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The Complete Newgate Calendar
Volume Four

CONTENTS

JOHN PLACKETT Executed on the City Road, London, 28th of July, 1762, for robbing a Danish gentleman, whom he treated with barbarity.	1
PETER ANNET Convicted and pilloried for blaspheming, in Michaelmas Term, 1762.	3
JAMES FARR, WILLIAM SPARRY AND WILLIAM BIDDLE Executed at Tyburn, 10th of November, 1762, for forging a will.	3
DANIEL BLAKE Executed for the murder of John Murcott, butler to Lord Dacre, 28th of February, 1763.	4
WILLIAM HARROW The flying highwayman, executed at Hertford, on the 28th of March, 1763.	6
ANN BEDDINGFIELD AND RICHARD RINGE The woman burned for the murder of her husband, and the man hanged for being her accomplice, near Ipswich, 8th of April, 1763.	8
JOHN RICE A city stockbroker, executed at Tyburn, 4th of May, 1763, for forgery.	11
PAUL LEWIS An officer of the Royal Navy, who became a highwayman, and was executed at Tyburn, 4th of May, 1763	14
HANNAH DAGOE Sentenced to death for robbing a poor woman. She struggled violently with the executioner on the scaffold, 4th of May, 1763.	16
THOMAS WATKINS Executed in the market-place of Windsor, 7th of March, 1764, for murder.	17

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WILLIAM CORBETT An American, executed at Tyburn, 4th of April, 1764, for the murder of his landlord and his family.	18
JOHN WESKET AND JOHN COOPER The former was executed at Tyburn, 9th of January, 1765, for robbing his master, the Earl of Harrington ; and the latter transported for fourteen years for receiving stolen goods.	20
BARNEY CARROL AND WILLIAM KING Convicted under the Coventry Act for cutting and maiming, and executed at Tyburn, 31st Of July, 1765.	23
JOHN CROUCH AND WIFE Convicted for offering to sell, on the Royal Exchange, a young girl, 12th of May, 1766.	25
THE COUNTESS OF BRISTOL OTHERWISE THE DUCHESS OF KINGSTON Whose trial for bigamy, at Westminster Hall, was attended by the Queen and other members of the Royal Family	26
SAMUEL ORTON Clerk to the Court of Requests, executed 14th of January, 1767, for forging two letters of attorney, in the name of Captain Bishop, by means of which he received one thousand pounds from the Bank of England.	41
JOHN WILLIAMSON A deliberate and cruel murderer, who tortured and starved his wife to death. Executed in Moorfields, 19th of January, 1767.	44
ELIZABETH BROWNRIGG Executed at Tyburn, 14th of September, 1767, for torturing her female apprentices to death.	46
WILLIAM GUEST Executed at Tyburn, 14th of October, 1767, for high treason, in diminishing the current coin of the realm.	50
JAMES SAMPSON A treacherous and base villain, executed at Tyburn, 11th of March, 1768, for robbing and setting fire to his benefactor's house.	51
JOHN WILKES, ESQ., M.P. Whose arrest and conviction for writing seditious and blasphemous pamphlets led to riots in London in 1768.	54

