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Abductions, account of several daring, i. 180-188; ii. 306-311;
Captain Clifford, of Mrs. Synderfin, a rich widow, i. 180;
Swainson, a Dane, of Miss Rawlins, an heiress, i. 181;
Captain Campbell (brother of the Earl of Argyle), of Miss Wharton, an heiress, i. 181;
Count Konigsmark, of Lady Ogle, i. 182-188;
the brothers Edward Gibbon Wakefield and William Wakefield, of Miss Turner, an heiress, ii. 306-311.
Abershaw, Jerry, execution of, i. 270.
Agar, concerned in the gold robbery on the South-Eastern Railway, ii. 391-395.
Akerman, Mr., keeper of Newgate, i. 306, 342, 343;
Wilkes’s letter to, 430;
his instructions as to gaol fees, 432;
his account of the ravages of the gaol fever, 443;
brave and judicious conduct of, at a fire in Newgate, 447, 448;
Boswell and Johnson on his humanity to the prisoners, 447, 449;
the Rev. Mr. Hackman and Dr. Dodd on, 450 and n.;
his conduct during the attack on Newgate by the Lord George Gordon rioters, 465.
Alexander, keeper of Newgate in Mary’s time, type of a brutal gaoler, i. 80-84.
Allen, Cardinal John, intercepted letter from, i. 92.
Amusements, brutality of popular, ii. 52.
Andrews, John, Mayor of Sudbury, committed to Newgate for imprisoning a Star Chamber messenger, i. 104.
Angelini, Edmund, an Italian, offers himself to be executed in the stead of Fauntleroy, ii. 299.
Articles, the Six, of Henry VIII., persecutions for infringement of, i. 73, et seq.
Ascham, Master Sheriff, humanity of, i. 83.
Ashley, transported for robbing clubs of which he was a member, ii. 346.
Askew, Anne, persecution and burning of, i. 76-78.
Audeley, Lord, Lord Chancellor, i. 74.
Ayliffe, John, execution of, I. 272.
‘Bad Money,’ paid for admission to Newgate, explanation of the phrase, ii. 107.
Bailey, Rev. W., LL.D., transported for life for forging a promissory note, ii. 341.
Bakers in old London, punishment of, for adulterating bread and giving light weight, i. 31, 32;
case of one John Brid for stealing dough, 32 n.
Baldock, Robert de, Chancellor to Edward II., death of, in Newgate, i. 25.
Bambridge, warden of the Fleet Prison, charges against, ii. 80.
Barber, William Henry, a solicitor, transported for forging wills, ii. 341-343.
Baretti, Joseph, tried for manslaughter and acquitted, i. 391-393.
Barlow, Mr., of Burton Hall, attempt of, to escape from Newgate, i. 309.
Barrett, Michael, executed for complicity in the Clerkenwell explosion, ii. 421;
the last person publicly executed at Newgate, 421.
Barrington, George, the notorious pickpocket, career of, ii. 33-35.
Barthelemy, Emanuel, executed for murder, ii. 371.
Bastwick, release of, from prison, i. 130;
in the pillory, 236.
Bateman, a systematic forger, ii. 454-456.
Bayfield, Richard, a relapsed heretic, case of, i. 71.
Bean, J. W., attempts the life of the Queen, ii. 291, 292.
Beaufort, Duke of, robbed of his “George,” ii. 33.
Beckford, Lord Mayor, i. 14.
Belchier, William, highwayman, capture of, i. 411.
Bell, Dr., his inflammatory sermon rouses the citizens against foreign workmen, i. 64;
is committed to the Tower, 66.
Bellamont, Lord, and the suppression of piracy, i. 416-418.
Bellayse, Sir Henry, in Newgate, i. 141.
Bellingham, execution of, for murder, ii. 244.
Bennet, Hon. H. G., letter to Common Council on state of Newgate, i. 18;
on the condition of convicts in Newgate, ii. 102, 104, 108;
becomes a member of Prison Discipline Society, 151.
Bernardi, Major, forty years in Newgate, i. 203;
account of his career, 226-230.
Bidwells, the, forgers of acceptances on the Bank of England, ii. 466-469.466-469.
Bigamists, male and female, i. 242.
Bilbows, or Bilboes, room in Newgate, i. 158;
origin of the name, 158 n.
Bird, Mr. Edward, executed for murder, i. 376.
Bishop, executed for “burking” many victims, and selling their bodies, ii. 330-333.
Bishops, list of, who owned prisons, i. 429.
‘Black Dogge of Newgate,’ the, a 17th-century pamphlet, i. 121.
Blackstone on the illegality of ironing prisoners, i. 429.
Boiling alive, punishment of, i. 62, 63.
Bolair, Mr. A., a Jacobite, in Newgate, i. 210, 220.
Bolland, James, bill forger, ii. 10.
Bonner, Bishop, his persecutions of Protestants, i. 74, et seq.
Boroski, one of the murderers of Mr. Thynne, i. 183.
Borough Compter, state of, ii. 85;
foulness and overcrowding in, 156, 157.
Borough prisons the worst in the kingdom, ii. 173, 174, 178, 179, 495-497.495-497.
Boswell, James, on Mr. Akerman, the keeper of Newgate, i. 447, 448.
Bousfield, William, shocking scene at the execution of, ii. 271.
Bow Street runners, evidence of Townsend, one of the, as to the state of crime, ii. 3;
number, duties, and remuneration of, 29.
Branding, the punishment of, i. 232.
Branks, the punishment of the, i. 245.
Brid, John, case of, for stealing dough, i. 32 n.
Bristol Gaol, shocking state of, ii. 158-160.
Bromley, Sir T., Lord Chancellor, intercedes for Crowder, i. 95.
Brown, Mr., gaoler of Newgate, on the improvements introduced, ii. 163.
Brownrigg, Mrs. Elizabeth, murderess, i. 372-374.
Brunt, one of the Cato Street conspirators, ii. 283.
Buckhurst, Lord, in Newgate, i. 141.
Bucquinte, Andrew, a leader of City thieves, i. 26.
Budden, George, escape of, from Newgate, i. 313.
Bullion, robbery of, at the Custom House, in 1834, ii. 321-325;
of 12,000 sovereigns at Mile End, 325;
the great robbery of, on the South-Eastern Railway, 390-395.
