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  • Thomas Jewett, 24, servant to William Stables of Old Malton, blacksmith

    Date: 4 Apr 1807

    Crime:
    Rape - carnal knowledge of Elizabeth Stables, daughter of William Stables, aged under 10.

    Legally not a case of rape, as rape was carnal knowledge of a female aged over ten without her consent; violation of a female below ten years was a capital crime regardless of consent. Jewett's father, Thomas Jewett senior, had been hanged at York in 1793 for cattle stealing.

    Leeds Mercury, 21 Mar 1807. Criminal Chronology, p 128, 143.

  • James Willas / James Willis of Doncaster, labourer and late coachman to Lady Hustler of Acklam

    Date: 30 Mar 1734

    Crime:
    Committed to gaol in September 1731 for breaking and entering into the dwelling house of Lady Hustler of Acklam and stealing two purses full of gold, and into the dwelling house of John Adamson and Anne Adamson of Kirklevington and stealing with violence a sum of money and household items.

    Escaped from York Castle Gaol on 19 Nov 1731 and subsequently in April 1732, when 21 felons absconded. Of the 18 recaptured, ten were hanged, including Willas. Was described in his wanted notice for the Nov 1731 escape as: 'James Willas, a Felon, late of Doncaster, a broad well-set Man, black down-looking Complexion, middle-siz'd, pock-ared [sic], wears a black Wig'.

    TNA: ASSI 41/2-96,112; ASSI 45/19/2(30-41). Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, vol 25, p 438. Daily Journal, 23 Nov 1731.

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  • Joseph Gilley of Scarborough, carpenter

    Date: Lent 1741

    Crime:
    Forgery of a will; reprieved 14 years Summer 1741.

    Jointly charged with George Bainton of Scarborough, attorney, who was hanged on 11 Apr 1741.

    TNA: ASSI 41/4.

  • William Donkan / William Doncan / William Dunkan

    Date: Lent 1747

    Crime:
    Breaking and entering (with Thomas Parker) the dwelling house of Frances Mainprice, widow, and stealing a silver cup valued at 4 guineas; reprieved 14 years Summer 1747.

    Subsequently returned from transportation and was convicted of house breaking; hanged at York 10 Aug 1751.

    TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4.

  • Abraham Dealtry

    Date: Lent 1745

    Crime:
    Highway robbery of Susanna Shackleton at Pontefract; death.

    Dealtry was hanged at York in Apr 1745 but revived after being cut down. He was afterwards reprieved and sentenced to transportation for life.

    TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4. Newcastle Courant, 13 Apr 1745.

  • Thomas Clark / John Sanderson / John Saunderson

    Date: Lent 1747

    Crime:
    Stealing 6 silver spoons and a gold ring valued at 15s from the dwelling house of John Wharton; transportation 7 years Lent 1747.

    Subsequently found guilty of being at large while under sentence of transportation and also of horse stealing; hanged at York 25 Mar 1749.

    TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4.

  • Richard Clark, suspected deserter from 66th Regiment, born at Spital, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, in 1739

    Date: Lent 1759

    Crime:
    Highway robbery: assaulting and demanding money with menaces from Robert Fisher; transportation 7 years Lent 1759.

    Was hanged at York on 18 Apr 1767, having been convicted of house-breaking; confessed that he came from a family of habitual thieves and returning transports; by his own account he had been sentenced to and returned from transportation to Maryland or Virginia three times

    TNA: ASSI 41/4; ASSI 42/7. Calendar of Felons, 28 Jul 1759. London Evening Post, 21 Apr 1767.

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