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JAMES GIBSON A gentleman, executed at Tyburn, 23rd of March, 1768, for forgery on the Bank of England.	58
SARAH METYARD AND SARAH MORGAN METYARD, HER DAUGHTER Executed at Tyburn, 19th Of July, 1768, for the cruel murders of parish apprentices.	59
ELIZABETH RICHARDSON Executed at Tyburn, 21st of December, 1768, for murdering an attorney-at-law, in Symond's Inn, Chancery Lane.	63
JAMES ATTAWAY AND RICHARD BAILEY Executed at Tyburn, 4th of July, 1770, for committing a burglary after tying up the butler.	64
PETER CONWAY AND MICHAEL RICHARDSON Executed at Tyburn, 19th of July, 1770, for a murder which was their first essay in crime.	66
PETER M'CLOUD Hanged for housebreaking, On 27th of May, 1771, before he had attained the age of sixteen.	68
JOHN EYRE, ESQ. Transported, 23rd of November, 1771, for stealing paper out of the Guildhall of the City of London.	70
DR LEVI WEIL, ASHER WEIL, JACOB LAZARUS AND SOLOMON PORTER A gang of robbers who committed murder, and were executed at Tyburn, 9th of December, 1771.	71
HENRY JONES, FRANCIS PHOENIX AND CHARLES BURTON Executed at Tyburn, 3rd of February, 1772, for burglary at the house of Sir Robert Ladbroke, a City banker.	74
JAMES BOLLAND A sheriff officer, and a most unconscionable villain, executed at Tyburn, 18th of March, 1772, for forgery.	77
JONATHAN BRITAIN A plausible rascal, who was executed at Bristol, 15th of May, 1772, for forgery.	86
WILLIAM GRIFFITHS Executed at Tyburn, 20th of January, 1773, for a highway robbery.	89

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GEORGE BARRINGTON A well-dressed pickpocket who "worked" in churches and the Houses of Parliament, and was convicted on 15th of March, 1773.	91
WILLIAM FIELD ALIAS GREEN Executed on Kennington Common, 1st of September, 1773, for highway robbery.	93
WILLIAM COX Who played marbles and kept a pet sparrow to aid him in the commission of robberies. Executed at Tyburn, 27th of October, 1773.	95
ELIZABETH HARRIET GREEVE A clever swindler, transported for felony, in the year 1773.	97
JOHN RANN Commonly called 'Sixteen-string Jack." Executed at Tyburn, 30th of November, 1774 for highway robbery.	99
AMOS MERRITT Having saved an innocent man from the gallows, he himself was executed at Tyburn, 10th of January, 1775, for burglary.	102
LAMBERT READING Hackney-coachman and leader of a gang of robbers, executed at Chelmsford, 10th of August, 1775, for burglary.	103
DANIEL AND ROBERT PERREAU Twin brothers, who, though popularly believed to be innocent, were executed at Tyburn, 17th of January, 1776, for forgery.	104
PETER LE MAITRE Convicted, 7th of March, 1777, of robbing the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.	107
JAMES HILL Commonly called "John the Painter"; an incendiary, who aimed at the destruction of the nation. Executed at Ports- mouth, 10th of March, 1777.	108
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG Convicted of murder, but cheated the gallows by hanging himself, 17th of March, 1777.	111
DAVID BROWN DIGNUM Convicted, 5th of April, 1777, of fraudulently pretending to sell places under Government, and sentenced to hard labour on the Thames.	112

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ANN MARROW Pilloried at Charing Cross, 22nd of July, 1777, for marrying three women.	113
DR WILLIAM DODD Doctor of Divinity, Prebendary of Brecon, Chaplain-in- Ordinary to his Majesty, and minister to the Magdalen Hos- pital. Executed at Tyburn, 27th of June, 1777, for forgery.	114
JOHN HARRISON An assurance corporation accountant, who was convicted of forgery in 1777, but afterwards received his Majesty's pardon.	119
FRANCIS MERCIER OTHERWISE LOUIS DE BUTTE Executed in Prince's Street, opposite Swallow Street, in the city of Westminster, 8th of December, 1777, for murder.	123
JOHN HOLMES AND PETER WILLIAMS Publicly whipped, by the sentence of the Middlesex Court of Quarter Sessions, for December, 1777, for stealing dead bodies.	125
JAMES ELLIOT Executed at Maidstone, in March, 1778, for a forgery on the Bank of England, attended with circumstances which were left to the twelve judges for determination.	126
GEORGE ROACH, ROBERT ELLIOT AND JONAS PARKER Who were convicted, the first two of stealing, and the other of receiving part of a lead coffin from Aldermanbury church, in 1778.	128
ALEXANDER SCOTT City of London hoaxed by a false proclamation of war, April, 1778.	130
THOMAS HORNER AND JAMES FRYER Executed for burglary and robbery under threats of violence, 24th of June, 1778.	132
FRANCIS LEWIS OTHERWISE GRIMISON Cobweb as a clue to a bogus burglary committed by a butler, who was executed at Tyburn, 24th of June, 1778.	133
JAMES DONALLY A blackmailer, who was convicted of highway robbery, 22nd of February, 1779.	136
THE REV. JAMES HACKMAN Executed at Tyburn, 19th of April, 1779, for murdering Miss Reay outside Covent Garden Theatre.	139

