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Death Sentences – 1860s

This is a list of accused sentenced to death in Britain – this is not a definitive inventory. It is likely that details of the crime were reported in the news. If you can find the name you are searching please make contact by using the enquiry form. I will see if any archive material is available. If you cannot find the person you are searching don’t worry – please enquire anyway. I will do a search and get back to you.

Accused Birth Trial Date Trail Place
Michael Atkins 24 Feb 1869 Warwickshire, England
Sarah Crawford 6 Mar 1869 Lancashire, England
Jonah Detheridge 21 Jul 1869 Dorset, England
William Dixon 16 Aug 1869 Hampshire, England
John Dolan 25 Feb 1869 Durham, England
John Gregson 15 Dec 1869 Lancashire, England
Fredk Hinson 22 Nov 1869 Middlesex, England
Henry Jenkins 31 Mar 1869 Gloucester, England
Michael James Johnson 6 Mar 1869 Lancashire, England
James MacDonald 3 Apr 1869 Cheshire, England
John McConville 25 Feb 1869 Durham, England
William Murray 12 Jul 1869 Middlesex, England
Fanny Frances Maria Oliver 15 Jul 1869 Worcestershire, England
William Pullin 11 Aug 1869 Gloucestershire, England
William Sheward 24 Mar 1869 Norfolk, England
Willm Taylor 20 Sep 1869 Devon, England
Joseph Welch 25 Oct 1869 Kent, England
Charles Wiltshire 31 Mar 1869 Gloucestershire, England
Michl Barrett 6 Apr 1868 Middlesex, England
Priscilla Biggadike 9 Dec 1868 Lincolnshire, England
William Bisgrove 11 Dec 1868 Somerset, England
Richard Bishop 6 Apr 1868 Kent, England
Martin Brown 22 Dec 1868 Sussex, England
Lucy Buxton 22 Jul 1868 Lincolnshire, England
Thos Clark 27 Jan 1868 Surrey, England
Timothy Faherty 7 Mar 1868 Lancashire, England
Frances Kidder 9 Mar 1868 Kent, England
Alexander Arthur Mackay 17 Aug 1868 Middlesex, England
Mary Manley 16 Dec 1868 Staffordshire, England
John Mapp 19 Mar 1868 Shropshire, England
Patrick Mellody 7 Mar 1868 Lancashire, England
George Nuttall 4 Mar 1868 Lancashire, England
Frederick Parker 17 Mar 1868 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
John Parsons 2 Apr 1868 Devon, England
Thomas Quigley 21 Mar 1868 Lancashire, England
Robert Sweet 11 Dec 1868 Somerset, England
William Pherson Thompson 7 Mar 1868 Lancashire, England
Miles Weatherill 7 Mar 1868 Lancashire, England
Thomas Wells 21 Jul 1868 Kent, England
William Worsley 1823 12 Mar 1868 Bedfordshire, England
William O’Mara Allen 26 Oct 1867 Lancashire, England
Charles Anderson 8 Apr 1867 London, England
James Bacon 18 Jul 1867 Essex, England
Frederick Baker 30 Nov 1867 Hampshire, England
Mary Ann Bartlett 18 Dec 1867 Worcestershire, England
Louis Bordier 23 Sep 1867 Surrey, England
George Britten 7 Aug 1867 Somerset, England
Letitia Dordy 23 Mar 1867 Lancashire, England
Henry Farrington 13 Aug 1867 Lancashire, England
William Gould 26 Oct 1867 Lancashire, England
Jane Grey 18 Jul 1867 Northumberland, England
Benjamin Jones 5 Mar 1867 Glamorgan, Wales
Michael Larkin 26 Oct 1867 Lancashire, England
Hubbard Lingley 5 Aug 1867 Norfolk, England
James Longhurst 25 Mar 1867 Surrey, England
Daniel MacCarthy 23 Mar 1867 Lancashire, England
Thomas McGuire 26 Oct 1867 Lancashire, England
Christiana Morgan 27 Mar 1867 Monmouthshire, England
Elizabeth Nelson 1 Aug 1867 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
Sarah Porter 16 Mar 1867 Cambridgeshire, England
James Scott 12 Jul 1867 Warwickshire, England
Edward Shore 26 Oct 1867 Lancashire, England
John Thompson 16 Dec 1867 Middlesex, England
Sophia Usher 29 Jul 1867 Kent, England
