THE
CHRONICLES   OF   CRIME;
OR,
The New Newgate Calendar.
BEING
A SERIES OF MEMOIRS AND ANECDOTES
OF
NOTORIOUS CHARACTERS
WHO HAVE OUTRAGED THE LAWS OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE EARLIEST
PERIOD TO 1841.

COMPRISING

COINERS.
EXTORTIONERS.
FORGERS.
FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTS.
FOOTPADS.
HIGHWAYMEN.
HOUSEBREAKERS. INCENDIARIES.
IMPOSTORS.
MURDERERS.
MUTINEERS.
MONEY-DROPPERS. PIRATES.
PICKPOCKETS.
RIOTERS.
SHARPERS.
TRAITORS.
&c., &c.

INCLUDING
A NUMBER OF CURIOUS CASES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

EMBELLISHED WITH FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS,
FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY “PHIZ.”

BY CAMDEN PELHAM, ESQ.,
OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

VOL. II

LONDON:
T. MILES & CO., 95, UPPER STREET.
1891.

 

CONTENTS.

Note.—The offence mentioned opposite to each name is that alleged against the person charged.

PAGE Abrahams, Alice. “The Gold Dust Robbery”, 480 Agricultural Riots, 213 Anderson, John, alias Beveridge. Piracy, 228     Balls, Robert. Forgery, 404 Banks, William. Burglary, 201 Barnett, Edward. Murder, 185 Bartlett, Charles Samuel. Murder, 453 Bell, James. Burglary, 201 Bell, John Amy Bird. Murder, 252 Berryman, James and Thomas. Burglary, 367 Beveridge, John, alias Anderson. Piracy, 228 Birmingham Riots—1839, 499 Bishop, John. Murder, 274 Bolam, Archibald. Manslaughter, 474 Bowers, Richard. Fraud, 126 Brandreth, Jeremiah. Treason, 17 Brock, Thomas. Coining, 1 Broughton, Edward Delves. Murder, 469 Brown, George. Conspiracy, 3 Brown, James. Coach Robbery, 242 Brown, William. Murder, 358 Brunt, John Thomas. Treason, 34 Burdock, Mary Anne. Murder, 398 Burke, William. Murder,

valign="bottom">166 Burt, William. Murder, 118     Calthorpe Street Riots, 378 Cant, George. Rape, 490 Canterbury Riots, 460 Cardigan, the Earl of. Assault with intent to Murder, 607 Carroll, Patrick. Murder, 401 Cashman, John. Riot, 3 Caspar, Lewin and Ellis. “The Gold Dust Robbery”, 480 Chalker, Edward. Murder, 397 Chartist Riots—1839-40, 515 Clarke, Edward. Murder, 247 Collins, Dennis. Treason, 356 Cook, James. Murder of Mr. Paas, 345 Corder, William. Murder, 146 Costello, William. Abduction, 65 Coster, Richard. Forgery, 370 Courvoisier, François Benjamin. Murder, 563 Cox, Job. Letter-stealing, 376 Cox, John, John, and Robert. Murder, 157 Crofts, John. Burglary, 382 Cussen, John, alias Walsh. Abduction, 65     Darwell, George. Embezzlement, 456 Davidson, William. Treason, 34 Davis, George James, alias Huntley. Piracy, 228 Day, John, alias Smith. Murder, 455 Devann, Patrick. Murder, 14 Dick, Samuel. Abduction, 26 Dillon, Luke. Rape, 230 Dobell, George, alias Thomas. Murder, 546

class="smcap">Doody, Daniel and William. Abduction, 65 Dorchester Labourers, 384     Edwards, John, alias Heath. Assault, 389 Ehlert, Jacob Frederick. Murder, 488 Eliot, Francis Lionel. Murder, 469 Ellis, William, alias Lambert. Murder, 546 Emond, Robert. Murder, 204 Evans, James. Murder, 105     Fauntleroy, Henry. Forgery, 93 Fisher, William. Burglary, 415 Fitzmaurice, Walter, alias Captain Rock. Abduction, 65 Flather, Harrison. Larceny, 619 Fletcher, George. Murder, 458 Flynn, John Turner. Forgery, 602     Garside, William. Murder, 393 Gilbert, Samuel. Robbery, 107 Gilchrist, William and George. Coach Robbery, 242 Gould, Richard, alias Nicholson. Burglary and Murder, 556 Greenacre, James, and Sarah Gale. Murder, 428     Haggart, David. Murder, 59 Harley, William, and Hills, James. Burglary, 415 Harris, Ann. Murder, 157 Harris, Thomas. Forgery, 404 Hart, John Minter. Forgery, 421 Heath, John, alias Edwards. Assault, 389 Hibner, Esther and Esther. Murder, 188 Higgins, Mary Anne. Murder, 247 Hogsden, Edward. Rape, 251 Holloway, John. Murder, 262 Hooper, John. Treason,