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JAMES MATHISON Who forged bank-notes so cleverly that they could not be distinguished from genuine ones. Executed at Tyburn, 28th of July, 1779.	141
A. DURNFORD AND W. NEWTON Executed at Tyburn, 22nd of November, 1780, for a robbery under singular circumstances.	143
LORD GEORGE GORDON AND OTHERS An account of the riots in London in 1780.	144
JOHN DONELLAN, ESQ. Executed for the murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton, Bart., his brother-in-law, 2nd of April, 1781.	148
FRANCIS HENRY DE LA MOTTE A French spy, who was executed at Tyburn, 27th of July, 1781, for high treason.	153
WILLIAM WYNNE RYLAND Engraver to his Majesty. Executed at Tyburn, in August, 1783, for forging a bill of exchange.	156
RICHARD CARPENTER Convicted at the Lent Assizes, 1785, Hampshire, and executed at Winchester.	158
CHARLES PRICE A notorious swindler and bank-note forger, who committed suicide in 1786.	159
MICHAEL WALKER, RICHARD PAYNE AND ROBERT COX Executed opposite Smart's Buildings, Holborn, London, 18th of December, 1786, for murder.	164
JOHN ELLIOT, M.D. Acquitted of a serious crime, he killed himself by hunger- striking because of a vindictive sentence for a minor offence.	165
HENRY STERNE Commonly called "Gentleman Harry." Convicted of stealing the Duke of Beaufort's pendant, 1787.	168
THOMAS DENTON His misapplied talents led to his downfall, and he was executed before Newgate, 1st of July, 1789, for making base coin.	170
THOMAS GORDON Executed at Northampton, 17th of August, 1789, for a murder ordered by his mother.	173

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THOMAS PHIPPS, ESQ., AND THOMAS PHIPPS, HIS SON. Executed for a forgery committed by the younger man, who exonerated his father, 5th of September, 1789.	174
SAMUEL HINCHCLIFFE Convicted at the Westminster Sessions in January, 1790. Imprisoned and publicly whipped for a fraudulent trick.	175
JOHN DYER A Westminster schoolboy, executed at Newgate, 5th of August, 1790, for forgery.	177
EDWARD LOWE AND WILLIAM JOBBINS Young incendiaries, who set fire to a house in order to plunder it, and were executed in the City, 20th of November, 1790.	178
RENWICK WILLIAMS Commonly called "The Monster." Convicted 13th of December, 1790, of a brutal and wanton assault on Miss Ann Porter.	180
JOHN BELVILLE Convicted at the Old Bailey, 16th of February, 1791, for a robbery from "the dwelling-house of her Majesty, called Buckingham House."	183
BARTHOLOMEW QUAILN Executed, after a great legal argument, on 7th of March, 1791, in the Isle of Ely, for the murder of his wife.	184
JOSEPH WOOD AND THOMAS UNDERWOOD Two fourteen-year-old boys, executed at Newgate, 6th of July, 1791, for robbing another boy.	187
JOSEPH LORRISON Known among thieves as "Jumping Joe." Executed on Kennington Common, 8th of August, 1792, for robbery on the highway.	187
THE REV. RICHARD BURGH, JOHN CUMMINGS, ESQ., CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY, TOWNLEY M'CAN, ESQ., STUDENT OF LAW, JAMES DAVIS AND JOHN BOURNE Convicted of a conspiracy to set fire to the King's Bench Prison, February, 1793.	188
THE REV. MR JACKSON Convicted of treason, in Dublin, 23rd of April, 1793, but died of poison at the bar of the court, at the moment death would have been pronounced upon him.	192

