robbery | |
| John Lane | Highway robbery | |
| Joseph Shaw | Highway robbery | |
| Terrence Gerrard | Highway robbery | |
| Isaac Whitehead | Horse theft | |
| Elizabeth Osborne | Burglary | |
| Ann Clark | Burglary |
The first Sessions of the New Year were held on the 13th of January resulting in 12 men being condemned of whom 3 were reprieved and 1 died in Newgate. 6 were hanged in March and 2 left until May (Margerts & Iffield). The February Sessions led to another 5 men and 1 woman being sentenced to death of whom 2 men and the woman was reprieved and another 3 men died in prison. All those not reprieved were duly executed on Wednesday the 8th of March.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 8th March | John Burr | Highway robbery |
| John Parrot | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Oliver | Highway robbery | |
| Robert Brownjohn | Sending threatening letter | |
| John Gardner | Stealing in a dwelling house | |
| Isaac Mortershead | Stealing in a dwelling house | |
| Thomas Gittings | Privately stealing from person |
7 men and 1 woman were condemned at the April Sessions of whom 1 woman was reprieved and 1 man died awaiting execution.
| Date | Name | Crime | |
| Friday 26th May | John Margerts | Highway robbery | |
| William Iffield | Highway robbery | ||
| William Laurence | Procuring man to enlist in service of the King of Prussia | ||
| William Tinman | H/T Coining | ||
| Phillip Murray | H/T Coining | ||
| Joseph Goulding | Highway robbery | ||
| John Toone | Highway robbery | ||
| Edward Blastock | Highway robbery | ||
5 men were condemned at the May Sessions of whom 2 were reprieved. A further 10 death sentences were handed down at the June Sessions, on the 28th of that month. 3 of these men were reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime | |
| Wednesday 19th July | William Wall | Privately stealing from person | |
| Joseph Hodgson | Privately stealing from person | ||
| John Worsdale | Highway robbery | ||
| William Newington | Uttering forgery | ||
| Benjamin Read | Burglary | ||
| Isaac George | Highway robbery | ||
| William Moreland | Highway robbery | ||
| Jonathan Austin | Highway robbery | ||
| John Fellows | Highway robbery | ||
| George Greenaway | Highway robbery | ||
8 men and woman were condemned at the September Sessions which opened on the 6th. The woman being subsequently reprieved. 4 men were condemned at the October Sessions of whom one was reprieved. All of those not reprieved were hanged on the 8th of November.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 8th November | Joseph Upton | Burglary |
| Charles Goulding | Burglary | |
| George Whalley | Murder | |
| Jonathan Thomas | H/T Coining | |
| Henry Fluellin | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Raby | Highway robbery | |
| Edward Barcock | Highway robbery | |
| Dean Bryant | Murder | |
| John Machill | Horse theft | |
| John Fosset | Highway robbery | |
| William Sylvester | Highway robbery |
The final Sessions of 1738 took place on the 6th of December with 3 men and woman being sentenced to die. 1 man was reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 22nd December | James Gardner | Stealing in dwelling house |
| William Bolingbroke | Burglary | |
| Constancia Jones | Privately stealing from person |
1739
There were 5 hanging days at Tyburn in 1739 with 28 men and 2 women being executed. 42 men and 6 women were condemned during this year.
