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Suggested search: Murder, Horse stealing, Hanged
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John Marrott of Lincolnshire, 26
Date: 26 Apr 1828
Crime:
Horse stealing - 2 horses at Leeds, one belonging to W & J Garland, and the other to Mr W T Watson.Newcastle Courant, 12 Apr 1828. Hull Packet, 29 Apr 1828.
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Joshua Beaumont of Kirkheaton, agricultural labourer, 35
Date: 15 Aug 1810
Crime:
Rape and murder of Lucy Brook of Almondbury, widow and schoolteacher, aged 56.The prisoner's behaviour at trial suggested to onlookers that 'he was very little removed from a state of idiotism'.
Leeds Mercury, 18 Aug 1810. Rede, York Castle, p 259. Criminal Chronology, p 150.
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John Robinson of Mickleby near Whitby, farmer, 33
Date: 20 Jul 1807
Crime:
Murder of Susannah Wilson of Guisborough, former servant of the prisoner and 8 months pregnant with his child at time of death.Leeds Mercury, 25 Jul 1807. Rede, York Castle, p 410. Criminal Chronology, p 144.
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Isaac Charlesworth, 22
Date: 13 Aug 1825
Crime:
Highway robbery, with violence, of Joshua Cropper of Halifax, at Sheffield.Leeds Mercury, 23 Jul 1825. An Account of the Trial, Execution, &c. of Isaac Charlesworth, BL: 1870.c.2(662).
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James Ramsden of High Town, Dewsbury, 27
Date: 12 Apr 1823
Crime:
Breaking and entering at night (with Robert Gill) into the dwelling house of Philip Bright of Doncaster and stealing gold watches and chains, silver cutlery, etc. to value of ?1200, the property of Philip Bright of Doncaster,Had earlier escaped from York Castle before being arrested for the robbery in Doncaster.
Leeds Mercury, 22 Mar 1823. Particulars of the Trial and Execution of R. Gill and J. Ramsden, BL: 1870.c.2(661).
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Robert Gill of Aberford, former soldier and Waterloo veteran, 35
Date: 12 Apr 1823
Crime:
Breaking and entering at night (with James Ramsden) into the dwelling house of Philip Bright of Doncaster and stealing gold watches and chains, silver cutlery, etc. to value of ?1200, the property of Philip Bright of Doncaster.Had earlier escaped from York Castle before being arrested for the robbery in Doncaster.
Leeds Mercury, 31 Aug 1822; 22 Mar 1823. Particulars of the Trial and Execution of R. Gill and J. Ramsden, BL: 1870.c.2(661).
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Samuel Booth / William Booth
Date: 13 Mar 1820
Crime:
Murder by shooting of Thomas Parkin, gamekeeper in the service of James Archibald Stuart Wortley, Esq., of Tankersley.Booth insisted upon his innocence, claiming gun went off by accident when Parkin, without just cause, attempted to wrest it from him.
Leeds Mercury, 11 Mar 1820. Rede, York Castle, p 606. Criminal Chronology, p 156 (with erroneous date of 15 May).
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Joseph Brown, agricultural labourer and former lodger of Elizabeth Fletcher of Hensal near Ferrybridge, 38
Date: 20 Mar 1809
Crime:
Murder of Elizabeth Fletcher, 55, and attempted murder of her sister Sarah Fletcher, by poison in 1804.Leeds Mercury, 1 Apr 1809. Rede, York Castle, p 218. Criminal Chronology, p 145 (as James Brown).
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William Johnson of Great Kelk, near Driffield
Date: 24 Mar 1823
Crime:
Highway robbery and murder of Richard Walker, druggist's porter of Beverley, on the highway from Driffield to Beverley.Leeds Mercury, 29 Mar 1823. Leman Thomas Rede, York Castle in the Nineteenth Century, 1831, p. 676.
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John Wentworth / Thomas Tomlinson, born at Dean, Bedfordshire, latterly of Leeds and Selby, gardener and former soldier, 29
Date: 25 Aug 1753
Crime:
Stealing 17 guineas from the dwelling house of John Shaw of Selby.See also TNA: ASSI 45/25/1/163-165.
TNA: ASSI 41/4; ASSI 42/7. Public Advertiser, 1 Sep 1753. Criminal Chronology, p 64.
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William Barker of Leeds, clothdresser
Date: Summer 1729
Crime:
Breaking and entering the counting house of Anthony Markham and his wife Dorothy Markham, merchant of Leeds, and stealing about ?14; reprieved 14 years Summer 1730.TNA: ASSI 41/2-78,85,86; ASSI 41/3; ASSI 45/18/6(4-7). Daily Courant, 1 Aug 1729.
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Robert Sharp / Robert Sharpe of Leeds, whitesmith
Date: Lent 1757
Crime:
Stealing ?9 2s belonging to Francis Isles / Francis Iles of Leeds; transportation 7 years Summer 1757.TNA: ASSI 41/4; ASSI 42/7. Calendar of Felons, 23 Jul 1757. London Evening Post, 10 Feb 1757.