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LAURENCE JONES A notorious swindler, sentenced to death in 1793, but who hanged himself three days before the date of his execution.	195
ELIZABETH MARSH A fifteen-year-old girl, executed for the murder of her grand- father, March, 1794.	197
HENRY GOODIFF A boy condemned to death for robbing a pieman, who had swindled him on Hounslow Heath, of a few halfpence, March, 1794.	198
ANNE BROADRIC Indicted for murdering a man who had jilted her for another woman, 17th of July, 1794.	199
LEWIS JEREMIAH AVERSHAW Executed on Kennington Common, 3rd of August, 1795 for shooting a peace officer in the act of apprehending him.	203
KID WAKE Convicted and imprisoned for an assault upon his Majesty, on the 20th of February, 1796.	206
RICHARD PARKER The chief of the mutineers in the British Fleet. Executed at the yardarm of L'Espion man-of-war in 1796, at Sheerness.	207
WILLIAM LEE Executed before Newgate, 20th of April, 1796, for burglary.	211
HENRY WESTON Betrayed his employer's confidence, committed forgery, and was executed before Newgate, 6th of July, 1796.	212
CHARLES SCOLDWELL A sheriff officer, convicted of stealing two ducks, and sen- tenced on 23rd of July, 1796, to transportation for seven years.	214
JOHN CLARKE Executed near Bromley, in Kent, 29th of July, 1796, for murdering a dairymaid.	217
JOSEPH HODGES AND RICHARD PROBIN Convicted at the Old Bailey, 1796, of a confidence trick called cross-dropping, and sentenced to transportation.	218
SARAH PENELOPE STANLEY The female trooper, convicted at the Old Bailey, in October Sessions, 1796, of petty larceny.	221

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JAMES M^cKEAN Executed for murder, 25th of January, 1797, at Glasgow.	222
MARTIN CLENCH AND JAMES MACKLEY Believed to be innocent of a charge of murder, they were executed before Newgate, 5th of June, 1797, after the gallows collapsed.	223
REBECCA HOWARD Executed at Norwich, 27th of August, 1797, for the murder of her illegitimate child.	225
MARIA THERESA PHIPOE Executed before Newgate, 11th of December, 1797, for murder	225
ROBERT LADBROKE TROYT A boy of seventeen, executed before Newgate, 28th of November, 1798, for forgery, his first offence.	228
JAMES TURNBULL A private soldier, executed before Newgate, 15th of May, 1799, for robbing the Mint.	229
MARGARET HUGHES Executed at Canterbury, 24th of July, 1799, for murdering her husband.	230
JAMES BRODIE A blind man, who was executed in 1800 for the murder of his boy guide.	231
RICHARD FERGUSON "Galloping Dick," convicted at the Lent Assizes, 1800, at Aylesbury, and executed for a highway robbery.	232
SARAH LLOYD Convicted of larceny in April, 1800, and executed in spite of extraordinary efforts to get her reprieved.	237
JAMES HADFIELD Tried for shooting at his Majesty at Drury Lane Theatre, on Thursday, 15th of May, 1800.	242
THOMAS CHALFONT A post-office sorter, executed before Newgate, 11th of November, 1800, for stealing a bank-note out of a letter.	244
JAMES RILEY AND ROBERT NUTTS Executed before Newgate, 24th of June, 1801, for highway robbery.	245