The 17th of January Sessions saw 7 men and 2 women receive death sentences. A further 7 men were left for execution after the February Sessions on the 21st of that month.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 14th March | John Adamson | Rape |
| James James | Privately stealing from person | |
| Thomas Easter | Highway robbery | |
| John Marsland | Rape | |
| Samuel Piper | Privately stealing from person | |
| Peregrine Audley | Highway robbery | |
| Ashby Johnson | Burglary | |
| Henry Johnson | Burglary | |
| James Lawlor | Highway robbery | |
| James Leonard | Highway robbery | |
| William Udall | Highway robbery |
8 death sentences were passed at the May Sessions on the 2nd of that month, 2 of these being carried out.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 30th May | Richard Tobin | Stealing in a shop |
| Abraham Wells | Horse stealing |
5 men were condemned at the June Sessions of whom 3 were to hang on the 2nd of July.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Monday 2nd July | James Caldclough | Highway robbery |
| Joseph Morris | Highway robbery | |
| William Carey | Stealing in dwelling house |
A further 5 death sentences were passed at the Sessions on the 18th of July. 2 of these were commuted, including that on 1 woman.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 3rd of August | Thomas Bridge | Murder of wife |
| George Broderick | Highway robbery | |
| David Roberts | H/T (filing coins) |
The September Sessions resulted in 4 men and 1 woman being condemned. Only 1 man was reprieved. 1 death sentence was passed at the October Sessions but was commuted. 7 men and 1 women were condemned at the December Sessions. Again only 1 man was reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 21st of December | John Albin | Highway robbery |
| Elizabeth Harwood | Murder of child | |
| Edward Goynes | Murder of wife | |
| John Maw | Highway robbery | |
| William Barkwith | Highway robbery | |
| Susanna Brown (burned) | PT (murdered husband) | |
| Richard Turner | Stealing in dwelling house | |
| James Shields | Highway robbery | |
| Joseph Eades | Highway robbery | |
| Charles Spinnel | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Dent | Highway robbery |
1740
There were 4 hanging days at Tyburn in this year with 15 men and 2 women being executed. 31 men and 12 women were condemned during this year. 1 man was hanged but later reprieved and is included in the executed total.
The January Sessions on the 16th of that month saw 6 men receive death sentences of which 3 were carried out.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 13th February | Thomas Moot | Stealing in dwelling house |
| John Lineham | Highway robbery | |
| Robert Onion | Sacrilege |
5 women and 2 men were condemned at the February Sessions, all being reprieved bar 1 man.
A further 6 men and 1 woman were sentenced to death at the April Sessions. All of those “left for execution” were hanged on the 7th of May.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 7th May | John Sawney | Highway robbery |
| John Hyde | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Clements | Murder | |
| Joseph Parker | At large | |
| John Moore | Highway robbery | |
| John Singleton | Privately stealing from person |
2 men and 1 woman were condemned at the May Sessions. One man was hanged on the 6th of August. A further 2 men and 2 women were sentenced to death at the July Sessions, the women both being reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 6th August | John Clarke | Highway robbery |
| Samuel Badham | Murder | |
| John Foster | Murder |
2 men were sentenced to death at the September Sessions, but both reprieved. 4 men and 3 women were condemned at the October Sessions, of whom 1 man and 1 woman were reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Monday 24th November | Thomas Clack | Burglary |
| William Duell ** | Rape | |
| William Mears | Burglary | |
| Eleanor Mumpman | Housebreaking | |
| Margaret Stanton | Robbery in dwelling house |
** 16 year old William Duell was hanged, but revived on the surgeon’s table whilst awaiting dissection. He was afterwards reprieved, but is included here as he was actually hanged.
7 death sentences were passed at the December 4th Sessions of which 4 were carried out the following March.
1741
There were 6 hanging days at Tyburn in 1741 with 27 men and 6 women being hanged. 42 men and 19 women were condemned during this year.
The January Sessions on the 16th of that month saw 6 men and 7 women receive death sentences. 2 men and 3 women were reprieved and one woman’s execution held over to July.
8 men and 3 women were condemned at the February Sessions on the 25th of that month. Of these only 2 women were reprieved. 5 women & 11 men made the trip to Tyburn on March 18th to pay for their various crimes.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 18th of March | Joseph Huddle | Highway robbery |
| Thomas Nash | Housebreaking | |
| Richard Quail | Highway robbery | |
| Robert Legros | Housebreaking | |
| John Sheriff | Horse theft | |
| Elizabeth Fox | Robbery in a brothel | |
| Priscilla Mahon | Robbery in a brothel | |
| John Elver | Robbery in a brothel | |
| George Stacey | Robbery in dwelling house | |
| John Cat | At large | |
| Mary Young (Jenny Diver) | Highway robbery | |
| Richard Brabant | Forgery | |
| Phillip Lipscomb | Burglary | |
| John Cassody | Highway robbery | |
| Robert Hunt | Highway robbery | |
| Robert Parsonson | Robbery in dwelling house | |
| John Davis | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Birch | Highway robbery | |
| James Timms | Highway robbery | |
| Dorothy Middleton | Burglary |
The April Sessions were a calmer affair with just three men condemned, however none of them were reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Monday 4th May | John Carr | Highway robbery |
| William Robinson (possibly hanged) | Housebreaking | |
| Andrew McManus | Highway robbery |
The next Sessions opened on the 14th of May and 5 men and a woman were sentenced to hang, 3 men being subsequently executed.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 12th June | John Lupton | Burglary |
| Francis Piggot | Highway robbery | |
| John Johnson | Highway robbery |
4 men were condemned at the 1st of July Sessions of whom only 1 was to hang. Catherine Lineham’s execution had been held over since January, probably because she had claimed she was pregnant.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 31st July | Catherine Lineham | Robbery in dwelling house |
| Richard Eades | Privately stealing from person |
4 men and 3 women were sentenced to death at the August Sessions, 2 women being subsequently reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Monday 14th September Wednesday 16th September | James Hall (executed alone) | P/T Murder of his master |
| John Stevens | Highway robbery | |
| Joseph Hudson | Horse theft | |
| Patrick Bourne | Housebreaking | |
| Mary Harris | Highway robbery |
5 men and a woman were condemned at the October Sessions of whom 1 man and 1 woman were reprieved. The others were held over for execution in January 1742.