Edward Wager 6 Mar 1867 Derbyshire, England
Thomas Watkins 16 Jul 1867 Glamorgan, Wales
John Wiggins 23 Sep 1867 Middlesex, England
Mary Ann Ashford 10 Mar 1866 Devon, England
John Banks 23 Jul 1866 Lancashire, England
George Bentley 9 Mar 1866 Staffordshire, England
Mary Brown 3 Dec 1866 Staffordshire, England
Henry Brownless 6 Dec 1866 Durham, England
James Burrows 26 Jul 1866 Lancashire, England
Sarah Campton 11 Dec 1866 Warwickshire, England
Robert Coe 7 Mar 1866 Glamorgan, Wales
William Collier 20 Jul 1866 Staffordshire, England
Charles Davis 31 Mar 1866 Gloucestershire, England
Emily Dimmer 14 Jul 1866 Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth Duff 10 Mar 1866 Devon, England
James Fletcher 18 Dec 1866 Kent, England
Henry Gabbites 13 Dec 1866 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
John Grant 23 Jul 1866 Devon, England
Samuel Griffith 31 Mar 1866 Cheshire, England
Thomas Grime 7 Aug 1866 Lancashire, England
John Richd Jeffery 17 Sep 1866 Middlesex, England
Ann Lawrence 18 Dec 1866 Kent, England
John Willm Leigh 19 Mar 1866 Sussex, England
Owen Mac Cormick 7 Aug 1866 Lancashire, England
James MacManus 10 Mar 1866 Lancashire, England
Robert Reid 11 Dec 1866 Lancashire, England
Jane Revill 19 Jul 1866 Nottinghamshire, England
William John Turner 3 Aug 1866 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
Matthew Atkinson 1 Mar 1865 Durham, England
George Broomfield 12 Jul 1865 Hampshire, England
Stephen Burke 6 Mar 1865 Lancashire, England
Thomas Cockroft 4 Aug 1865 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
John Currie 18 Sep 1865 Kent, England
Henry Fisher 25 Mar 1865 Somerset, England
Francesco Giardini 17 Jul 1865 Glamorgan, Wales
William Hamilton 10 Mar 1865 Lancashire, England
Henry Hughes 29 Jul 1865 Yorkshire – North Riding and East Riding, England
John Hughes 12 Jul 1865 Hampshire, England
Constance Emilie Kent 19 Jul 1865 Wiltshire, England
Ferdinand Edward Karl Kohl 9 Jan 1865 Essex, England
Seraphini Polioni 30 Jan 1865 Middlesex, England
James Potter 4 Mar 1865 Derbyshire, England
Charles Christopher Robinson 16 Dec 1865 Staffordshire, England
Ernest Walter Southey 16 Dec 1865 Kent, England
Eli Sykes 19 Dec 1865 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
Patrick Welsh 19 Dec 1865 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
Charlotte Winsor 26 Jul 1865 Devon, England
Marcellius 1 Feb 1864 London, England
John Allen 3 Aug 1864 Somerset, England
Cecilia Baker 1 Dec 1864 Staffordshire, England
Francisco Blanes 1 Feb 1864 London, England
Frederick Charles Bricknell 11 Jul 1864 Middlesex, England
Charles Brough 1 Dec 1864 Staffordshire, England
Henry Brown 10 Dec 1864 Lancashire, England
John Butler 12 Dec 1864 Worcestershire, England
James Clitheroe 17 Mar 1864 Lancashire, England
Basilio De Los Santos 1 Feb 1864 London, England
John Devine 11 Apr 1864 Middlesex, England
Ambrosis Duranna 1 Feb 1864 London, England
Ann Eatwell 29 Feb 1864 Warwickshire, England
Lewis Gough 6 Aug 1864 Gloucestershire, England
Ellis Green 10 Dec 1864 Lancashire, England
Richard Hale 1 Dec 1864 Staffordshire, England
George Hall 29 Feb 1864 Warwickshire, England
Mary Hartley 15 Aug 1864 Middlesex, England
Thomas Lindon 10 Dec 1864 Lancashire, England
Miguel Lopez 1 Feb 1864 London, England
John Lyons 1 Feb 1864 London, England
Selomi Marsh 7 Dec 1864 Cheshire, England
Franz Muller 24 Oct 1864 Middlesex, England
Joseph Myers 6 Aug 1864 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
Richard Thomas Parker 22 Jul 1864 Nottinghamshire, England
