CHRONICLES OF CRIME

Edited by Camden Pelham

OF THE INNER TEMPLE BARRISTER-AT LAW
with
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
BY PHIZ

 

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. I.

LONDON:
T. MILES & CO., 95, UPPER STREET.
1887.

 

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PREFACE

FEW words are necessary to introduce to our readers a work, the character and the object of which are so legibly written upon its title-page. “Chronicles of Crime” must comprise details, not only interesting to every person concerned for the welfare of society, but useful to the world in pointing out the consequences of guilt to be equally dreadful and inevitable. It is to be regretted that in most of the works of the present day, little attention is paid to the ultimate moral or beneficial effects to be produced by them upon the public mind; and that while every effort is made to afford amusement, no care is taken to produce those general impressions, so necessary to the maintenance of virtue and good order. The advantages of precept are everywhere admitted and extolled; but still more effectual are the lessons which are taught through the influence of example, whose results are but too frequently fatal. The representation of guilt with its painful and degrading consequences, has been universally considered to be the best means of warning youth against the danger of temptation;—the benefits to be expected from example are too plainly exhibited by the infliction of punishment to need repetition; and the more generally the effects of crime are shown, and the more the horrors which precede detection and the deplorable fate of the guilty are made known, the greater is the probability that the atrocity of vice may be abated and the security of the public promoted.

Having said thus much in recommendation of the object of this work, a few words as to its precise character may be added. Amusement and instruction are alike the results which are hoped to be secured. It is admitted by men, whose desire it is to make themselves acquainted with human nature, that jails and other places of confinement afford them a wide field for contemplation. The study of life, in all its varieties, is one no less interesting than useful. The ingenuity of thieves, depicted in their crimes, is a theme upon which all have opportunities to remark, in their passage through a life of communication with the world; and no less worthy of observation are the offences of men, whose outrages or cruelties have rendered them amenable to the laws, framed for the protection of society. All afford matter of contemplation to the mind, most likely to be attended with useful results. It may be observed that to persons of vicious inclination, effects the opposite to those which are suggested may be produced; but an answer as conclusive as it is just may be given to any such remark. The consequences of crime are as clearly exhibited as its motives and its supposed advantages, and few are hardy enough to declare or to exhibit a carelessness for punishment, or a contempt for the bitter fruits of their misdeeds. Presenting an example, therefore, of peculiar usefulness, it is trusted that the work will be found no less interesting than instructive. Combining these two most important qualities to secure its success, it is hoped that the patronage afforded it will be at least commensurate with the pains which have been bestowed upon its production.

It will be observed that in the preparation of these pages much care has been taken to preserve those features only which are likely to be acceptable to society. The most scrupulous attention has been paid to the rejection of such instances of guilt, the circumstances of which might be deemed unfit for general perusal. In a compass so circumscribed as that to which the work is confined, it would be impossible to give the history of every criminal who has undergone punishment for his offences, during the period to which our Chronicles extend: neither is that the object of the work. It is intended to embrace within its limits all those cases which from their details present outlines of attraction. The earlier pages are derived from sources of information peculiarly within the reach of the Editor, while those of a later period are compiled from known authorities as accurate as they are complete.

The comparison of the offences, and of the punishments of the last century, with those of more recent date, will exhibit a marked distinction between the two periods, both as to the atrocity of the one, and the severity of the other. Those dreadful and frequent crimes, which would disgrace the more savage tribes, and which characterised the lives of the early objects of our criminal proceedings, are now no longer heard of; and those characters of blood, in which the pages of our Statute-book were formerly written, have been wiped away by improved civilisation and the milder feelings of the people. It is but just to say that the provisions of a wise Parliament have not been unattended with proper results. Humanity has been permitted to temper the stern demands of justice; and however atrocious, it must be admitted, some of the crimes may be which have been recently perpetrated, and however numerous the offenders-it cannot be denied that the general aspect of the state of crime in this country is now infinitely less alarming than formerly.

