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.

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[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]
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[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[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]