7 men and 4 women received death sentences at the December Sessions. 2 women were reprieved and 1 man died in prison. The executions of the rest were likewise held over until the following January.
1742
There were 5 hanging days at Tyburn this year with 33 men and 2 women being hanged. 41 men and 5 women were sentenced to die in this year.
The first set of executions took place on the 13th January when those not reprieved from the October and December 1741 Sessions were hanged.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 13th of January | John Glew Gulliford | At large |
| Joseph Allen | Highway robbery | |
| James Duquois | Highway robbery | |
| Robert Ramsey | Stealing in dwelling house | |
| John Newman | Highway robbery | |
| William Warner | Highway robbery | |
| Dominick Fitzgerald | Forgery | |
| James Lee | Forgery | |
| Samuel Shuffel | Highway robbery | |
| Joseph Laycock | Highway robbery | |
| Margaret Watson | Privately stealing from person | |
| Mary Dutton | Highway robbery |
The January Sessions on the 15th of that month saw 5 men and 2 women receive death sentences. 2 women and a man being reprieved.
5 men and were condemned at the February Sessions on the 24th of that month and all subsequently hanged.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 7th of April | Stephen Jenkins | Highway robbery |
| Jesse Walden | Burglary | |
| Christopher Jordan | Highway robbery | |
| Alexander Affleck | Burglary | |
| John Lowden | Privately stealing from person | |
| Robert Lloyd | Stealing in dwelling house | |
| William Plummer | Forgery | |
| Martin Nowlan | Procuring man to enter into service of the French |
8 death sentences were passed at the April Sessions of which 3 were carried out. 4 men and a woman were reprieved.
Thomas Pinks who had been condemned at the January Sessions was hanged alone on Friday 7th of May.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 7th of May | Thomas Pinks | Highway robbery |
A further 2 death sentences were passed at the June Sessions (3rd of June) and both men were to hang for killing their wives.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Monday 12th of July | John Carpenter | Sheep stealing |
| Robert Rhodes | Forgery | |
| John Branham | Murder | |
| Thomas Miller | Murder of wife | |
| Michael Grant | Murder of wife |
No death sentences were recorded at the July Sessions but 11 were passed at the September ones on the 9th of that month. 2 men and the only woman were reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Monday 22nd of November | George Anderson | Burglary |
| Henry Hinton | Burglary | |
| Richard Stodder | Burglary | |
| John Cooper | Highway robbery | |
| John Jennings | Highway robbery | |
| John Squire | Highway robbery | |
| Matthew Mooney | Highway robbery | |
| Edward White | Housebreaking | |
| Richard Arnold | Highway robbery |
5 men were condemned at the 13th October Sessions of whom one, Thomas Homan was hanged for murder at Fetter Lane Holborn on Thursday the 18th of November.
7 men and 1 woman were condemned at the December Sessions of whom 2 men were hanged in April 1743 and one other man in February 1744.
1743
There were only 3 hanging days at Tyburn this with 16 men and 3 women being hanged. 37 men and 8 women were condemned during this year.
Two women and 9 men were condemned at the January Sessions on the 16th of that month. Both women and 4 of the men being reprieved.
