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 |
Henry Bedingfield | 10 Nov 1879 | Suffolk, England | |
John Biggs | 12 Jul 1879 | Leicestershire, England | |
Catherine Churchill | 29 Apr 1879 | Somerset, England | |
William Cooper | 24 Apr 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
John Darcy | 1 May 1879 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
Thomas Dean | 8 Nov 1879 | Wiltshire, England | |
James Dilley | 5 Aug 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
Stephen Gambrill | 11 Jan 1879 | Kent, England | |
Jonathan Geydon | 20 Oct 1879 | Essex, England | |
Benjamin Hall | 7 Nov 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas Johnson | 2 May 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
Emily Jones | 2 May 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
Robert Fosborough Lines | 14 Jul 1879 | Staffordshire, England | |
Thomas Spooner Litherland | 29 Jul 1879 | Derbyshire, England | |
Gerald Mainwaring | 29 Jul 1879 | Derbyshire, England | |
William McGuinness | 17 Jan 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
Thos Bartlett Mumford | 11 Jan 1879 | Kent, England | |
Charles Peace | 28 Jan 1879 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Thomas Perryman | 31 Mar 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
Mary Rainbow | 5 Aug 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
John Ralph | 2 Aug 1879 | Warwickshire, England | |
Thomas Richardson | 11 Jan 1879 | Northumberland, England | |
Mary Ann Sanderson | 23 Jul 1879 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
Edward Saunders | 23 Apr 1879 | Gloucestershire, England | |
William Sharratt | 25 Apr 1879 | Cheshire, England | |
Charles Shurety | 15 Dec 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
James Simons | 3 Mar 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
Selina Stanhope | 6 Nov 1879 | Lincolnshire, England | |
William Tilly | 29 Apr 1879 | Gloucester, England | |
Annie Took | 17 Jul 1879 | Devon, England | |
Emma Waller | 28 Apr 1879 | Lincolnshire, England | |
Catherine Webster | 30 Jun 1879 | Surrey, England | |
John Whelan | 31 Oct 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
Enoch Whiston | 18 Jan 1879 | Worcestershire, England | |
John Anderson | 26 Oct 1878 | Northumberland, England | |
William Batty | 14 Jan 1878 | London, England | |
John Brooks | 22 Jan 1878 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
Patrick John Byrne | 24 Oct 1878 | Northamptonshire, England | |
James Caffyn | 19 Jan 1878 | Hampshire, England | |
James Donoghue | 11 Jan 1878 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Joseph Garcea | 29 Oct 1878 | Monmouthshire, England | |
Henry Gilbert | 4 Nov 1878 | Huntingdonshire, England | |
Ellen Heesom | 31 Jan 1878 | Cheshire, England | |
Ellen Lanigan | 24 Jul 1878 | Lancashire, England | |
James McGowan | 24 Oct 1878 | Lancashire, England | |
George Piggott | 11 Jan 1878 | Lancashire, England | |
Rudolph Reuter | 14 Jan 1878 | London, England | |
Charles Joseph Revill | 5 Jul 1878 | Essex, England | |
Charles Devereux Robinson | 14 Jan 1878 | London, England | |
Harry Rowles | 9 Mar 1878 | Oxfordshire, England | |
Thomas Smithers | 16 Sep 1878 | Surrey, England | |
Thomas Thorton | 24 Jul 1878 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
James Trickett | 22 Jan 1878 | Lancashire, England | |
Obed Usher | 22 Jul 1878 | Surrey, England | |
Robert Vest | 9 Jul 1878 | Durham, England | |
Selina Wadge | 26 Jul 1878 | Cornwall, England | |
Vincent Knowles Walker | 25 Mar 1878 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
Frederick Edwin Baker | 20 Mar 1877 | Warwickshire, England | |
James Bannister | 10 Mar 1877 | Cheshire, England | |
Mary Bennett | 7 Jul 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
Mary Jane Brown | 30 Jul 1877 | Suffolk, England | |