Mary Prout 11 Jul 1864 Pembrokeshire, Wales
James Sargisson 6 Aug 1864 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
William John Stevens 18 Jul 1864 Buckinghamshire, England
Marcus Walter 1 Feb 1864 London, England
Francis Wane 12 Dec 1864 Essex, England
Thomas Watkins 21 Mar 1864 Herefordshire, England
Alice Wilson 5 Dec 1864 Yorkshire – North Riding and East Riding, England
Jose Maria Alvarez 8 Aug 1863 Lancashire, England
Noah Austin 2 Mar 1863 Oxfordshire, England
Elizabeth Benyon 8 Aug 1863 Lancashire, England
Joseph Brooks 6 Apr 1863 Middlesex, England
Robert Alexander Burton 16 Mar 1863 Kent, England
Henry Carter 23 Mar 1863 Warwickshire, England
Luke Charles 9 Dec 1863 Lancashire, England
Edward Cooper 21 Mar 1863 Shropshire, England
John Ducker 24 Mar 1863 Suffolk, England
Alfred Eldridge 27 Jul 1863 Kent, England
John Gair 7 Jul 1863 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
John Green 15 Dec 1863 Cambridgeshire, England
Alice Hewitt 3 Dec 1863 Cheshire, England
Patrick Hirley 5 Dec 1863 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
Alfred Holden 27 Jul 1863 Kent, England
William Hope 25 Mar 1863 Herefordshire, England
John Hughes 8 Aug 1863 Lancashire, England
Duncan Mac Phail 21 Mar 1863 Lancashire, England
Joseph Maharg 23 Dec 1863 Surrey, England
James O’Brien 8 Aug 1863 Lancashire, England
Agnes Pattinson 3 Aug 1863 Westmorland, England
Levi Taylor 21 Mar 1863 Lancashire, England
Benjamin Thomas 8 Aug 1863 Lancashire, England
George Victor Townley 9 Dec 1863 Derbyshire, England
George Vass 26 Feb 1863 Northumberland, England
George Woods 21 Mar 1863 Lancashire, England
Samuel Wright 14 Dec 1863 Surrey, England
Elizabeth Boughey 6 Dec 1862 Shropshire, England
Michael Burke 14 Aug 1862 Lancashire, England
William Charlton 21 Feb 1862 Cumberland, England
Robt Cooper 27 Oct 1862 Middlesex, England
John Cox 4 Dec 1862 Durham, England
Mary Cox 4 Dec 1862 Durham, England
Patrick Devereux 3 Mar 1862 Middlesex, England
John Doidge 2 Aug 1862 Cornwall, England
Thomas Edwards 3 Dec 1862 Lancashire, England
John Flood 1 Aug 1862 Sussex, England
George Gardner 7 Aug 1862 Warwickshire, England
Samuel Gardner 27 Oct 1862 London, England
George Jacob Gilbert 14 Jul 1862 Hampshire, England
John Gould 26 Feb 1862 Berkshire, England
John Hall 1 Mar 1862 Oxfordshire, England
Elizabeth Sarah Hunnisett 1 Aug 1862 Sussex, England
Ishmael Jones 10 Mar 1862 Montgomeryshire, Wales
James Lawrence 7 Jul 1862 Middlesex, England
Walker Moore 11 Aug 1862 Lancashire, England
Robert Morgan 15 Dec 1862 Gloucestershire, England
William Ockold 10 Dec 1862 Worcestershire, England
Fernando Petrina 6 Dec 1862 Hampshire, England
Richard Rowlands 20 Mar 1862 Anglesey, Wales
William Robert Taylor 14 Aug 1862 Lancashire, England
Richard Thorley 18 Mar 1862 Derbyshire, England
John Ward 14 Aug 1862 Lancashire, England
Catherine Wilson 22 Sep 1862 Middlesex, England
Samuel Anderson 14 Dec 1861 Staffordshire, England
Nancy Armfield 3 Dec 1861 Lancashire, England
William Bates 9 Dec 1861 Worcestershire, England
William Beamish 12 Dec 1861 Warwickshire, England
David Brandrick 14 Dec 1861 Staffordshire, England
George Burkett 2 Dec 1861 Kent, England
William Clark 24 Jul 1861 Kent, England
William Cogan 23 Sep 1861 Middlesex, England
Martin Doyle 3 Aug 1861 Cheshire, England
Sarah Edwards 1 Aug 1861 Flintshire, Wales
William Gater 24 Jul 1861 Kent, England
Elizabeth Goddard 4 Mar 1861 Leicestershire, England
Byard Greenland 19 Dec 1861 Somerset, England
Elizabeth Griffin 20 Mar 1861 Shropshire, England
Robert Hacked 9 Mar 1861 Devon, England
