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  • Benjamin Oldroyd / Benjamin Aldroyd of Sandal Magna, labourer, 46

    Date: 27 May 1805

    Crime:
    Murder of his father Joseph Oldroyd, aged 60 to 70.

    Elizabeth Oldroyd, Joseph's wife and Benjamin's mother, testified that her husband had suicidal tendencies and that she believed he had hanged himself. Benjamin Oldroyd protested his innocence until the end and physically resisted being hanged.

    The Hull Packet, 9 Apr 1805. Caledonian Mercury, 3 Jun 1805. Criminal Chronology, p 142.

  • Elizabeth Elliott of Thornton Rust

    Date: 26 Mar 1792

    Crime:
    Murder of Mary Walker at Thornton Rust.

    See also TNA: ASSI 45/37/3/77-78.

    General Gaol Delivery, 19 Mar 1792; Calendar of Felons, 19 Mar 1792. General Evening Post, 27 Mar 1792. Criminal Chronology, p 110.

  • George Harger / George Hargar

    Date: 18 Mar 1762

    Crime:
    Murder of John Moore at Southowram, near Halifax.

    In September 1761 Harger attempted to dig his way out of York Castle; was found several yards underground having dug so far with only a knife and a shoemaker's hammer; was afterwards chained to a wall with his accomplices: John Wilson, William Andrews and George Cox.

    TNA: ASSI 41/4; ASSI 42/7. London Evening Post, 24 Sep 1761. Criminal Chronology, p 82.

  • John Henry Wood / John Henry Greaves of Whiston, near Rotherham, farm labourer, 27

    Date: 11 May 1880

    Crime:
    Murder of John Coe, farm labourer, at Rotherham on 19 Feb 1880.

    The press were admitted to Wood's execution, unlike the previous execution of John Darcy in 1879.

    Leeds Mercury, 1 May 1880; 12 May 1880. Hull Packet, 10 May 1880.

  • Thomas Williams of Sheffield, basket-maker, 29

    Date: 12 Aug 1837

    Crime:
    Murder of Thomas Froggatt of Sheffield, basket-maker.

    On the scaffold Williams made an impassioned speech against the evils of intemperance and warned drunkards to 'go home and be so no more'. He left a wife and 5 children.

    Chaplain's Journal: 12 Aug 1837. Morning Chronicle, 16 Aug 1837. Particulars of the Trial and Execution of Thomas Williams, 1837, BL: 1870.c.2(664).

  • Peter Atkinson, 15

    Date: 6 May 1806

    Crime:
    Attempted murder - cutting and maiming of Elizabeth Stockton

    Criminal Chronology, p 143.

  • John Wilkinson of Holbeck, near Leeds, clothier, 32

    Date: 18 Mar 1805

    Crime:
    Murder of his wife Hannah Wilkinson by arsenic poisoning.

    Hull Packet, 2 Apr 1805. Criminal Chronology, p 142.

  • Mary Thorp / Mary Thorpe of Ecclesfield, domestic servant, born 1779

    Date: 18 Mar 1800

    Crime:
    Murder of her illegitimate child, a boy aged one week, by drowning.

    Court accepted she was suffering from 'milk fever' but did not believe it affected her sanity. See also TNA: ASSI 45/40/2/240-241.

    London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post, 18 Mar 1800. Rede, York Castle, p 195. Criminal Chronology, p 137.

  • James Beaumont of the Wicker, Sheffield, filesmith

    Date: 18 Jul 1796

    Crime:
    Murder of Sarah Turton, a woman with whom he cohabited, at Sheffield.

    See also TNA: ASSI 45/39/1/9.

    General Gaol Delivery, 9 Jul 1796. Sun, 19 May 1796. Star, 1 Aug 1796. Criminal Chronology, p 132.

  • George Bulmer of York, servant to Mr Simpson of Stonegate, York

    Date: 7 Aug 1775

    Crime:
    Murder of his wife Susannah Bulmer at Farlington on 19 Jun 1775.

    See also TNA: ASSI 45/32/1/40-42.

    TNA: ASSI 41/7; ASSI 42/9. Calendar of Felons, 29 Jul 1775. Public Advertiser, 11 Aug 1775. Criminal Chronology, p 89 (with date of 29 Jul 1775).

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  • Mary Endick

    Date: Lent 1724

    Crime:
    Murder of her illegitimate child; reprieved 28 Feb 1729.

    TNA: ASSI 41/2-48,51; ASSI 45/18/6-96; SP 36/10.

  • Joseph Vickers / Joseph Vickars

    Date: Lent 1750 York City

    Crime:
    Murder of John Bower; reprieved 14 years Summer 1750.

    TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4.

  • Elizabeth Conney / Elizabeth Coney

    Date: Summer 1744

    Crime:
    Murder of her illegitimate child (a son); reprieved 14 years Lent 1745.

    TNA: ASSI 41/3; ASSI 41/4.

  • Ann Nell / Anne Nell of Selby

    Date: Lent 1740

    Crime:
    Murder of an infant, Joseph Nell; confessed; reprieved 14 years Summer 1740.

    TNA: ASSI 41/4.

  • Thomas Harrison

    Date: Lent 1770

    Crime:
    Breaking and entering the dwelling house of Robert Whiting with an intent to kill and murder him and to steal his goods; reprieved 14 years Summer 1770.

    TNA: ASSI 41/6; ASSI 42/8. Calendar of Felons, 24 Mar 1770; 4 Aug 1770.

  • Francis Foremead / Francis Furmont

    Date: Summer 1724

    Crime:
    Murder of Mary Garside, wife of John Garside; reprieved.

    TNA: ASSI 41/2-51; ASSI 45/18/1-52.

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