Buncher, forger of bank-notes, ii. 456-460.
Burdett, Sir Francis, sent to the Tower, ii. 61, 62.
Burgess, a clerk in the Bank of England, transported for life for defrauding it of £8000, ii. 343-345.
Burgess, a guard, concerned in the gold robbery on the South-Eastern Railway, ii. 391-395.
Burglaries—at Lambeth Palace, ii. 312;
at Grimaldi and Johnson’s in the Strand, 312;
at the Custom House, 321-325;
at a bonded warehouse, 322-325;
at a bank, 345;
and at royal palaces, 345.
Burke, Edmund, his power of creating a capital felony, ii. 4.
Burke and Hare, reference to the murders committed by, ii. 329.
Burnett, forger of bank-notes, ii. 456-460.
Burning of Newgate by the Gordon rioters, i. 463-473.
Burning to death, the last instance of, in England, ii. 236, 237.
Burnworth, Edward, pressed to death, i. 254;
his projected plan of escape, 301.
Burton, release of, from prison, i. 130.
Bury St. Edmunds Gaol a model prison, ii. 160, 161.
Bute, Lord, and his influence over the Princess of Wales, i. 393.
Butler, William, highwayman, i. 406.
Buxton, Mr., his philanthropic labours on behalf of prisoners, ii. 151, et seq.;
exonerates gaolers from blame, 162 n.;
on moral deterioration, 165.
Cagliostro, Count, and Lord George Gordon, i. 479.
Calcraft, objections to his mode of hanging, ii. 272;
his antecedents and habits, 273;
how he became hangman, his character, remuneration, &c., 411-415.
Calendar, Gaol, i. 317-374.
Calendars, Newgate. See Newgate Calendars.
Calverly, W., pressed to death, i. 251.
Campbell, Captain, his abduction of Miss Wharton, i. 181.
Campbell, Sir James, Lord Mayor, i. 58.
Cannon, chimney-sweep, transported for life for a murderous attack on a police constable, ii. 370, 371.
Capital punishments, public feeling against, ii. 263;
abolition of, in a number of cases formerly so visited, 264;
as a consequence the number of death sentences in England falls from 438 in 1837 to 56 in 1839, 264.
Cardan, Jerome, reference to his ‘Commentaries,’ i. 61 n.
Cashman, one of the Spafield rioters, conduct after condemnation, ii. 102 and n.
Cato Street conspiracy, account of, ii. 278;
antecedents of Thistlewood, the leader, 279;
the Government acquainted with the plot by the informer Edwards, 280;
plan of the conspirators, 280;
their capture, 281;
trial, 282;
and execution, 283, 284.
Cellar, the, an underground tavern in Newgate, i. 152.
Chandler, one of the Wagner and Bateman gang of forgers, ii. 455.
Chapel yard, Newgate, description of, ii. 69.
Charterhouse, ten friars of the, sent to Newgate, i. 72.
Charteris, Colonel Francis, account of his career, i. 345-347.
Chesterfield Gaol, state of, i. 428.
‘Chronicle of Tyburn,’ the, i. 319.
Clarke, John, executed for clipping, ii. 22.
Clarke, Mrs. Mary Ann, her career
as trafficker in the sale of places, ii. 42;
and her connection with the Duke of York and Colonel Wardle, 42, 43.
Clarke, Sir Simon, highwayman, i. 406.
Clergy, benefit of, abuse of, i. 62.
Clerkenwell New Prison, shocking state of, ii. 175.
Clifford, Captain, his abduction of Mrs. Synderfin, i. 180.
Clipping and coining in the 17th century, i. 164-166;
number and profits of the clippers and coiners, 164-166;
in the 18th century, ii. 22;
two early clippers—John Clarke, 22;
and William Guest, 22-24.
Clubs, robbery of plate from, by a member, ii. 346.
Cobbett, William, imprisoned for libel, ii. 62.
Coining in the 17th century, i. 164-166;
in the 18th century, ii. 24;
enormous extent to which it was carried, 24;
number of private mints and persons employed, 24, 25;
five kinds of silver money, 26;
two kinds of copper, 27;
number of persons prosecuted in a given period, 27;
and nature of the punishment inflicted, 27;
account of Cummings, the resurrectionist and coiner, 460-462.
Coke, Sir Edward, on the derivation of the title ‘pie powder’ given to a certain court, i. 42 n.
Cokke, William, punishment of, for endeavouring to enhance the price of wheat in old London, i. 30.
Coleman, Robert, case of, committed to Newgate, i. 102.
Collins, John, attempts the life of William IV., ii. 284.
Commons, House of, prosecutions for libels on the, ii. 61, 62.
Compters, the, of Ludgate, Giltspur Street, and the Borough, ii. 84.
Condemned, treatment and conduct of the, in Newgate, i. 150; ii. 101-104, 213-216;
treatment of the, from sentence to execution, 249. et seq.;
Gibbon Wakefield on, 252-254;
the Recorder’s report regarding, 252;
the ordinary censured for his sermon to, 254;
Gibbon Wakefield’s account of the Sunday service when the condemned sermon was preached, 255-260;
bodies of the, given for dissection, 265, 266;
demeanour of the, 424-429.
Condemned cell in Newgate, i. 150.
Coney-catching, Greene’s description of, i. 123-129.
Coo, Thomas, case of, over twenty years a prisoner in Newgate, i. 101.
Cope, Mr., governor of Newgate, incompetency of, ii. 193, 199, 200, 252, 253.
Corporation, rights and privileges of the, i. 27-43;
dispute between the, and the sheriffs as to the right to appoint the keeper of Newgate, 48-50;
and with the Lords of the Council on the same subject, 50, 51;
high-handed dealing of the, with certain citizens, 67, 68;
commit an alderman to Newgate for refusing to be sworn, 105;
order of the, that all prisoners acquitted at the Old Bailey should be discharged without fees, 432;
appoint a committee to inquire into the condition of N ewgate, ii. 109;
they propose certain stringent reforms in it, 110-113.
Cottington, Jack, a famous highwayman, account of, i. 172-175.
Cotton, Mr., ordinary of Newgate, his discouragements and censure, ii. 216, 217;
is censured for the tone of his condemned sermon before Fauntleroy, 254.
