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  • William Dove of Cardigan Place, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, about 35.

    Date: 9 Aug 1856

    Crime:
    Murder of his wife Harriet Dove n?e Jenkins, 28, at Leeds on 1 Mar 1856 by poisoning with strychnine.

    William Dove was the son of the late Christopher Dove of Park Square; before his father's death he had been a farmer at Woodhouse, near Normanton. Harriet Dove was the sister of Mr Jenkins, Professor of Mathematics at Madras, India. Dove pleaded insanity, which was rejected. The case generated a lot of newspaper coverage and much debate about the use of medical and psychiatric evidence in a trial.

    Chaplain's Journal: 9 Aug 1856. Leeds Mercury, 8 Mar 1856; 11 Mar 1856; 18 Mar 1856; 19 Jul 1856; 22 Jul 1856; 31 Jul 1856, 12 Aug 1856.

  • Charles Batty / Charles Battye, 28

    Date: 2 Apr 1836

    Crime:
    Attempted murder - cutting and maiming of Elizabeth Brown, with whom Batty cohabited, at Sheffield.

    Hull Packet, 11 Mar 1836. Preston Chronicle, 26 Mar 1836. Manchester Times, 9 Apr 1836.

  • 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.

  • William Thompson of Hamley, born about 1780

    Date: 19 Mar 1821

    Crime:
    Murder of his wife Elizabeth Thompson by cutting her throat with a razor, having believed her unfaithful.

    Leeds Mercury, 24 Mar 1821. Rede, York Castle, p 657.

  • John Greenwood of Heptonstall

    Date: 17 Mar 1817

    Crime:
    Murder of Samuel Sutcliffe of Oddie Hall, Heptonstall, cotton manufacturer, aged 81.

    The victim was strangled to death in the course of a burglary.

    Leeds Mercury, 22 Mar 1817.

  • Michael Pickles of Heptonstall

    Date: 17 Mar 1817

    Crime:
    Murder of Samuel Sutcliffe of Oddie Hall, Heptonstall, cotton manufacturer, aged 81.

    The victim was strangled to death in the course of a burglary.

    Leeds Mercury, 22 Mar 1817.

  • Ann Scalberd / Ann Scalbert, wife of Moses Scalberd of Batley

    Date: 12 Aug 1794

    Crime:
    Murder of her mother-in-law, Mary Scalberd of Batley, by poison; unsuccessfully pleaded her belly.

    General Gaol Delivery, 2 Aug 1794; Calendar of Felons, 2 Aug 1794. London Chronicle, 12 Aug 1794. Morning Post and Fashionable World, 22 Aug 1794. Criminal Chronology, p 130.

  • John Wright, formerly a soldier in the 37th Regiment of Foot when it was quartered at Leeds

    Date: 30 Mar 1771

    Crime:
    Breaking and entering at night into the dwelling house of John Green at Leeds and stealing a silver salver valued at ?5.

    Wright was acquitted of the wilful murder of James English on the occasion of the burglary. See also TNA: ASSI 45/30/1/145-160.

    TNA: ASSI 41/6; ASSI 42/8. Calendar of Felons, 9 Mar 1771. Middlesex Journal or Chronicle of Liberty, 28 Mar 1771. Criminal Chronology, p 86.

  • Joseph Rydale / Joseph Rydall / Joseph Riddell, born at Huddersfield, latterly of Bolsterstone and/or Midhope, collier, about 55

    Date: 29 Mar 1754

    Crime:
    Murder of Richard Marsden of Middop, huntsman to the Mr Fenton of Underbank, Pennystone, in 1744.

    See also TNA: ASSI 45/25/2/85.

    TNA: ASSI 41/4; 42/7. Public Advertiser, 6 Oct 1753; 6 Apr 1754. Criminal Chronology, p 64 (with erroneous date of 17 Aug 1754).

  • Joseph Shepherd of Holdsworth, former gentleman's servant and cab driver, 23

    Date: 3 Apr 1858

    Crime:
    Murder of Bethel Parkinson farmer and horse dealer, 30, on Wadsworth Moor, near Halifax, on 13 Jan 1858.

    Shepherd was the son of Robert Shepherd of Holdsworth, Ovenden, a furniture broker.

    Chaplain's Journal: 3 Apr 1858. Leeds Mercury, 16 Mar 1858; 18 Mar 1858; 6 Apr 1858.

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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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