Ann Cartledge | 3 Nov 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
William Clark | 3 Mar 1877 | Lincolnshire, England | |
John Golding | 23 Jul 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas Gray | 29 Oct 1877 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
William Hussell | 29 Oct 1877 | Devon, England | |
John Henry Johnson | 6 Mar 1877 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Cadwalader Jones | 29 Oct 1877 | Merionethshire, Wales | |
Harry Leigh | 21 Jul 1877 | Cheshire, England | |
John Lynch | 17 Sep 1877 | Middlesex, England | |
Michael MacConnon | 8 Jan 1877 | Middlesex, England | |
Patrick MacGovern | 23 Jul 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
John MacKenna | 27 Feb 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
Jules Mannett | 19 Nov 1877 | Surrey, England | |
Henry March | 29 Oct 1877 | Norfolk, England | |
Thomas Pratt | 22 Oct 1877 | Middlesex, England | |
Alice Rhodes | 17 Sep 1877 | Kent, England | |
Henry Rogers | 10 Jul 1877 | Staffordshire, England | |
James Satchwell | 1 Nov 1877 | Leicestershire, England | |
Caleb Smith | 21 Jul 1877 | Surrey, England | |
Frances Isabella Standard | 28 Jun 1877 | Hampshire, England | |
John Henry Starkey | 12 Jul 1877 | Leicestershire, England | |
Elizabeth Ann Staunton | 17 Sep 1877 | Kent, England | |
Louis Adolphus Edmund Staunton | 17 Sep 1877 | Kent, England | |
Patrick Llewellyn Staunton | 17 Sep 1877 | Kent, England | |
John Swift | 1 Nov 1877 | Leicestershire, England | |
Francis George Tidbury | 16 Feb 1877 | Berkshire, England | |
Henry Tidbury | 16 Feb 1877 | Berkshire, England | |
Sophie Martha Todd | 23 Jul 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
Frederick Treadaway | 5 Feb 1877 | Middlesex, England | |
John Upton | 1 Nov 1877 | Leicestershire, England | |
James Young | 12 Mar 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
Cornelius Asher | 8 Jul 1876 | Leicestershire, England | |
Silas Barlow | 20 Nov 1876 | Surrey, England | |
Robert Browning | 22 Nov 1876 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
Giovanni Cacaris | 1 May 1876 | London, England | |
Pascalis Caladis | 1 May 1876 | London, England | |
John Calligan | 6 Dec 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
Mattes Cargalis | 1 May 1876 | London, England | |
William Challons | 15 Jul 1876 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
Emily Church | 20 Nov 1876 | Essex, England | |
James Dalgleish | 23 Nov 1876 | Cumberland, England | |
Edward Deacon | 1 Apr 1876 | Gloucester, England | |
William Drant | 23 Nov 1876 | Lincolnshire, England | |
John Eblethrift | 8 Aug 1876 | Middlesex, England | |
William Fish | 22 Jul 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
William Flannagan | 23 Nov 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas Fordred | 11 Mar 1876 | Kent, England | |
John Thomas Green | 29 Nov 1876 | Leicestershire, England | |
William Habron | 23 Nov 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
George Hill | 22 Mar 1876 | Hertfordshire, England | |
George Hunter | 6 Mar 1876 | Northumberland, England | |
George Kaida | 1 May 1876 | London, England | |
Edward Legg | 31 Jul 1876 | Gloucester, England | |
Lucy Low | 1 Jul 1876 | Bedfordshire, England | |
Mary Peterson Mahoney | 11 Dec 1876 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Isaac Marks | 11 Dec 1876 | Surrey, England | |
Harry Mascall | 9 Mar 1876 | Kent, England | |
Charles O’Donnell | 20 Nov 1876 | Middlesex, England | |
James Parris | 10 Jul 1876 | Kent, England | |
Elizabeth Swatman | 1 Apr 1876 | Suffolk, England | |
Richard Thompson | 22 Jul 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
John Webber | 1 Apr 1876 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Henry Webster | 7 Apr 1876 | Norfolk, England | |
John Williams | 29 Jun 1876 | Durham, England | |
John William Anderson | 29 Nov 1875 | Northumberland, England | |