Courvoisier, his execution, ii. 245;
scenes at, 245;
crowded and fashionable congregation to hear his condemned sermon, 262;
and enormous crowd to see him hanged, 263;
discovery of the murder, 348;
apprehension, trial,
confession, and conviction, 348-353.
Cowday, Walter, keeper of Newgate, charges against, i. 162.
Crabbe’s account of the burning of Newgate, i. 470-472.
‘Craftsman,’ prosecution of the, for libel, ii. 57.
Crawford, Mr., inspector of prisons, i. 19.
Crawford, Mr. William, one of the prison inspectors, appointed—his antecedents, ii. 189;
his labours, 190, et seq.
Crime, summary of state of, in first half of 18th century, i. 322, et seq.;
cause of the prevalence of, 330;
drunkenness, 331;
gaming, 332, et seq.;
efforts made by the benevolent for the repression of, 337, 338;
various typical cases of crime, 339, et seq.
See Crimes and Criminals.
Crimes and Criminals, ii. 2-68;
state of crime at the opening of the present Newgate, 2-4;
evidence of Mr. Townsend, a Bow Street runner, on the subject, 3, 4;
ruthless nature of the penal code, 4-6;
efforts of Sir Samuel Romilly to ameliorate it, 5;
their ultimate success, 6;
forgery a capital crime, 6;
effects of this on the general public, 6;
the Bank of England the most implacable prosecutor of forgers, 7;
strong feeling against these prosecutions, 8;
early forgers, 9-22;
clipping a capital crime, 22;
two early clippers, 22-24;
coining, 24;
enormous extent to which it was carried, 24;
five kinds of silver money and two of copper, 26, 27;
number of persons prosecuted in a given time, and nature of their punishment, 27;
little security for life or property, 28;
the watchmen, their character, duties, and remuneration, 28;
Bow Street runners, their number, duties, and remuneration, 29;
rewards offered for the conviction of criminals, 29 and n.;
injurious effect of this on the police, 29;
impunity with which robberies were committed, 31;
and attacks in the public streets, 31, 54;
thence back to Ludgate, 55;
condition of, in Newgate in time of Henry VIII., 69, 70;
accommodation for, in Newgate, 150-152, 153-157;
they are almost starved to death, 427;
the male debtors’ side of Newgate, ii. 68;
the female debtors’ side, 69;
statistics of the number of writs issued and arrests made for debt in 1802, 74;
amounts owing, and expenses incurred in recovering, 74, 75;
courts for the recovery of debts, 75;
injustice of the City Courts of Requests, 75-77;
a prisoner for a penny, 77;
condition of debtors in the King’s Bench Prison, 78-80;
in the Fleet, 80-82;
in the Marshalsea, 82-84;
in the Compters of Ludgate, Giltspur Street, and the Borough, 84, 85;
state of, in Newgate, 85;
garnish and other extortionate fees exacted from, 85-87;
wretched condition of, for food, bedding, and fire, 88, 89;

uncleanness and overcrowding amongst, 89;
how order was preserved, 90;
White Cross Street Prison is erected to relieve Newgate, 91.
Decapitation, the punishment of, i. 255.
Defoe in the pillory, i. 237.
Dennis, John, the hangman, heads the Lord George Gordon rioters, i. 467.
Diamonds, robbery of, in 1834, ii. 322-325;
by a sea captain, 347;
by the Tarpeys, 465.
Dignities, punishment for speaking evil of, i. 110.
Dignum, David James, his career as swindler, ii. 41.
Dissection, bodies of murderers given for, ii. 265, 266;
abolition of the practice, 265, 266.
Dodd, Dr., career of, ii. 12;
forges a bond for £4200, 14;
extraordinary efforts made to save him, 15;
Lord Mansfield’s opposition, 16 n.;
his execution, 17.
Drunkenness, prevalence of, a great cause of crime, i. 331.
Drury, Sir Robert, Lord Mayor, i. 58.
‘Dryad,’ case of the wilful shipwreck of the, for the heavy insurance, ii. 338-341.
Dublin “engine of death,” or gallows, description of, ii. 235.
Dundonald, Lord, sentenced to the pillory, i. 239.
Duval, Claude, the highwayman, account of, i. 175-177.
Edmonson, Mary, story of the execution of, ii. 121-124.
Edmunds, Christina, the poisoner, ii. 471.
Edward I., great penal statute of, i. 27.
Edward IV., his great charter to the citizens of old London, i. 44.
Edward VI., nature of the prisoners in his reign, i. 86-89.
Edwards, conviction of, for attempt to rob Mr. Gee, a solicitor, ii. 314-317.
Edwards, the informer in the Cato Street conspiracy, ii. 282.
Egremond, Lord, in Newgate, i. 26.
Elder, a horse-dealer, assists in defrauding the Bank of England, ii. 343-345.
Elizabeth, Queen, religious and political prisoners in her reign, i. 89-92.
Ellwood, Mr., his description of Jack Ketch’s kitchen, Newgate, i. 155 n.
Ely Gaol, barbarous mode of securing prisoners in, i. 429.
“England, Young,” account of the imaginary association so called, ii. 287-289.
Erskine. Mr., defends Lord George Gordon, i. 475.
Escapes from Newgate, i. 286-316;
early instances of, 288-293;
methods of, 290, et seq.;
Sir Nicholas Poyntz’s, 290;
Edward Lunsford’s, 290, 291;
Jack Sheppard’s, 294-300;
Daniel Malden’s, 301-308;
George Flint’s, 308;
attempt of Scott, a highwayman, 309;
Jacobite escapes, 309, et seq.;
attempt of Mr. Barlow of Burton Hall, 309;
Mr. Forster’s, 311;
Brigadier Macintosh’s and others, 312;
George Budden’s, 313;
Mr. Ratcliffe’s, 314-316;
attempt of C. T. White, 339;
of John Williams, 400;
daring and successful escape of H. Williams, 401-404;
various successful and unsuccessful attempts at, 404-409;
last attempt at, 409.
“Evil May-day” rising of the City prentices against foreign workmen, i. 64-67.
Exchequer, frauds on the, ii. 62-64;
by Mr. A. Davidson, 62;
and Mr. V. Jones, 63.