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JOSEPH WALL, ESQ. Formerly Governor of Goree. Executed 28th of January, 1802, nearly twenty years after committing the crime, for ordering a soldier to be flogged to death.	246
HENRY COCK Executed before Newgate, 23rd of June, 1802, for forgery, whereby he swindled his benefactor's estate.	250
WILLIAM CODLIN Executed 27th of November, 1802, for scuttling a ship, of which he was captain.	252
GEORGE FOSTER Executed at Newgate, 18th of January, 1803, for the murder of his wife and child, by drowning them in the Paddington Canal; with a curious account of galvanic experiments on his body.	257
COLONEL EDWARD MARCUS DESPARD, JOHN FRANCIS, JOHN WOOD, THOMAS BROUGHTON, JAMES SEDGWICK WRATTON, ARTHUR GRAHAM AND JOHN MACNAMARA Executed in Horsemonger Lane, Southwark, 21st of February, 1803, for high treason.	259
JOHN TERRY AND JOSEPH HEALD Executed under extraordinary circumstances at York, 21st of March, 1803, for murder.	267
CAPTAIN MACNAMARA Who killed Colonel Montgomery in a duel arising out of a quarrel about dogs, and was acquitted on a charge of man- slaughter.	270
ROBERT SMITH Executed before Newgate for robbing coachmen on the high- way, 8th of June, 1803.	275
JOHN HATFIELD "The Keswick Impostor." Executed at Carlisle, 3rd of September, 1803, for forgery; with particulars of the once celebrated "Beauty of Buttermere," a victim to his villainy.	277
FRANCIS SMITH Condemned to death on 13th of January, 1804, for the murder of the supposed Hammersmith ghost, but pardoned soon afterwards.	283

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ANN HURLE Executed before Newgate, 8th of February, 1804, for forgery, at the age of twenty-two.	288
ROBERT ASLETT Assistant cashier of the Bank of England. Condemned to death for embezzling Exchequer bills to a large amount, entrusted to his charge, and respited during his Majesty's pleasure, 18th of November, 1804.	291
RICHARD HAYWOOD A violent and hardened sinner, who was executed along with John Tennant, before Newgate, 30th of April, 1805, for robbery.	294
HENRY PERFECT A most plausible begging-letter swindler, transported to Botany Bay, in April, 1805.	296
ELIZABETH BARBER ALIAS DALY Who smoked her pipe after murdering a pensioner. Executed near Maidstone, 25th of May, 1805.	297
WILLIAM CUBITT Executed in November, 1805, for stealing valuable jewellry from the Earl of Mansfield	299
THOMAS PICTON, ESQ. Late Governor of Trinidad. Convicted 24th of February, 1806, of applying torture, in order to extort confession from a girl.	300
RICHARD PATCH Executed on the top of the New Prison, in the borough of Southwark, 8th of April, 1806, for murder, after a trial at which accommodation was provided for the Royal Family	307
CHARLES HEMMINGS AND GEORGE BEVAN Bogus Bow Street officers who robbed a clergyman, and were executed, April, 1806.	309
JOHN DOCKE ROUVELETT ALIAS ROMNEY After maliciously prosecuting a woman he was executed at Ilchester, at the Summer Assizes, 1806, in Somersetshire, for forgery	310
JOHN HOLLOWAY AND OWEN HAGGERTY A hundred spectators were killed or injured in a crush at the execution of these men before Newgate, 22nd of February,	318

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JOHN MAYCOCK Executed 23rd of March, 1807, on the top of the New Jail, Horsemonger Lane, Southwark, for the murder of an old lone lady, Mrs Ann Pooley, in company with John Pope, who was admitted evidence for the Crown.	328
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**LIST OF PLATES**
Jonathan Wild on his way to the Gallows	Frontispiece
Elizabeth Brownrigg	47
Dr Dodd and Joseph Harris at the place of execution	114
The Rev. James Hackman and Miss Reay	158
Lord George Gordon and the Attack on Newgate	144

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