William Baker | 7 Aug 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
Peter Blanchard | 22 Jul 1875 | Lincolnshire, England | |
Rose Brown | 13 Jul 1875 | Derbyshire, England | |
Richard Charlton | 29 Nov 1875 | Northumberland, England | |
Richard Coates | 2 Mar 1875 | Essex, England | |
Edward Cooper | 7 Aug 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
Jeremiah Corkery | 7 Jul 1875 | Warwickshire, England | |
Mary Elizabeth Coward | 3 May 1875 | Middlesex, England | |
Elizabeth Daunton | 3 Aug 1875 | Somerset, England | |
Joseph Drinkwater | 20 Sep 1875 | Middlesex, England | |
Mark Fiddler | 24 Jul 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
George Fordham | 13 Dec 1875 | Leicestershire, England | |
Michael Gillighan | 6 Jul 1875 | Durham, England | |
William Hancock | 6 Dec 1875 | Staffordshire, England | |
Alfred Thomas Heap | 24 Mar 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
William Hole | 2 Apr 1875 | Gloucester, England | |
John Kavannah | 8 Mar 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
William Mac Cullogh | 24 Jul 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
William McHugh | 6 Jul 1875 | Durham, England | |
Frederick Momsen | 12 Jul 1875 | London, England | |
John Morgan | 8 Mar 1875 | Kent, England | |
Philip Morris | 9 Aug 1875 | Gloucester, England | |
Michael Murphy | 12 Jul 1875 | Essex, England | |
Elizabeth Pearson | 6 Jul 1875 | Durham, England | |
Edward Phillips | 4 Dec 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
George Richards | 4 Aug 1875 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Robert Searle | 17 Mar 1875 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
William Smedley | 29 Nov 1875 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
John Stanton | 8 Mar 1875 | Staffordshire, England | |
Joseph Stonestreet | 20 Sep 1875 | Middlesex, England | |
Charles Street | 20 Mar 1875 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
Henry Wainwright | 22 Nov 1875 | Middlesex, England | |
Peter Campbell | 8 Dec 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
John Caton | 7 Mar 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas Chamberlain | 7 Mar 1874 | Northamptonshire, England | |
John Walter Coppen | 21 Sep 1874 | Surrey, England | |
James Cranwell | 14 Dec 1874 | Middlesex, England | |
Hugh Daley | 8 Dec 1874 | Durham, England | |
Henry Flanagan | 8 Aug 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
James Henry Gibbs | 4 Aug 1874 | Monmouthshire, England | |
James Godwin | 4 May 1874 | Middlesex, England | |
James Grant | 4 Aug 1874 | Somerset, England | |
William Jackson | 28 Jul 1874 | Yorkshire – East Riding, England | |
Sarah Ann Liddell | 12 Dec 1874 | Worcestershire, England | |
John McCrave | 8 Dec 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas McDonald | 23 Jul 1874 | Devon, England | |
Michael Mullen | 8 Dec 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
William Parker | 12 Jan 1874 | Middlesex, England | |
George Posslett | 25 Nov 1874 | Surrey, England | |
Frederick Smith | 25 Feb 1874 | Warwickshire, England | |
Thomas Smith | 26 Oct 1874 | Hampshire, England | |
Frances Stewart | 8 Jun 1874 | Middlesex, England | |
Robert Taylor | 7 Dec 1874 | Staffordshire, England | |
Mary Williams | 8 Aug 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
William Worthington | 8 Dec 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
Edward Abbott | 8 Aug 1873 | Somerset, England | |
Edwin Bailey | 19 Dec 1873 | Gloucestershire, England | |
Anne Barrey | 19 Dec 1873 | Gloucestershire, England | |
Charles Edward Butt | 19 Dec 1873 | Gloucestershire, England | |
James Connor | 13 Aug 1873 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas Corrigan | 10 Dec 1873 | Lancashire, England | |
Mary Ann Cotton | 1 Mar 1873 | Durham, England | |
Mary Elizabeth Davidson | 11 Mar 1873 | Lancashire, England | |