Exchequer bills, altering and counterfeiting of, i. 348.
Executioners, list of early, i. 278;
their bungling performances, 279. See Hangmen.
Executions, early public, i. 10-12;
first at Tyburn, 10;
then at Newgate, 12.
‘Executions, The History of,’ i. 321.
Executions, i. 231-285;
early forms of punishment, 232, et seq.;
branding, 232;
mutilation, 233;
the pillory, 235-240;
the stocks, 240;
the cucking-stool, 242;
the branks, 245;
whipping, 245;
variety of capital punishments, 247, et seq.;
the doom of Damiens, 248;
and of Ravaillac, 249;
drowning, 250;
pressing to death, 250;
decapitation, 255;
strangulation, 256;
places of execution in London, 256;
Tower Hill, 257;
Smithfield, 257;
Tyburn, 258;
account of the execution of Colonel Turner in Leadenhall Street, 260-263;
Pepys’ account of, 261;
the crowds that attended these exhibitions, 264, et seq.;
execution of the murderers of Mr. Thynne in Pall Mall, 264;
George Selwyn’s craving for, 265;
scenes on execution day, 267, et seq.;
brutal treatment of the condemned by the mob, 268;
scene at Jack Sheppard’s execution, 268;
demeanour of the doomed after sentence, 269, et seq.;
examples of this—Paul Lewis, 269;
John Rann (Sixteen String Jack), 269;
Dick Turpin, 270;
Nathaniel Parkhurst, 270;
Jerry Abershaw, 270;
Hannah Dagoe, 270;
drink and tobacco given to the condemned on their way to the gallows, 271;
behaviour of Lord Ferrers, 272;
and John Ayliffe, 272;
disregard of the condemned for religious consolation,
273;
duties and privileges of the ordinary, 273, et seq.;
Dow’s bequest for tolling a bell by St. Sepulchre’s for the condemned on their way to execution, 275;
and addressing an admonition to them, 276;
executioners and their office, 277;
bungling performances of, 279;
instances of resuscitation, 279-282;
the place of execution changed from Tyburn to Newgate, 282-285;
all executions not at first at Newgate, 232;
one at Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, 232;
one at Hatton Garden, 232;
three at Execution Dock, on the Thames, 233;
the Old Bailey gradually monopolizes the dread business, 233;
first executions there, 233, 234;
description of the new gallows, 234, 235;
the Dublin “engine of death,” 235, 236;
Phoebe Harris (last instance) burned to death, 236, 237;
the change of the place of execution works no improvement in the conduct of the mob, 237;
scene at the execution, and last moments of Governor Wall, 238-241;
execution of Holloway and Haggerty, 241;
shocking catastrophe and loss of life at, 242, 243;
of Bellingham, 244;
of Fauntleroy, 245;
and of Courvoisier, 245;
scenes at, 245;
description of an execution, 246-249;
treatment of the condemned after sentence and up to execution, 249, et seq.;
Gibbon Wakefield on the treatment of the condemned, 252-254;
the Recorder’s report, 252;
the ordinary censured for the condemned sermon before Fauntleroy, 254;
Gibbon Wakefield’s account of the Sunday service when the condemned sermon was preached, 255-260;
his description of another religious service—the formal thanks of the reprieved, 260-262;
crowded and fashionable congregation to hear Courvoisier’s condemned sermon, 262;
and dense crowd to see him hanged, 263;
capital punishment abolished for a number of offences formerly so visited, 264;
dissection of the bodies of murderers, 265, 266;
abolition of the practice, 265, 266;
exhibition of the bodies of dead criminals, 266-268;
those of Clench and Mackay, 267;
that of Williams, the murderer of the Marrs, 267;
the custom of hanging in chains, 268;
shocking exhibitions at executions, 269;
that of Charles White, executed for arson at Newgate, 270;
Luigi Buranelli, 271;
and William Bousfield, 271;
objections to Calcraft’s method of hanging, 272;
his antecedents and habits, 272;
expense of obtaining a hangman, 273;
account of Calcraft and his “short drop” system, 411-415;
and of Marwood and his “long drop” system, 415, 416;
demoralizing effects of public executions, 416, et seq.;
scenes at the execution of the ‘Flowery Land’ pirates, 417;
and at that of MÜller, 417-419;
Parliamentary proceedings for the abolition of public executions, 420;
legally abolished in 1868, 421;
last public execution at Newgate, that of the Fenian, Michael Barrett, for complicity in the Clerkenwell explosion, 421;
the first private execution was at Maidstone Gaol, 429;
the first at Newgate—Alex. Mackay, for the murder of his mistress, 422;
private executions not popular with the Newgate officials, 423;
demeanour of the condemned, 424, et seq.;
that of Wainwright, 426;
of Catherine Wilson, 427;
of Kate Webster, 427;
of Marley, 427;
of Christian Sattler, 428;
many attempt to destroy themselves, 429.
Fairs, privilege of holding, granted to the citizens of old London,
i. 42-44; Southwark Fair, 44.
Farnham, Richard, case of, prisoner in Newgate, i. 105.
Faro’s daughters, i. 335, 336.
Farrar, Captain, for counterfeiting the king’s seal, case of, i. 191.
Fauntleroy, execution of, ii. 245;
ordinary of Newgate censured for the tone of the condemned sermon preached before him, 254;
history of his career, 294-300;
an Italian, named Angelini, offers to be executed in his stead, 299.
Fells, Mr., keeper of Newgate, charges against, i. 163.
Felton, John, execution of, i. 89.
Female debtors’ side of Newgate, ii. 69.
Female felons’ side, Newgate, ii. 72.
Females, brutal punishment of, in early times, i. 242-246.
Fenn, Rev. Peter, executed for forgery, ii. 257.
Fernham, Adam, keeper of Newgate in 1373, i. 43 n.
Ferrers, Lord, execution of, i. 272;
his b ody taken to Surgeons’ Hall for dissection, ii. 265.
Fielding on the increase of robberies in London, i. 326;
his raid against gamesters, 333.
Fifth Monarchy men in Newgate, i. 195.
Finch, Sir Heneage, Attorney-General, i. 58.
Fire in Newgate, exemplary conduct of the keeper at a, i. 448.
Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, i. 72.