The necessity for punishment as the consequence of crime, can neither be doubted nor denied. Without it the bonds of society must be broken—government in no form could be upheld. If, then, example be the object of punishment, and peace and good order, nay, the binding together of the community, be its effects, how useful must be a work, whose intention is to hold out that example which must be presumed to be the foundation of a well-ordered society.

The cases will be found to be arranged chronologically, which, it is presumed, will afford the most satisfactory and the most easy mode of reference. This advantage is, however, increased by the addition of copious indices.

London, July 1, 1840.

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CONTENTS.

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

PAGE Adams, Agnes. Forgery 505 Alden, Martha. Murder 445 Allen, George. Murder 444 Allen, William. Returned Transport 330 Armitage, Richard. Forgery 506 Aslett, Robert. Embezzlement 410 Atkins, James, alias Hill, alias Jack the Painter. Arson 269 Attaway, James. Burglary 226 Aram, Eugene. Murder 168 Avershaw, Lewis Jeremiah. Murder 347     Bailey, Richard. Burglary 226 Balfour, Alexander. Murder 3 Balmerino, Lord. Treason 107 Baltimore, Lord. Rape 213 Barrington, George, alias Waldron. Pickpocket 363 Bateman, Mary. Murder 458 Bellingham, John. Murder 527 Benson, Mary, alias Phipoe. Murder 358 Birmingham Riots (1780) 326 Blackburn, Joseph. Forgery 575 Blake, Joseph, alias Blueskin. Burglary 35 Blandy, Mary. Parricide 148 Bodkin, John, and Dominick. Murder 105 Bolland, James. Forgery 229 Bounty, Mutiny of 328 Bourne, John. Conspiracy

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">332 Bradford, Jonathan. Murder 107 Briant, Mary. Returned Transport 330 Bristol, Countess of, alias Duchess of Kingston. Bigamy 250 Broadric, Ann. Murder 343 Brown, Nicol. Murder 157 Brown, Joseph. Murder 456 Brownrigg, Elizabeth. Murder 204 Burt, Samuel. Forgery 316 Burgh, Rev. Richard. Conspiracy 332 Butcher, John. Returned Transport 330 Butterworth, William. Murder 342 Buxton, James. Murder 202     Caddell, George. Murder 7 Cameron, Dr. Archibald. Treason 154 Campbell, Alexander. Murder 452 Campbell, Mungo. Murder 227 Carr, John. Forgery 124 Carroll, Barney. Cutting and Maiming 197 Carson, Thomas. Murder 590 Caulfield, Frederick. Murder 141 Chandler, William. Perjury 145 Charteris, Col. Francis. Rape 76 Clayton, John. Burglary 522 Cobby, John. Murder 127 Colley, Thomas. Murder 138 Cook, Thomas. Murder 8 Cooke, Arundel. Cutting and Maiming 31 Cooper, James. Murder 454 Couchman, Samuel. Mutiny 131 Coyle, Richard. Piracy 84 Cox, Jane. Murder 507 Cummings, John. Conspiracy 332 Crosswell, John. Conspiracy 49 Dagoe, Hannah. Robbery 197 Davis, James. Conspiracy 332 Dawson, Daniel. Poisoning Race-horses 524 Dawson, James. Treason 122 De Butte, Louis, alias Mercier. Murder 272 De la Motte, Francis Henry. Treason 301 Derwentwater, Earl Of. Treason 19 Despard, Col. Edward Marcus. Treason 389 Dignum, David Brown. Fraud 268 Diver, Jenny, alias Mary Young. Pickpocket 96 Dixon, Margaret. Murder 71 Dodd, Dr. William. Forgery 274 Donally, James. Robbery 292 Downie, David. Treason 335 Dramatti, John Peter. Murder 9 Drew, Charles. Parricide 102 Duncan, William. Murder 436 Durnford, Abraham. Robbery 292     Elby, William. Murder 10 Emmet, Robert. Treason 382     Farmery, William. Murder 236 Farrell, James, alias Buck. Murder 202 Favey, James, alias O’Coigley. Treason 360 Fenning, Elizabeth. Murder 569 Ferguson, Richard, alias Galloping Dick. Robbery 371 Ferrers., Earl. Murder 181 Fleet Marriages 159

