176 death sentences led to 48 confirmed executions and 1 possible execution. There were no executions in the unlisted years.
| Session | Name | Crime | Execution date | ||
| 1736 – 2 executions | |||||
| W 21 April | Hugh Moss & | Housebreaking & | S 8 May | ||
| “ | William Hawthorn | murder of Margaret Lowe | S 8 May | ||
| Both hanged in chains on Ettley Heath | |||||
| 1739 – 2 executions | |||||
| Spring | James Moss | Burglary | S 12 May | ||
| “ | James Taylor | Highway robbery | S 12 May | ||
| 1740 – 1 execution | |||||
| W 9 April | Samuel Wakefield | Horse theft | S 26 April | ||
| 1743 – 1 execution | |||||
| F 8 April | Thomas Dutton | Burglary | S 30 April | ||
| 1744 – 1 execution | |||||
| F 10 Aug | John Handley | Sheep theft | S 1 September | ||
| 1745 – 1 execution | |||||
| W 3 April | John Woolmer | Utter false money | S 20 April | ||
| 1750 – 2 executions | |||||
| M 3 September | Garrett Delaney & | Robbed and murdered | S 22 September | ||
| “ | Edward Johnson | Bryan Molloy | S 22 September | ||
| Both hanged in chains at Great Saughall | |||||
| 1752 – 2 confirmed executions, plus 1 possible one | |||||
| S 4 April | Richard Stanley (Handel) | Burglary | Eo S 16 May | ||
| “ | Edward M’Canelly | Burglary | S 25 April | ||
| “ | Henry Morgan | Burglary | S 25 April | ||
| 1754 – 1 execution | |||||
| S 13 April | Charles Potts | Murder | F 19 April | ||
| 1755 – 1 execution | |||||
| S 5 April | Sarah Dean | Murder | F 11 April | ||
| 1757 – 1 execution | |||||
| Autumn | Peter Betterley | Burglary | S 24 September | ||
| 1763 – 1 execution | |||||
| F 8 April | Mary Heald | P/T murder husband, Samuel | S 23 April | ||
| Burned at the stake | |||||
| 1765 – 1 execution | |||||
| Th 11 April | James Beard | Highway robbery | S 4 May | ||
| 1766 – 1 execution | |||||
| Tu 18 Mar | Th Adams | Burglary | S 12 April | ||
| 1767 – 1 execution | |||||
| S 18 April | Mary Newton | Murder of a child | S 8 August | ||
| 1769 – 3 executions | |||||
| F 31 March | Thomas Price | Burglary | S 22 April | ||
| “ | Joseph Wheelock | Burglary | S 22 April | ||
| “ | William Wheelock jr | Burglary | S 22 April | ||
| 1770 – 1 execution | |||||
| W 25 July | Thomas Southwood | Burglary | S 18 August | ||
| 1771 – 2 executions | |||||
| S 6 April | Timothy Orrell | Stole from cart | S 4 May | ||
| W 21 Aug | Jn Chapman | Pick pocket | S 7 September | ||
| 1774 – 2 executions | |||||
| Tu 23 Aug | Elizabeth Hyne | Murder her male bastard | M 29 August | ||
| “ | Thomas Silitoe | Privately stealing | S 10 September | ||
| 1776 – 1 execution | |||||
| Tu 9 April | James Knight | Burglary | S 4 May | ||
| 1777 – 1 execution | |||||
| Th 3 April | Samuel Thoday | Murder of Ann Smith | Th 10 April | ||
| Hanged in chains on Congleton Heath | |||||
| 1778 – 1 execution | |||||
| F 4 September | Sarah Sant | Murder of her bastard | F 11 September | ||
| 1779 – 2 executions | |||||
| S 3 April | William Lane | Horse theft | S 24 April | ||
| “ | William Ellis | Burglary | S 24 April | ||
| 1783 – 3 executions | |||||
| M 14 April | Martha Brown | Arson | S 3 May | ||
| “ | Resolution Heap | Burglary | S 3 May | ||
| M 8 September | Betty Ward | Murder of James Sinister | M 26 April ’84 | ||
| 1784 – 1 execution | |||||
| M 19 April | John Oakes | High Treason coining | S 15 May | ||
| 1786 – 5 executions | |||||
| M 17 April | Edward Holt | Burglary | S 6 May | ||
| “ | Peter Steer | Murder wife | M 24 April | ||
| M 4 September | John Hyde | Horse theft | S 7 October | ||
| 1790 – 1 execution | |||||
| Th 26 Aug | John Dean | Murder of wife, Betty | Th 2 September | ||
| 1791 – 4 executions | |||||
| Th 14 April | Henry Clarke | Warrington Mail robbery | Th 21 April | ||
| Hanged in chains at Helsby Tor | |||||
| Th 15 September | Joseph Allen | Housebreaking | S 8 October | ||
| “ | David Aston | Housebreaking | S 8 October | ||
| “ | William Knock | Housebreaking | S 8 October | ||
| 1796 – 2 executions | |||||
| M 4 April | Thomas Brown | Mail robbery | S 30 April | ||
| James Price | Mail robbery | S 30 April | |||
| Both hanged in chains on Trafford Green | |||||
| 1798 – 2 executions | |||||
| M 16 April | John Thornhill | Murder of Sarah Malone | M 23 April | ||
| M 27 Aug | Peter Martin | Shot at | W 3 October | ||
| Chester City | |||||
| 9 executions have been traced | |||||
| 1767 – 1 execution | |||||
| W 22 April | William Bostock | Murder of step daughter | F 24 April | ||
| 1776 – 4 executions | |||||
| ??/December | Christopher Lawless | Robbing shop | S 21 December | ||
| ??/December | Isaac Hutchinson | Robbing shop | S 21 December | ||
| ??/December | Alexander Solomon | Robbing shop | S 21 December | ||
| ??/December | Isaac Josephs | Robbing shop | S 21 December | ||
| 1779 – 1 execution | |||||
| ??/September | Sarah Jones | Stole in shop | S 2 October | ||
| 1786 – 2 executions | |||||
| Unknown | Thomas Buckley (20) | Burglary | S 30 September | ||
| Unknown | James Buckley (22) | Burglary | S 4 November | ||
| 1789 – 1 execution | |||||
| M 2 February | Thomas Male | Murder of John Parry | W 4 February | ||
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