Fitzgerald, Lord, robbery of his plate-chest, ii. 345.
Fleet Prison, condition of debtors in, ii. 80-82.
Fletcher, Joshua, transported for forging wills, ii. 341-343.
Flint, George, his escape from Newgate, i. 308.
‘Flowery Land’ pirates, the, executed for piracy and murder, ii. 417, 444-448.
Floyde, Edward, imprisoned for speaking evil of James I.’s daughter, i. 110.
Forde, Rev. Brownlow, ordinary of Newgate, notice of, ii. 127-130.
Foreign workmen, “Evil May-day” rising of the City prentices against, i. 64-67.
Forgery and Forgers—forging by Government officials and others, i. 348-350; ii. 6-22, 245, 257, 294-304;
a capital crime, 6;
effects of this on public feeling, 6;
the Bank of England the most implacable prosecutor of forgers, 7;
strong feeling against these prosecutions, 8;
early forgers—Richard Vaughan,
Bank of England notes, 9;
Mr. Gibson, a Chancery deed, 9, 10;
James Bolland, a bill, 10;
the brothers Perreau, a bond for £7500, 11, 12;
Dr. Dodd, a bond for £4200, 12-16;
Charles Price, alias Old Patch, bank-notes, 17-21;
James Elliot and Joshua Crompton, bank-notes, 21, 22;
Fauntleroy, 245;
Fenn, Rev. Peter, 257;
increase in the crime of, 294;
career of Fauntleroy, banker, bonds, deeds, &c., 294-300;
of Captain Montgomery, bank-notes, 301;
of the Quaker, Joseph Hunton, bills of exchange, 302;
of Richard Gifford, bank-notes, 304;
and of Maynard, Custom House warrant, 304;
the latter the last who suffered death for forgery, 304;
conflicting legislation on the subject, 305;
capital punishment for, finally abolished in 1832, 305, 306;
passing fraudulent Exchequer bills by Beaumont Smith, 338;
another clerical forger—Rev. W. Bailey, a promissory note, 341;
forgery of wills by W. H. Barber, a solicitor, and Joshua Fletcher, a surgeon, 341-343;
of false certificates, by Robson, 382-386;
of fictitious stock, by Redpath, 386-390;
of cheques, &c., by J. T. Saward, 395-398;
of cheques and bills, by Wagner and Bateman and their confederates, 454-456;
of Bank of England notes, by Burnett, Buncher, and Griffiths, 456-460;
of wills, by William Roupell, 462-465;
of forged acceptances on the Bank of England, by the Bidwells, Macdonell, and Noyes, 466-469.
Forrest, burning of a friar named, i. 73.
Forrester, a detective, his capture of Burgess and of Captain Ker, ii. 344, 347.
Forster, Mr., a Jacobite, in Newgate, i. 211;
his escape, 272;
expense of obtaining a hangman, 273;
account of Calcraft, his character, remuneration, &c., and how he came by the office, 411-415;
and of Marwood, 415, 416.
Hansard versus Stockdale, celebrated libel case involving an infringement of the privileges of Parliament, account of, ii. 202, 203 n.
Harris, Phoebe, burned to death before Newgate, ii. 236, 237.
Harrowby, Lord, the Cato Street conspirators, and the house of, ii. 280.
Hatfield, attempts the life of George III., ii. 284.
Hatton, Sir Christopher, on the case of Crowder, i. 95.
Hawes, Nathaniel, pressed to death, i. 253.
Hawkesbury, Lord, allusion to, i. 480 and n.
Hawkins, John, butler and highwayman, i. 397-399.
Hawksworth, William, executed for murder, i. 377.
Hayes, Catherine, account of her murder of her husband, i. 350-354.
Henrietta Maria’s attachment to Romanism, i. 111.
Henry III. and the citizens of London, i. 39-41.
Henry IV. intrusts the citizens with the custody of Newgate and all other City gates, i. 43.
Henry VIII.’s time, crime and criminals in, i. 61;
he punishes the citizens who took part in the “Evil May-day” rising, 65-67;
his religious persecutions, 71-92;
his Six Articles, 73.
Hicks, Sir Baptist, notice of, ii. 266 and n.
High Hall, the, in Newgate, i. 155.
Highwaymen, number and exploits of, in the 17th century, i. 166-180;
Whitney, 170-172;
Jack Cottington, 172-175;
Claude Duval, 175-177;

William Nevison, 177-180;
in the 18th century, 397-415;
John Hawkins, 397-399;
James Maclane, 400-403;
William Page, 403;
John Rann, 403-406;
William Butler, 406;
Sir Simon Clarke, 406;
William Parsons, 407-410;
Paul Lewis, 410;
William Belchier, 411;
Jonathan Wild, 412-415;
Henry Sterne, ii. 33;
Henry Simms, 33 n.
Highway robbery, prevalence of, in the 17th century, i. 166-180;
and in the 18th, ii. 36;
suppression of, in the neighbourhood of the metropolis by the horse patrol, 36, 37.
Hill, Sir Rowland, mayor, in 1555, i. 94.
Hogan, John, execution of, ii. 232.
Hogarth and Mrs. Brownrigg, i. 374.
Holloway, execution of, for murder, ii. 241.
Holloway Prison, erection of, i. 21; ii. 491.
Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, persecution of, i. 79, 84.
Horse patrol, suppression of highway robbery in the neighbourhood of the metropolis by the, ii. 36, 37.
‘Hot Gospeller,’ extract from, on Newgate in Mary’s time, i. 84-86.
Houssart, Louis, murderer, i. 359-362.
Howard, John, his prison labours, i. 12, 425, 427-430, 432, 433, 436;
on the condition of Newgate, 444, 445.
Howard, his attempt to rob Mr. Mullay, ii. 312, 313.
Howell, Lawrence, case of, for denouncing George I. as a usurper, ii. 55, 56.
Howse, butler, transported for robbing his master’s plate-chest, ii. 345.
Huggins, John, pays £5000 for the keepership of the Fleet Prison for the life of himself and his son, i. 47.
Hunt, convicted for participating in the murder of Mr. Weare, ii. 328, 329.
Hunton, Joseph, the Quaker, executed for forging bills of exchange, ii. 302, 303.
Ilchester Gaol one of the few worthy of commendation before prison reform, ii. 161.
