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Title: The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2
Author: Camden Pelham
Illustrator: Hablot Knight Browne
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THE
C H R O N I C L E S O F C R I M E.
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, | 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 |
| 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, | 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, | 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 |
| 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 |