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Elizabeth Cahill / Elizabeth Cahhill / Elizabeth Porter
Date: Lent 1733
Crime:
Stealing as a pick-pocket from Elizabeth Latham, wife of John Latham of Leeds, cloth drawer, and Grace Sprigg, wife of John Sprigg of Leeds, plaisterer, at Leeds Market 31 Dec 1728; reprieved on pleading her belly; transportation 14 years Summer 1735.Ann, daughter of Elizabeth Porter alias Elizabeth Caghil, was baptised at York Castle on 15 May 1733 - Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, vol 25, p 440. See also TNA: ASSI 45/19/3(8-9).
TNA: ASSI 41/2,104,123v,125; ASSI 45/18/6(19-20). St James's Evening Post, 20 Mar 1733.
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John Ward
Date: Lent 1767
Crime:
Stealing goods to the value of upwards of 5s belonging to William Reason of Leeds; transportation 7 years Lent 1767.TNA: ASSI 41/5; ASSI 42/8.
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William Cowlin / William Coughlin
Date: Lent 1746
Crime:
Stealing goods from the dwelling house of William Wilson at Leeds; transportation 7 years Lent 1746.TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4.
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Jeremiah Boythroyd / Jeremiah Boothroyd
Date: Lent 1772
Crime:
Stealing goods valued at 39s from the dwelling house of James Walker at Leeds; transportation 7 years Lent 1772.TNA: ASSi 41/6; ASSI 42/8. Calendar of Felons, 14 Mar 1772.
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John Scoresby / John Storesby of Bridlington, blacksmith
Date: Lent 1726
Crime:
Horse stealing - a black mare belonging to Henry Abba of Leeds; reprieved 14 years Lent 1729.Receiving county charity and name on bread petition in York Castle in 1728 - Beverley Archives QSF/80/E/9.
TNA: ASSI 41/2-59,73v; ASSI 45/18/3(27); ASSI 45/18/6(96); SP 36/10.
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Rachael Bryan / Rachel Bryan, wife of James Bryan
Date: Lent 1772
Crime:
Stealing goods valued at upwards of 5s from the dwelling house of William Neesholme at Leeds; transportation 7 years Lent 1772.TNA: ASSI 41/6; ASSI 42/8. Calendar of Felons, 14 Mar 1772.
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Samuel Thornton
Date: Summer 1765
Crime:
Stealing privately from the shop of John Gumersall at Leeds 12 yards of silk valued at ?2 8s; reprieved 14 years Summer 1766.TNA: ASSI 41/5; ASSI 42/8.
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Joseph Thornton
Date: Summer 1765
Crime:
Stealing privately from the shop of John Gumersall at Leeds 12 yards of silk valued at ?2 8s; reprieved 14 years Summer 1766.TNA: ASSI 41/5; ASSI 42/8.
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William Robinson of Leeds, butcher
Date: 1813
West Riding.
London Gazette 16832, 28 Dec 1813, p 2717; 16835, 30 Dec 1813, p 2753; 16836, 1 Jan 1814, p 5
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John Wright of Leeds, merchant
Date: 1811
West Riding
London Gazette 16505, 16 Jul 1811, p 1350; 16507, 23 Jul 1811, p 1452; 16508, 27 Jul 1811, p 1471
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Samuel Walker of Leeds, dyer
Date: 1811
West Riding
London Gazette 16505, 16 Jul 1811, p 1350; 16507, 23 Jul 1811, p 1452; 16508, 27 Jul 1811, p 1471
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Benjamin Simpson of Leeds, cordwainer
Date: 1811
West Riding
London Gazette 16505, 16 Jul 1811, p 1350; 16507, 23 Jul 1811, p 1452; 16508, 27 Jul 1811, p 1471
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James Whitehead of Leeds, maltster
Date: 1809
West Riding.
London Gazette 16270, 27 Jun 1809, p 986; 16271, 1 Jul 1809, p 1018; 16272, 4 Jul 1809, p 1058
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Thomas Crispe of Leeds, cropper
Date: 1809
West Riding.
London Gazette 16270, 27 Jun 1809, p 986; 16271, 1 Jul 1809, p 1018; 16272, 4 Jul 1809, p 1058
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Joseph Dearnley of Leeds, farmer
Date: 1806
London Gazette 15942, 2 Aug 1806, p 990; 15943, 5 Aug 1806, p 1023; 15944, 9 Aug 1806, p 1061
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Thomas Hobson of Leeds, grocer
Date: 1778
London Gazette 11885, 20 Jun 1778, p 9; 11886, 23 Jn 1778, p 13; 11888, 30 Jun 1778, p 7
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William Moss of Leeds, butcher
Date: 1776
See also William Moss (1761).
London Gazette 11675, 15 Jun 1776, p 5; 11677, 22 Jun 1776, p 9; 11678, 25 Jun 1776, p 6
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Abraham Bateson of Leeds, victualler
Date: 1776
London Gazette 11677, 22 Jun 1776, p 9; 11678, 25 Jun 1776, p 6; 11679, 29 Jun 1776, p 5