Incontinence and loose living, punishment for, i. 114-116.
Ings, one of the Cato Street conspirators, his reckless demeanour on the gallows, ii. 283.
Ironing prisoners, illegality and cruelty of, i. 429-431.
Jacobite prisoners in Newgate, i. 207-226;
preparations for them, 207, 209;
their appearance and reception, 210-212;
they live royally, 212-214;
escapes, 214;
keeper superseded and special officials appointed, 214, 215;
a new rÉgime enforced and military guard mounted, 214, 215;
attempts to corrupt the guard, and riotous conduct of the prisoners, 216-219;
executions, 219-221;
news of an amnesty, 224;
pardon, 225;
escapes of, 309-316.
Jacques, Robert, account of his attempt to swindle, ii. 43-45.
James, John, his account of the extortions practised in Newgate, i. 195.
Jebb, Sir Joshua, on Newgate, i. 20.
Jenkins, Judge, in Newgate, i. 139.
Jesuit emissaries in Newgate in 1602, i. 97;
case of Richardson, 98;
escape of seven, 99;
more favourably treated under Charles I., 100;
account of six Jesuit priests in Newgate, 111.
Johnson, a highwayman, shoots a turnkey, i. 329.
Johnson, Dr. on Mr. Akerman, the keeper of Newgate, i. 449.
Joines, Edward, murderer, i. 365.
Jones, Mr. J. Gale, prosecuted by House of Commons, ii. 61, 62.
Jones, Mr. V., prosecuted for frauds on the Exchequer, ii. 63, 64.
Jury, illegal treatment of the, that tried Penn, i. 197.
Juvenile depravity, general increase in, ii. 45, et seq.;
dens of young thieves, 47;
moral contamination of the prison, 48;
instances of juvenile precocity in crime, 49, 50.
Ker, a sea captain, transported for a diamond robbery, ii. 347.
Kerp, one of the Wagner and Bateman gang of forgers, ii. 454-456.
Ketch, Jack, his kitchen in Newgate, i. 155 and n.
Kidd, Captain, pirate, career of, i. 416-420.
King’s Bench Prison, outbreak of gaol fever in, i. 437;
state of, for debtors, ii. 78-80.
King’s Bench Ward, the, in Newgate, i. 151.
Konigsmark, Count, in Newgate, i. 8;
account of the murder of Mr. Thynne at his instigation, 182-188.
Lambeth Palace, burglary at, ii. 312.
Lancaster, John, his conversion and execution, ii. 118, 119.
Leary, a precocious juvenile thief, career of, ii. 49, 50.
Lewis, Lieutenant Paul, execution of, i. 269.
Lewis, Paul, highwayman, i. 410.
‘Liber Albus,’ penalties in, against brawling and breaking the peace, i. 28, et seq.;
its account of the procedure at the election of sheriffs, 45.
Lilburne, Colonel, petition of, from Newgate, i. 134;
his trial and acquittal, 136, 137;
in the pillory, 237.
Lincoln, John, a City broker, incites the citizens against foreign workmen, i. 64;
for which he suffers death, 66.
‘Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals,’ i. 321.
London, Old, Stowe’s picture of the insecurity of life in, at the close of the 12th century, i. 26;
penal statute of Edward I. against evil-doers in, 27;
penalties in the ‘Liber Albus’ for brawling and breaking the peace in, 28-30;
account of various punishments meted out to givers of false weight and short measure, false swearers, slanderers, &c., in, 30-39;
Henry III. and the mayor and sheriffs of, 40, 41;
a new charter granted to, by Edward III., 41;
other privileges and charters granted by the same monarch, 42;
dealings of Richard II. with, 43;
a new charter granted by Henry IV., which gives the citizens the custody of Newgate and all other City gates, 43;
powers and privileges of the sheriffs of, 45-48;
dispute between the Corporation and the sheriffs of, regarding the right to appoint the gaoler or keeper of Newgate, 48-51;
recapture out of sanctuary of an escaped prisoner by the sheriffs of, 52;
the “Evil May-day” rising in, 64-67;
religious persecutions in, 71-92;
state of, in 1585, 88;
mode of training cutpurses in, 88;
coney-catching in, 123-129;
turbulence of the mob in, 137.
Lotteries, State, evils of, i. 336.
Lower Ward, Newgate, i. 157.
Lunsford, Edward, his escape from Newgate, i. 290, 291.
Lupton, reference to his ‘London Carbonadoed,’ i. 5.
Macclesfield, Earl of, his venal practices, i. 347.
Macdonell, forger of acceptances, ii. 466-469.
Mackay, Alex., executed for the murder of his mistress, ii. 422;
the first privately executed at Newgate, ii. 422.
Macklin, Charles, the actor, found guilty of manslaughter, i. 390, 391.
Maclane, James, highwayman, in Newgate, i. 9;
account of his career, 400-403.
“Maiden, the,” i. 255.
Maine on capital punishment, i. 246.
Maison de Force, at Ghent, ii. 151.
Maitland on the site of Newgate, i. 23;
on the “black waggon,” or “Evil May-day” rising, 67;
on the discovery of thieves, 88.
Malcolm, Sarah, executed for murder, i. 354-356.
Malden, Daniel, his escapes from Newgate, i. 301-308.
Male debtors’ side of Newgate, ii. 68.
‘Malefactor’s Bloody Register,’ the, i. 318.
Malpas, Philip, sheriff of London, his gift to poor prisoners, i. 52;
and recapture of an escaped prisoner, 52.
Mannings, the, murderers of O’Connor, ii. 359;
their antecedents, 360;
their victim, 359, 360;
the murder, 361;
its discovery, 362;
their escape, 363;
capture, 363;
trial, 364, 365;
condemnation and execution, 365-367.
Mansfield, Lord, his impartiality on the trial of Lord George Gordon, i. 475 and n.;
his opposition
to pardoning Dr. Dodd, ii. 16 n.
Manslaughter, eminent persons found guilty or acquitted of—James Quin, i. 388;
Charles Macklin, i. 390;
Joseph Baretti, i. 391-393.
Marley, Robert, executed for the murder of R. Cope, ii. 367-369.
Marrow, Ann, pilloried for passing as a man, i. 242.
Marshal of the King’s Bench Prison, account of the office of, ii. 79.