Charles Dawson | 3 Dec 1873 | Durham, England | |
Andrew Joseph Duncan | 6 Mar 1873 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Henry Evans | 17 Jul 1873 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
Edward Gough | 3 Dec 1873 | Durham, England | |
Hugh Hagan | 19 Feb 1873 | Cumberland, England | |
Benjamin Hudson | 11 Jul 1873 | Derbyshire, England | |
Harriet Morris | 24 Mar 1873 | Denbighshire, Wales | |
Thomas Ward Nichols | 20 Dec 1873 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
William Thompson | 3 Dec 1873 | Durham, England | |
Joseph Turnbull | 8 Jul 1873 | Durham, England | |
George Beesley | 10 Dec 1872 | Durham, England | |
Francis Bradford | 20 Jul 1872 | Kent, England | |
Marguerite Diblane | 10 Jun 1872 | Middlesex, England | |
Christiana Edmunds | 8 Jan 1872 | Sussex, England | |
Christopher Edwards | 24 Jul 1872 | Staffordshire, England | |
Augustus Elliott | 18 Nov 1872 | Middlesex, England | |
Charles Field | 3 Aug 1872 | Cheshire, England | |
James Flynn | 27 Jul 1872 | Lancashire, England | |
Francis Thomas Gem | 24 Feb 1872 | Warwickshire, England | |
Edward Handcock | 6 Dec 1872 | Warwickshire, England | |
Catherine Hanlon | 10 Dec 1872 | Lancashire, England | |
John Hays | 10 Dec 1872 | Durham, England | |
Charles Holmes | 18 Jul 1872 | Worcestershire, England | |
William Frederick Horry | 11 Mar 1872 | Lincolnshire, England | |
Michael Kennedy | 30 Nov 1872 | Lancashire, England | |
William Lace | 2 Aug 1872 | Somerset, England | |
Patrick Leonard | 21 Mar 1872 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Robert McLean | 7 Dec 1872 | Kent, England | |
Thomas Moore | 20 Jul 1872 | Kent, England | |
Terence Rice | 10 Dec 1872 | Durham, England | |
Edward Roberts | 29 Feb 1872 | Oxfordshire, England | |
Hugh Slane | 10 Dec 1872 | Durham, England | |
Richard Spencer | 10 Dec 1872 | Lancashire, England | |
James Tooth | 20 Jul 1872 | Kent, England | |
Lydia Venables | 19 Aug 1872 | Middlesex, England | |
Sarah Vernon | 11 Mar 1872 | Staffordshire, England | |
John Selby Watson | 8 Jan 1872 | Surrey, England | |
James Wright | 6 Jul 1872 | Leicestershire, England | |
Richard Addington | 12 Jul 1871 | Northamptonshire, England | |
Arthur Frederic Brown | Oct 1871 | Westmorland, England | |
William Bull | 13 Mar 1871 | Bedfordshire, England | |
Ellen Bumbee | 28 Feb 1871 | Hertfordshire, England | |
Rachel Busby | 12 Jul 1871 | Oxfordshire, England | |
Michl Campbell | 3 Apr 1871 | Essex, England | |
George Ellis | 24 Jul 1871 | Lancashire, England | |
Robert Hodgson | 20 Jul 1871 | Lancashire, England | |
Frederick Jones | 20 Dec 1871 | Gloucestershire, England | |
John Kirk | 5 Dec 1871 | Leicestershire, England | |
Samuel Wallis | 14 Dec 1871 | Derbyshire, England | |
John Webster | 5 Dec 1871 | Leicestershire, England | |
Claude Scott Woolley | 5 Jun 1871 | Middlesex, England | |
Henry Boole | 11 Apr 1870 | Warwickshire, England | |
John Carpenter Carver | 8 Aug 1870 | Surrey, England | |
Patrick Durr | 1 Dec 1870 | Lancashire, England | |
Charlotte Elliott | 10 Dec 1870 | Lancashire, England | |
Edward Greatley | 1 Dec 1870 | Lancashire, England | |
Susannah Hyde | 2 Mar 1870 | Oxfordshire, England | |
Patrick Jennings | 11 Mar 1870 | Staffordshire, England | |
John Jones | 20 Jul 1870 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
Walter Millar | 11 Jul 1870 | Middlesex, England | |
William Mobbs | 10 Mar 1870 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
Thomas Ratcliffe | 22 Jul 1870 | Dorset, England | |
Willm Redhead | 11 Jul 1870 | Middlesex, England | |
Patrick Riley | 30 Nov 1870 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
James Rutterford | 23 Mar 1870 | Suffolk, England | |
Jacob Spinasa | 28 Feb 1870 | Middlesex, England | |
Margt Waters | 19 Sep 1870 | Surrey, England |
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