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@46595@[email protected]#page_007" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">7 Howard, William. Assault with intent to Rob, 141 Hunt, Henry. Misdemeanour, 29 Hunt, Joseph. Murder, 69 Huntley, George, alias Davis. Piracy, 228 Hunton, Joseph. Forgery, 161 Hussey, Charles. Murder, 22     Inglett, James. Manslaughter, 634 Ings, James. Treason, 34     Jobling, William. Murder, 354 Johnson, William. Murder, 362 Johnston, Robert. Robbery, 27 Jones, William. Murder, 138 Jourdan, William, alias Leary. Custom-house Robbery, 407     Kennedy, William. Murder, 358 Keppel, Charles. Murder, 68 Keys, Jeremy. Murder, 397 King, William. Robbery, 246 Kinnaister, Charles. Murder, 472     Lambert, William, alias Ellis. Murder, 546 Leaky, David, James, and Maurice. Abduction, 65 Leary, William, alias Jourdan. Custom-house Robbery, 407 Lecasser, Peter. Assault, 389 Lees, William. Murder, 494 Leith, Alexander Wellesley. Manslaughter, 98 Lightfoot, James and William. Murder, 551 Long, John St. John. Manslaughter, 217 Lovelace, James. Administering unlawful Oaths, 384 Ludlam, Isaac. Treason, 17 Lynn, Charles. Murder,

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">103     Mackcoull, James, alias Moffat. Burglary, 55 Mackey, Robert. Conspiracy, 3 Macnamara, Henry. Larceny, 309 Marchant, William John. Murder, 478 Martin, Jonathan. Arson, 192 Martin, Thomas. Body-stealing, 233 Medhurst, Francis Hastings. Manslaughter, 477 Merthyr Tydvil Riots, 256 Miller, William. Murder, 136 M‘Keand, Alexander and Michael. Murder, 109 Moir, Capt. William. Murder, 207 Montgomery, John Burgh, alias Wallace, alias Morgan. Forgery, 144 Moore, Richard. Forgery, 621 Moseley, Joseph. Murder, 393 Moses, Emanuel. “The Gold-dust Robbery”, 480 Moses, Mordecai. Forgery, 404 Mott, Henry. Custom-house Robbery, 407     Nesbett, James. Murder, 53 Nicholson, Arthur, alias Gould. Murder and Burglary, 556     O’Connor, Feargus. Sedition, 542 Owen, James. Murder, 546 Oxford, Edward. Treason, 583     Page, James. Houghing Cattle, 389 Patteson, Thomas. Manslaughter, 599 Peacock, George Edward. Forgery, 419 Peele, John, alias Watson. Forgery, 119 Pegsworth, Jonathan. Murder, 425 Pelham, John. Coining, 1 Penruddock, C. W. W. Assault, 426

Pierce, Alexander. Murder, 91 Power, Michael. Coining, 1 Preston, Thomas. Treason, 7 Probert, William. Horse-stealing, 100 Pugh, James. Murder, 157     Rae, Alfred. Assault with intent to commit a Rape, 386 Race, William. Manslaughter, 550 Reform Riots, 314 Riedy, Daniel. Abduction, 65 Riots, Agricultural, 213 Riots at Birmingham, 1839, 499 Riots at Bristol, 322 Riots, Calthorpe-street, 378 Riots at Canterbury, 460 Riots, Chartist, 1839-40, 515 Riots at Merthyr Tydvil, 236 Roach, William. Murder, 458 Robinson, Ann. Murder, 188 Rock, Captain, alias Walter Fitzmaurice. Abduction, 65 Ross, Elizabeth. Murder, 305     Salmon, Robert. Manslaughter, 417 Sams, David. Burglary, 632 Scanlan, John. Murder, 50 Seale, Wm. Custom-house Robbery, 407 Sheen, William. Murder, 123 Slade, Joshua. Murder, 134 Smith, Alexander M‘Laughlin. Murder, 604 Smith, John, alias Day. Murder, 455 Smith, John, alias Sapwell. Murder, 209 Smithers, Jonathan. Arson and Murder, 342

class="smcap">Solomon, Isaac, alias Ikey. Receiving stolen goods, 235 Stacey, John and John. Murder, 195 Stanynought, Henry. Murder, 403 Stephenson, Alexander, alias Telford. Piracy, 228 Stevens, Joseph Plant. Robbery, 244 Stevens, Rev. Joseph Rayner. Sedition, 495 Stevenson, William. Larceny, 633 Stoffel, Philip. Murder, 68 Sullivan, Stephen. Murder, 50 Sullivan, Thomas. Custom-house Robbery, 407 Summers, William. Larceny, 405 Swallow, William, alias Waldon. Piracy, 228     Taylor, John. Body-stealing, 233 Taylor, Robert. Polygamy, 594 Taylor, Thomas. Murder, 458 Telford, Alexander, alias Stephenson. Piracy, 228 Thistlewood, Arthur. Treason, 7 Thistlewood, Arthur. Treason, 34 Thomas, George, alias Dobell. Murder, 546 Thornton, Abraham. Murder, 19 Thurtell, John. Murder, 69 Tidd, Richard. Treason, 34 Timms, George. Murder, 455 Turner, William. Treason, 17     Varnham, John. Murder, 455 Vaughan, George. Conspiracy, 3     Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, William, and Frances. Abduction, 327 Waldon, William, alias Swallow. Piracy, 228 Wallace, John, alias Montgomery. Forgery, 144 Wallace, Patrick Maxwell

Stewart, and Michael Shaw, Stewart.
      Inciting a person to cast away a Ship, 624 Wood, George Alexander. Manslaughter, 98     Young, John. Murder, 469

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