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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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