185 death sentences led to 44 executions, plus another 2 possible ones. Assizes were held at Dorchester & executions were carried out at the Amphitheatre there. Occasionally a Judge sat to deliver the gaol of the County of the City of Poole.
| Assize date | Name | Crime | Execution date |
| 1736 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 5 July | Martin Frampton | Arson | Unknown |
| “ | John Dickery | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| 1737 – 3 executions | |||
| Th. 28 July | Thomas Lockyer | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | John Guppy | Stole in dwelling house | Unknown |
| “ | Humph Staple | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1738 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 9 March | Thomas Fone | Murder of Mary Wellbridge | Unknown |
| Th. 20 July | John Crabb | Murder of John Collingdon | Unknown |
| 1739 – 1 execution | |||
| S 17 March | George Bezant | Murder of his parents | S 31 March |
| 1740 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 24 July | William Sava | Stole in dwelling house | S 9 August |
| 1741 – 3 executions | |||
| Th. 12 March | Benjamin Flower | Housebreaking | S 4 April |
| “ | William King | Housebreaking | S 4 April |
| “ | Henry Smith | Murder of Joan Mew | S 28 March |
| 1742 – 3 executions | |||
| Th. 18 March | James Burt | Highway robbery | S 3 April |
| “ | John Hunt | Highway robbery | S 3 April |
| “ | William Woods | Arson | S 3 April |
| 1743 – 1745 – No executions | |||
| 1746 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 13 March | Thomas Young | At large (1743 sentence) | W 2 April |
| 1747 & 1748 – No executions | |||
| 1749 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 13 July | John Ford | Sheep theft | Unknown |
| 1750 – Probably 2 executions | |||
| M 12 March | John Squire | Horse theft | Unknown |
| “ | John Phillips | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1751 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 25 July | Henry Isart | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1752 – 3 executions | |||
| Th. 12 March | John Gray | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| “ | John Parker | Housebreaking | Unknown |
| Th. 23 July | Anthony Colpris | Murder Elizabeth Buchler | S 25 July |
| Hanged at Windmill Point, Poole, afterwards in chains | |||
| 1753 – 2 executions | |||
| Tu. 7 August | Timothy Peppell | Murder wife, Rebecca | S 11 August |
| “ | John Stanley | Murder of Stephen Wareham | M 1 October |
| 1754 – 1760 – No executions | |||
| 1761 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 12 March | John Waterman | Highway robbery | Unknown |
| 1762 – 1764 – No executions | |||
| 1765 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 21 March | Joseph Groves | Murder James Barrett | M 25 March |
| 1766 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 13 March | Benjamin Collings | Forgery | Unknown |
| 1767 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 19 March | Robert Rymes | Murder of Richard Williamson | S 28 March |
| 1768 – 1 execution | |||
| Th.10 March | William Hardyman | Forgery | F 8 April |
| Hanged at Poole | |||
| 1769 – 1771 No executions | |||
| 1772 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 12 March | George Clowter | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1773 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 11 March | Joel Pain | Horse theft | Unknown |
| 1774 – No executions | |||
| 1775 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 23 March | Samuel Drayton | At large | Unknown |
| 1776 & 1777 – No executions | |||
| 1778 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 12 March | William Seymour jr | Burglary | Unknown |
| 1779 & 1780 – No executions | |||
| 1781 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 15 March | John Leveridge | Horse theft | S 31 March |
| 1782 & 1783 – No executions | |||
| 1784 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 29 July | William Cottman | Stole in dwelling house | S 14 August |
| 1785 – 1 execution | |||
| Th. 14 July | George Biddell | Burglary | S 30 July |
| 1786 – 2 executions | |||
| Th. 16 March | John Jacob | Burglary | S 1 April |
| “ | John Gradey | At large | W 22 March |
| 1787 & 1788 No executions | |||
| 1789 – 3 executions | |||
| W 11 March | William Coombs | Sheep theft | S 28 March |
| “ | William Harvey | Sheep theft | S 28 March |
| “ | Thomas Hunt | Sheep theft | S 28 March |
| 1790 & 1791 No executions | |||
| 1792 – 3 executions | |||
| Th. 26 July | Matthew Gillingham | Burglary | F 10 August |
| “ | Peter Primmer | burglary | F 10 August |
| “ | Richard Strickland | Burglary | F 10 August |
| 1793 – No executions | |||
| 1794 – 2 executions (New Drop outside Dorchester Gaol) | |||
| Th. 13 March | Elizabeth Marsh (15) | Murder grandfather, John Nevil | M 17 March |
| “ | William Matthews | Burglary | S 29 March |
| 1795 – 1 execution | |||
| W 11 March | John Scadding | Burglary | S 28 March |
| 1796 – 1799 – No executions | |||
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