Marshalsea Prison, and of the debtors in, ii. 82-84.
Marwood, the hangman, account of, ii. 415, 416.
Maryan persecutions, i. 79, et seq.
Massey, Captain, case of, tried and executed for involuntary piracy, i. 423.
Master felons’ side, Newgate, ii. 70;
price and privileges of, 98.
Mauritius, Bishop of London, preparations of, for building a new cathedral, i. 24.
May, a body-snatcher, narrowly escapes hanging, ii. 330-333.
Maynard, executed for forging a Custom House warrant, ii. 304;
the last person who suffered death for forgery, 304.
Mayor, Lord, mode of electing, settled, i. 44;
an ancient, entertains four sovereigns, 44, 45.
Mead, the Quaker, in Newgate, i. 196.
MediÆval Newgate, i. 22-59.
Meredith, John, case of, committed to Newgate, i. 103.
Meteyard, Mrs., execution of, i. 273.
Meteyards, the, murderers, i. 370-372.
Metropolis, state of crime in the, in the early part of the 18th century, i. 324, et seq.
Middle Ward, the, Newgate, i. 157.
Middle yard, Newgate, ii. 70.
Middleton, Thomas, committed to Newgate for refusing to be sworn, i. 105.
Millbank Penitentiary, erection of i. 19.
Mist, Nathaniel, prosecuted for libel, ii. 56.
Mobbs, executed for murdering his wife, ii. 371.
Mock trials in Newgate, ii. 96-98.
Moders, Mary, a famous impostor, account of, i. 188-191.
Monmouth, the Duke of, witnesses an execution in Pall Mall, i. 264.
Montgomery, Captain, forging bank-notes, poisons himself, ii. 301.
Montgomery, Lord, a prisoner in Newgate, i. 161.
More, Sir Thomas, reference to his ‘Utopia,’ i. 62;
his death, 72;
on hanging for theft, ii. 5.
“Moses, Money,” a notorious receiver, conviction of, ii. 326, 327.
“Mulled sack.” See Cottington, Jack.
MÜller, Franz, executed for the murder of Mr. Briggs, ii. 417-419, 448-452.
Munday, Alderman Sir John, and the “Evil May-day” rising, i. 65.
Mutilation, the punishment of, i. 233.
Murders and murderers in London, some of the principal—Richard Savage, i. 339;
Major Oneby, 340-344;
Marquis de Paleoti, 344, 345;
Catherine Hayes, 350-354;
Sarah Malcolm, 354-356;
John Price (the hangman), 357-359;
Louis Houssart, 359-362;
Vincent Davis, 362;
George Price, 363-365;
Edward Joines, 365;
John Williamson, 366;
Theodore Gardelle, 367-370;
the Meteyards (mother and daughter), 370-372;
Mrs. Elizabeth Brownrigg, 372-374;
Mr. Plunkett, 376;
Mr. Edward Bird, 376;
William Hawksworth, 377;
Rev. James Hackman, 378-383;6-22;
clippers and coiners in, 22-27;
street robbers and pickpockets, 31-36;
swindlers and sharpers, 38-44;
juvenile criminals, 44-50;
victims of the Press laws, 54-62;
Government officials, 62-64;
the Marquis of Sligo in, 64.
Newgate down to 1818, ii. 66-230;
still overcrowded, 67;
statistics as to the number of prisoners in, at given times, 67;
description of the interior as it was occupied in 1810, 68;
the male debtors’ side, 68;
the female debtors’ side, 69;
the chapel yard, 69;
the middle yard, 70;
the master felons’ side, 70;
the state side, 71;
the press yard, 71;
the female felons’ side, 72;
sanitary and other conveniences, 73;
description of the debtors’ side and of their daily life there, 68-91;
of the criminal side, 92, et seq.;
classification of inmates, 92-94;
contaminating influences of indiscriminate association, 94-96;

mock trials in, 96, 97;
cost and privileges of the master’s side, 98;
and of the state side, 99-101;
lunatics in, 99 and n.;
the female felons’ wards, 101;
the new press yard the receptacle for male condemned prisoners, 101;
number, treatment, and accommodation of the condemned, 101-104;
ill-treatment of prisoners in, 104-106;
visitors to Newgate searched, 106 n.;
“bad money,” explanation of the phrase, 107;
indiscriminate admission leads to frightful consequences, 106-108;
the Corporation make inquiries regarding improvements in, 109;
and propose certain stringent reforms in, 110-113;
absence of any religious or moral instruction in, 114;
and indifference of the ordinaries generally, 115;
philanthropic labours of outsiders on behalf of the prisoners in, 116-126;
specimen of a Newgate ordinary, 127-130;
efforts of the Philanthropic Society and other institutions on behalf of the prisoners in, 130-132;
Mrs. Fry’s labours amongst the female prisoners in, 132-142;
and its wonderful results, 142-146;
improvements introduced into, 162;
visits of the prison inspectors to, and their report on, 191;
general condition of, 191-196;
the power and tyranny of the wardsmen, 196-198;
incompetency of the governor, Mr. Cope, 199;
a nursery of crime, 201;
literature of, 202;
drinking, feasting, and fighting in, 204-207;
indiscriminate admission of visitors, 208;
abuses on the female side, 208-212;
labours of the Ladies’ Association, 211;
condition of the condemned, 213-215;
indiscriminate association and brutal callousness of, 215;
Newgate tokens and their value in the eyes of the criminal classes, 215 and n.;
lunatics in, 217-219;
abuses of the state side revived, 220, 221;
utter lack of discipline in, 221-224;
severity of the inspectors’ remarks on the state of, 224, 225;
some improvements introduced, 225-227;
inspectors still complain, 227-230;
becomes the place of public execution, 233;
first executions, 233;
description of the new gallows at, 234;
Phoebe Harris burned to death at, 236;
scene at the execution of Governor Wall, 238-241;
shocking catastrophe and loss of life at the execution of Holloway and Haggerty, 241;
executions of Bellingham, 244;
Fauntleroy, 245;
and Courvoisier at, 245;
scenes at, and description of an
execution at, 245-249;
treatment of the condemned after sentence and up to execution, in, 249-252;
account of the Sunday service in, when the condemned sermon was preached, 255-260;
and of another religious service, the formal thanks of the reprieved, 260-262;
crowded and fashionable congregation at, to hear Courvoisier’s condemned sermon, 262;
and dense crowd at his execution, 263;
shocking exhibitions at executions at, 269-272.