Elijah Hewlett 6 Aug 1861 Somerset, England
Augustus Hilton 19 Jul 1861 Cambridgeshire, England
Charity Hoskins 1 Aug 1861 Cornwall, England
George Inkpen 25 Nov 1861 Kent, England
Thomas Jackson 7 Dec 1861 Hampshire, England
William Jones 14 Dec 1861 Staffordshire, England
James Jowitt 9 Jul 1861 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
James Land 7 Dec 1861 Norfolk, England
William Langdon 14 Dec 1861 Devon, England
George Leggatt 18 Mar 1861 Sussex, England
Peter MacCaffery 3 Dec 1861 Lancashire, England
William Maddox 14 Dec 1861 Staffordshire, England
William Maloney 23 Sep 1861 Middlesex, England
Peter Masterson 19 Aug 1861 Kent, England
George McDonald 6 May 1861 Middlesex, England
Richard Reeve 25 Nov 1861 Middlesex, England
George Riley 11 Mar 1861 Staffordshire, England
Henry Sherry 24 Jul 1861 Kent, England
George Smith 25 Jul 1861 Derbyshire, England
George Smith 9 Jul 1861 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
Willm Stacey 19 Jul 1861 Cambridgeshire, England
Thomas Stickley 24 Jul 1861 Kent, England
Frederick Strugnell 8 Jul 1861 Middlesex, England
John Thompson 12 Dec 1861 Warwickshire, England
Thomas Thompson 9 Jul 1861 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
James Waller 7 Dec 1861 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
Martha Spencer Weaver 15 Jul 1861 Essex, England
Charles Wedmore 19 Mar 1861 Somerset, England
Matthew Wedmore 19 Mar 1861 Somerset, England
George Wilby 9 Jul 1861 Yorkshire – North Riding, England
William Williams 21 Mar 1861 Breconshire, Wales
Ann Barkus 11 Jul 1860 Oxfordshire, England
William Briston 19 Jul 1860 Staffordshire, England
Joseph Butler 31 Jul 1860 Warwickshire, England
Willm Buttle 25 Jul 1860 Norfolk, England
George Cass 31 Jul 1860 Cumberland, England
Joseph Castle 12 Mar 1860 Bedfordshire, England
James Durkin 19 Jul 1860 Staffordshire, England
John Eccles 20 Feb 1860 Westmorland, England
James Edge 14 Dec 1860 Staffordshire, England
David Edwards 4 Jul 1860 Breconshire, Wales
John Fenton 18 Jul 1860 Nottinghamshire, England
Thomas Gallagher 8 Aug 1860 Lancashire, England
John Gay 7 May 1860 Surrey, England
William Hobby 22 Mar 1860 Herefordshire, England
Michael Hynes 11 Jul 1860 Hampshire, England
James Johnson 8 Dec 1860 Hampshire, England
Samuel Jones 12 Mar 1860 Staffordshire, England
William Jones 2 Jan 1860 Middlesex, England
Milner Lockey 5 Dec 1860 Durham, England
Peter Lynn 9 Jul 1860 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
Daniel Mahoney 1 Dec 1860 Glamorgan, Wales
Serafin Manzano 24 Mar 1860 Wiltshire, England
Charles May 3 Jul 1860 Sussex, England
James Mullins 22 Oct 1860 Middlesex, England
Michael O’Brien 7 Mar 1860 Yorkshire – West Riding, England
Ann Padfield 26 Nov 1860 Middlesex, England
John Pengelly 26 Jul 1860 Devon, England
Charles Pink 11 Jul 1860 Hampshire, England
George Plummeridge 17 Sep 1860 Middlesex, England
Francis Price 31 Jul 1860 Warwickshire, England
James Schlegel 7 May 1860 Middlesex, England
Robert Simpson 11 Jul 1860 Hampshire, England
James Slim 14 Dec 1860 Staffordshire, England
William Slimm 10 Dec 1860 Worcestershire, England
Thomas Smith 5 Dec 1860 Durham, England
John Spencer 9 Jul 1860 Middlesex, England
Samuel Twigg 14 Dec 1860 Staffordshire, England
John Walker 5 Dec 1860 Durham, England
William Walton 5 Dec 1860 Durham, England
John Williams 7 Mar 1860 Worcestershire, England
James Wookey 19 Mar 1860 Somerset, England
William Godfrey Youngman 13 Aug 1860 Surrey, England

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