The Assizes were held only in the Summer and always at Durham. 127 people were sentenced to death of whom 24 people were hanged at Dryburn.
| Name | Trial date | Crime | Execution date |
| Jonathan Simpson | W 23 July 1735 | Murder bastard | W 6 August 1735 |
| Thomas Galalee | W 15 August 1739 | Horse theft | W 5 September 1739 |
| Nicholas Haddock | Th. 8 August 1745 | Murder | M 26 August 1745 |
| Paul Coleman | W 3 August 1748 | Robbery | M 15 August 1748 |
| James M’Fidum | Th. 9 August 1750 | Robbery | M 27 August 1750 |
| William Heugh | Th. 2 August 1757 | Murder bastard | M 8 August 1757 |
| Charles Todd | Summer 1762 | Murder | M 9 August 1762 |
| Margaret Middleton | Tu. 26 July 1763 | Murder of Jane Parkinson | M 1 August 1763 |
| John Slaid | Tu. 26 July 1768 | Highway robbery | F 12 August 1768 |
| Robert Hazlett | Tu.14 August 1770 | Highway robbery mail | Tu. 18 September 1770 |
| afterwards hanged in chains on Gateshead Fell. | |||
| Matthew Vasey | Tu. 3 August 1773 | Highway robbery | M 23 August 1773 |
| Joseph Humphreys | Tu. 30 July 1776 | Burglary | Th. 15 August 1776 |
| John Tilley | Tu. 7 August 1781 | Highway robbery | Tu. 20 August 1781 |
| Margaret Tinkler | Tu. 7 August 1781 | Murder of mother & baby | Tu 20 November 1781 |
| Robert Storey | Tu.12 August 1783 | Murder of Thomas Idle | M 18 August 1783 |
| John Winship | Tu. 19 July 1785 | Murder of his maid | M 25 July 1785 |
| William Hamilton | Tu. 19 July 1785 | Burglary | M 1 August 1785 |
| Isabelle Paterson | Tu. 19 July 1785 | Burglary | M 1 August 1785 |
| Duncan Wright | Tu. 19 July 1785 | Stole in dwelling house | M 1 August 1785 |
| Thomas Elliott | Tu. 19 July 1785 | Horse theft | M 1 August 1785 |
| Francis Blenkinsop | Tu. 8 August 1786 | Burglary | M 21 August 1786 |
| Morley Tewitt | Tu. 8 August 1786 | Burglary | M 21 August 1786 |
| James Pinckney | Tu. 27 July 1790 | Sheep theft | M 9 August 1790 |
| Mary Nicholson | Tu. 31 July 1798 | Murder of Elizabeth Atkinson | M 22 July 1799 |
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