4 men and a woman were condemned at the February Sessions on the 23rd of that month, 3 of the men being subsequently hanged.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Tuesday 12th of April | Michael Bewley | Housebreaking |
| Lot Cavenagh | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Dennis | Horse theft | |
| William Burnet | Highway robbery | |
| Patrick Kelly | H/T Colouring coin | |
| Garrett Cavenagh | H/T Colouring coin | |
| Bryan Cooley | Highway robbery | |
| James Roberts | Highway robbery | |
| James Smith | Housebreaking | |
| Stephen Wright | Stealing in dwelling house |
The next Sessions opened on Wednesday the 13th of April and 3 men and 3 women were condemned. The fate of one man is unclear but all the rest were executed.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 18th of May | James Cropp | Highway robbery |
| George Watson | Burglary | |
| Sarah Wilmshurst | Murder | |
| Elizabeth Cannon | Stealing in dwelling house | |
| Ann Ellard | Stealing in dwelling house |
William Brown was the only person condemned at the May Sessions and he was reprieved.
2 men were sentenced to death on the 29th of June of whom one was hanged.
4 men and a woman were condemned at the September Sessions of whom 2 of the men were executed. 2 more men were sentenced to death at the October Sessions with one subsequently reprieved. All those not reprieved were hanged on the 21st of October.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 21st of October | John Head | Cattle theft |
| James Hanns | Highway robbery | |
| Joseph Lewin | At large |
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Monday 21st November | Abraham Pass | Burglary |
12 men and a woman received death sentences at the Sessions on the 7th of December. 5 of the men and the woman were reprieved and the other men hanged the following February.
1744
There were 5 hanging days at Tyburn this with 37 men and 5 women being hanged. 42 men and 8 women were condemned during this year.
3 men were condemned at the January Sessions and were hanged the following month.
2 men were condemned at the February Sessions on the 22nd of that month and were both reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 17th of February | Joseph Leath | Highway robbery |
| William Clarke | Stealing in dwelling house | |
| Thomas Hill | Uttering | |
| Samuel Moses | Burglary | |
| Solomon Athorn | Burglary | |
| Peter Rogers | Forgery | |
| Joseph (aka Jacob) Cardosa | At large | |
| John Burton | Housebreaking | |
| Henry Burrows | Housebreaking | |
| Joseph Isaacs | Burglary |
Joseph Cardosa had been sentenced for housebreaking in 1742 and had escaped and was “at large” when captured again.
The 4th April Sessions led to one woman being condemned and subsequently reprieved.
5 death sentences were passed at the May Sessions and all but one commuted.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 8th of June | Henry Cole | At large |
3 men and a woman were sentenced to hang at the June Sessions, two of the men being reprieved.
A further 7 men were condemned at the September Sessions of whom 4 were to hang.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Friday 5th of October | William Cox | Highway robbery |
| Sarah Cox | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Bonney | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Wright | Highway robbery | |
| Luke Ryley | Highway robbery | |
| John Mackavoy | Highway robbery |
The next Sessions began on the 17th of October and resulted in 4 men and 3 women being condemned. Only 1 man was reprieved.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Wednesday 7th of November | Richard Lee | Robbery in a dwelling house |
| Francis Moulcer | Rape | |
| Ann Gwynn | Robbery in a dwelling house | |
| Ann Barfoot | Highway robbery | |
| Ann Duck | Highway robbery | |
| Samuel Ellard | At large |
20 men and a woman were sentenced to hang at the December Sessions of whom just 3 men were reprieved. The rest suffered on Christmas Eve.
| Date | Name | Crime |
| Monday 24th of December | John Hill | Highway robbery |
| Sulpice Duclot | Stealing in a dwelling house | |
| Benjamin David Woolf | Stealing in a shop | |
| Hannah Moses | Stealing in a shop | |
| Samuel Goodman | Highway robbery | |
| James Leekey | Housebreaking | |
| William Robinson | Housebreaking | |
| Patrick Bourke | Killing and stealing sheep | |
| George Ellis | Killing and stealing sheep | |
| John Potbory | Highway robbery | |
| William Billingsley | Highway robbery | |
| William Benter | Highway robbery | |
| James Roberts | Highway robbery | |
| Theophilus Watson | Highway robbery | |
| Henry Gadd | Highway robbery | |
| Joseph Field | Highway robbery | |
| William Narwill | Highway robbery | |
| Thomas Wells | Highway robbery |
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