class="smcap">Foster, George. Murder 380 Francis, John. Treason 389 Fryer, James. Burglary 288     Gadesby, William. Robbery 325 Galloping Dick, alias Richard Ferguson. Robbery 371 Gardelle, Theodore. Murder 188 Gentleman Harry, alias Henry Sterne. Robbery 315 Gidley, George. Murder 199 Goodere, Capt. Samuel. Murder 103 Gordon, Thomas. Murder 318 Gow, John. Piracy 72 Grant, Jeremiah. Burglary 588 Gregg, William. Treason 12 Grierson, Rev. Jno., unlawful performance of the Marriage Ceremony 159 Griffenburg, Elizabeth. Accessory to a Rape 213 Griffiths, William. Robbery 234 Guest, William. Diminishing the Coin of the Realm 203     Hackman, the Rev. James. Murder 289 Hadfield, James. Treason 370 Hatfield, John. Forgery 394 Haggerty, Owen. Murder 437 Hamilton, Col. John. Manslaughter 16 Hammond, John. Murder 127 Hardwick, James. Conspiracy 349 Harris, Samuel. Murder 311 Harvey, Anne. Accessory To a Rape 213 Hawden, John. Conspiracy 349 Hawes, Nathaniel. Robbery 28 Hayden, James. Conspiracy 349 Hayes, Catherine. Murder 65 Haywood, Richard. Robbery 417 Heald, Joseph. Murder 378 Hebberfield, William. Forgery 521 Henderson, Matthew. Murder 116 Henley, John. Conspiracy 349 Hill, James, alias Jack the Painter 269 Hodges, Joseph. Cross-dropping 351 Holloway, John. Murder 437 Holmes, John. Body-stealing 273 Horne, William Andrew. Murder 179 Horner, Thomas. Burglary 288 Housden, Jane. Murder 18 Hunter, the Rev. Thomas. Murder 1 Hutchinson, Amy. Murder 133     Jackson, the Rev. Mr. Treason 346 Jack the Painter, alias Hill. Arson 269 Jacobs, Simon. Conspiracy 349 Jeffries, Elizabeth. Murder 152 Jenkins, William. Burglary 522 Jennison, Francis. Murder 342 Jobbins, William. Arson 324 Johnson, William. Murder 18 Jones, Laurence. Robbery 333 Kearinge, Matthew. Arson & Murder 453 Keele, Richard. Murder 18 Kendall, Richard. Robbery 552 Kenmure, Lord. Treason 19 Kidd, Capt. John. Piracy 4 Kilmarnock, Earl Of. Treason 107 King, William. Cutting and Maiming 197 Kingston, Duchess of,

alias Countess of Bristol. Bigamy. 250 Knight, Thomas. Mutiny 131     Lancey, Capt. John. Arson 156 Layer, Christopher. Treason 32 Lazarus, Jacob. Murder 227 Le Maitre, Peter. Stealing 267 Leonard, John. Rape 235 Lilly, Nathaniel. Returned Transport 330 Lisle, alias Major J. G. Semple. Swindling 564 London, Riots of 295 Lovat, Lord. Treason 118 Lowe, Edward. Arson 324 Lowther, William. Murder 18 Luddites, The 549     Magnis, Harriet. Child-stealing 510 Mahony, Matthew. Murder 103 Malcolm, Sarah. Murder 79 Male, Samuel. Robbery 236 Marrs, Murder of the 513 Martin, James. Returned Transport 330 Massey, Capt. John. Piracy 30 Mathison, James. Forgery 295 Mayne, Robert. Mutiny 196 M‘Can, Townley. Conspiracy 332 M‘Canelly, John. Burglary 151 Merritt, Amos. Burglary 237 Mercier, Francis, alias De Butte. Murder 272 Metyard, Sarah, and Sarah Morgan. Murder 210 Mills, John. Murder 132 Mills, Richard. Murder 127 M‘Ilvena, Michael. Unlawfully performing the Marriage Ceremony 560 Mitchell, Samuel Wild. Murder 415 Mitchell, James. Murder 562 M‘Kinlie, Peter. Murder 199 M‘Naughton, John. Murder 191 Morgan, Edward. Murder and Arson 158 Morgan, John. Mutiny 131 Morgan, Luke. Burglary 151 Mutiny of the Bounty 328 Mutiny at the Nore 353     Newton, William. Robbery 300 Nicholson, Philip. Murder 555 Nore, Mutiny at 353 North, John. Murder 311     O’Coigley, James, alias Favey. Treason 360     Page, William. Robbery 165 Paleotti, Marquis de. Murder 25 Palmer, John. Burglary 448 Parker, Richard. Mutiny 353 Parsons, William. Returned Transport 142 Patch, Richard. Murder 430 Perfect, Henry. Fraud 419 Perreau, Robert and Daniel. Forgery 244 Phillips, Thomas. Robbery 27 Phillips, Morgan. Murder and Arson 294 Phillips, John. Conspiracy 349 Phipoe, Maria Theresa, alias Mary Benson. Murder 358 Phipps, Thomas, Sen. and Jun. Forgery 319 Picton, Thomas. Unlawfully Applying The Torture 423 Porteous, Captain John. Murder 81 Porter, Solomon. Murder

