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  • Charles Gill of Knaresborough, threadmaker, 22

    Date: 7 Aug 1841

    Crime:
    Murder (with John Burlinson and Henry Nuttall) of Joseph Cocker, widower and keeper of the White Hart beer shop near the market place at Knaresborough, aged about 57.

    Leeds Mercury, 24 Jul 1841. Hull Packet, 13 Aug 1841.

  • John Burlinson of Knaresborough, threadmaker, 24

    Date: 7 Aug 1841

    Crime:
    Murder (with Charles Gill and Henry Nuttall) of Joseph Cocker, widower and keeper of the White Hart beer shop near the market place at Knaresborough, aged about 57.

    Leeds Mercury, 24 Jul 1841. Hull Packet, 13 Aug 1841.

  • Martin Slack of Norfolk Lane, Sheffield, whip-maker, 18

    Date: 30 Mar 1829

    Crime:
    Murder of his illegitimate child, the daughter of Elizabeth Haigh, by poison with aqua fortis.

    Slack claimed that the baby's mother, Elizabeth Haigh, murdered the child and set him up for the crime in revenge for his refusal to marry her. See a broadsheet published after his execution, The Confession of Elizabeth Haigh (1829), BL: 1870.c.2(482), which supports his claims.

    Leeds Mercury, 28 Mar 1829. Hull Packet, 31 Mar 1829.

  • Richard Holderness, son of Frank Holderness of Bishop Wilton, 22

    Date: 23 Apr 1825

    Crime:
    Attempted murder - shooting at Robert Manners of Pocklington, carrier, with an intent to kill and murder him.

    Leeds Mercury, 2 Apr 1825; 23 Apr 1825. Criminal Chronology, p 171.

  • John Robinson, 40

    Date: 3 Apr 1813

    Crime:
    Highway robbery of John Naylor.

    Hull Packet, 30 Mar 1813. Leeds Mercury, 10 Apr 1813.

  • Henry Sutcliffe of Cromwell Bottom, near Halifax, corn miller, 29

    Date: 3 Apr 1813

    Crime:
    Forgery of a bond for ?1000 in the name of John Taylor of Todmorden, with a view to defrauding Messrs. Rhodes, Briggs and Garlick, bankers of Halifax.

    Hull Packet, 30 Mar 1813. Leeds Mercury, 10 Apr 1813.

  • Thomas Wilbe / Thomas Wibble, mariner, captain of a packet trading between Selby and Hull, 31

    Date: 2 Apr 1808

    Crime:
    Rape of Mary Kay of Selby, aged 10, onboard his sloop.

    Leeds Mercury, 5 Mar 1808; 19 Mar 1808. Criminal Chronology, p 144.

  • William Barber, husbandry servant of Mr Mitton, farmer of Blindhardwick, Pontefract, 21

    Date: 2 Apr 1808

    Crime:
    Rape - carnal knowledge of Sarah Ann Mitton, Farmer Mitton's daughter, aged under 10.

    Legally not a case of rape, as rape was carnal knowledge of a female aged over ten without her consent; violation of a female below ten years was a capital crime regardless of consent.

    Leeds Mercury, 5 Mar 1808; 26 Mar 1808. Criminal Chronology, p 144.

  • Abraham Robertshaw of Stanningley, near Bradford, butcher

    Date: 27 Aug 1791

    Crime:
    Forgery - falsely endorsing with the name John Ward a bill originally drawn by Lodge & Co of Leeds on Baron Dimsdale & Co of London and paid to Jacob Stuffs of Whitwell on 28 Apr 1791.

    See also TNA: ASSI 45/37/2/148-150.

    Lloyd's Evening Post, 23 May 1791. Evening Mail, 7 Sep 1791. Criminal Chronology, p 109.

  • James Waller of Baildon Moor, woolcomber, 31

    Date: 4 Jan 1862

    Crime:
    Murder of William Smith / William Davey, head gamekeeper to Timothy Horsfall of Hawskworth Hall, near Baildon Moor, while poaching on 5 Nov 1861.

    Leeds Mercury, 19 Dec 1861; 27 Dec 1861; 11 Jan 1862.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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