valign="bottom">227 Price, John. Murder 26 Price, George. Murder 87 Price, Charles. Forgery 312 Probin, Richard. Cross-dropping 351     Quintin, St., Richard. Murder 199     Rann, John, alias Sixteen-stringed Jack. Robbery 242 Ratcliffe, Charles. Treason 118 Richardson, John. Piracy 84 Riots, Birmingham (1780) 326 Riots of London 295 Roach, Philip. Piracy 34 Ross, Norman. Murder 136 Rowan, Archibald Hamilton. Sedition 340 Rudd, Margaret Caroline. Forgery 249 Ryan, John. Arson and Murder 453 Ryland, William Wynne. Forgery 308     Sawyer, William. Murder 566 Scoldwell, Charles. Stealing 350 Semple, Major J. G. Swindling 564 Sheeby, Father. Murder 202 Sheppard, James. Treason 24 Sheppard, John. Burglary 38 Simmons, Thomas. Murder 450 Sixteen-stringed Jack. Robbery 242 Sligo, the Marquis of. Enticing Seamen from H.M. Navy 526 Smith, John. Robbery 11 Smith, John. Mutiny 196 Smith, Robert. Robbery 379 Smith, Francis. Murder 399 Solomons, John. Conspiracy 349 Spencer, Barbara. Coining 27 Spiggot, William. Robbery ib. Sterne, Henry, alias Gentleman Harry. Robbery 315 Swan, John. Murder 152     Tapner, Benjamin. Murder 127 Terry, John. Murder 378 Thomas, Charles. Forgery 506 Thornhill, Richard. Manslaughter 15 Tilley, William. Conspiracy 349 Townley, Francis. Treason 122 Trusty, Christopher. Returned Transport 310 Turpin, Richard. Robbery 89 Tyrie, David. Treason 307     Underwood, Thomas. Robbery 325     Vaux, James Hardy. Privately Stealing 481     Waldron, George, alias Barrington. Pickpocket 363 Wall, Joseph. Murder 374 Walsh, Benjamin. Felony 511 Watt, Robert. Treason 335 Weil, Levi and Asher. Murder 227 White, Huffey. Robbery 552 White, Charles. Murder 103 Whiting, Michael. Murder 509 Whitmore, John, alias Old Dash. Rape 504 Wild, Jonathan. Receiving Stolen Goods 51 Wilkinson, the Rev. Mr. Unlawfully performing the Marriage Ceremony 208 Wilkes, John. Sedition 220 Williamson, John. Murder 208 Williamsons, Murder of the

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">513 Williams, Peter. Body-stealing 273 Williams, Renwick. Cutting and Maiming 320 Winton, Earl of. Treason 19 Woodburne, John. Cutting and Maiming 31 Wood, Joseph. Robbery 325 Wood, John. Treason 389     York, William. Murder 127 Young, Mary, alias Jenny Diver. Pickpocket 96     Zekerman, Andrew. Murder 199