Newgate Notorieties, ii. 274-473;
the Cato Street conspirators in, and their execution in front of it, 278-284;
criminals in, for attempts on the life of the sovereign, 284-293;
for forgery, 294-304;
for abduction, 306-311;
for robbery, 312-317;
Ikey Solomons, a notorious receiver, in, 317-321;
for bullion robberies, 321-325;
for diamond robberies, 322-325;
for that of gold-dust, 325-327;
murderers in—Thurtell, Hunt, and Probert, 328;
Bishop and Williams, 330-333;
Greenacre, 333-336;
the Wallaces for wilful shipwreck, 338-341;
forgers—Rev. W. Bailey, LL.D., 341;
W. H. Barber and Joshua Fletcher, 341-343;
Burgess, a clerk in the Bank of England, for defrauding it of £8000, 343-345;
Howse, for robbing his master’s plate-chest, 345;
Ker, for robbing diamonds, 347;
murderers—Courvoisier, 348-353;
Daniel Good, 354-356;
Hocker, 356-359;
the Mannings, 359-367;
Robert Marley, 367-369;
Cannon, for a murderous attack on a constable, 370;
Mobbs, for murder, 371;
and E. Barthelemy for murder, 371;
perpetrators of gigantic frauds—W. Watts, 371-375;
commits suicide in, 375;
R. F. Pries, 376;
J. W. Cole, Maltby and Co., and Davidson and Co., 377-379;
Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates, 379-382;
Robson, 382-386;
L. Redpath, 386-390;
the perpetrators of the great gold robbery on the South-Eastern Railway, 386-390;
J. T. Saward, the forger, and his confederates, 395-398;
various successful and unsuccessful attempts at escape from, 339-409;
suicides in, 409, 410;
demeanour of condemned murderers in, 424-429;
poisoners in, 431-443;
pirates and murderers, 444-453;
of forgers, 454-469;
the ‘Lennie’ mutineers, 472;
a few lesser celebrities, 473.
Newgate Reformed, ii. 475-503;
movement for prison reform, 475;
Pentonville ‘model’ prison built, 476;
the reform movement extends to the provinces, 477;
cost of prison erection, 478;
views as to prison discipline—silence versus separation, 478-480;
difference of treatment in different prisons, 481;
Mr. Pearson’s committee on uniformity of discipline, 482;
his system explained, 483;
attention again attracted to Newgate, 485;
old evils still prevalent, 486;
minor improvements introduced, 487;
Lord John Russell’s suggestion as to the reconstruction of Newgate, 488;
new City prison erected at Holloway, 491;
Newgate rebuilt internally, 492;
last inquiry into the condition of prisons by the Lords Committee in 1863, 493;
diversity of treatment still the rule, 494;
the question of beds, 495;
objectionable condition of the minor borough prisons, 495-497;
provisions of the Prisons Act of 1865, 497-500;
penalties of the Act against local authorities seldom enforced, 501;
the Bill of 1877 transfers the prisons to the Government, and Newgate is closed, 502.
Newgate Calendars, i. 317;
their editors and publishers, 318;
compiled from sessions papers, 319;
demand for, caused by prevalence of crime, 321.
Nicholson, Margaret, attempts the life of George III., ii. 284.
“Night-walkers,” laws and ordinances against, in old London, i. 28, 29.
Noblemen, list of, who owned prisons, i. 428 n.
Norton, William, captures a highwayman, i. 411.
Noyes, forger of acceptances, ii. 466-469.
Oates, Titus, the informer, account of, i. 192-194.
Ogle, Captain, burned to death in Newgate, i. 459.
Ogle, Lady, i. 182, 187.
Old Bailey becomes the place of public execution, i. 283.
Oneby, Major, case of, for murder, i. 340-344.
Ordinary of Newgate, duties and privileges of the, i. 273, et seq.;
general indifference of ordinaries to the welfare of the prisoners, ii. 115;
specimen of an, 127-130.
Orford, Lord, and the suppression of piracy, i. 417-420.
Overton, Richard, petition for the release of, from Newgate, i. 133.
Oxford, attempts the life of the Queen, ii. 285-289.
Oxford, outbreak of gaol fever at, i. 436;
the Black Assize at, 436.
Page, William, highwayman, i. 403.
Paine, Tom, imprisoned for his rationalistic writings, ii. 56.
Paleoti, the Marquis de, case of, for murdering his servant, i. 344.
Pall Mall, execution of the murderers of Mr. Thynne in, i. 264.
Palm, Charles, execution of, ii. 233.
Palmer, trial of, for poisoning Cook, ii. 432-439.
Pantaleon Sa, Don, in Newgate for murder, i. 149.
Parkhurst, Nathaniel, execution of, i. 270.
Parsons, William, highwayman, i. 407-410.
Patch, Old. See Price, Charles.
Pate, Lieut., attempts the life of the Queen, ii. 292, 293.
Paul, Parson, a Jacobite, in Newgate, his execution, i. 220 and n.
Pearson, Mr., his committee on prison management, ii. 482.
Peel, Mr., on small local prisons, ii. 177;
his Bill for the abolition of capital punishment for forgery, 305.
Peers, prosecutions for libels on, ii. 60, 61.
Pemberton, Lord Chief Justice, i. 186.
Penal code, effects of a ruthless, ii. 2-6.
Penedo, cruel punishment of, in the pillory, i. 235.
Penn in Newgate, i. 198.
Pentonville model prison erected, ii. 476.
Pepys’ account of Colonel Turner’s execution, i. 261.
Percie, Sir T., in Newgate, i. 26.
Perreau, the brothers, executed for forging a bond, ii. 11, 12.
Petty, Sir William, resuscitates a woman who had been hanged, i. 280.
Petty treason, the crime of, and punishment for, i. 353 n.;
victims of, 354.
Petworth Prison, one of the first improved prisons in England, ii. 109 and n.
Philanthropic Society, the, effort of, on behalf of the prisoners in Newgate, ii. 130, 131.
Philanthropy in Newgate, ii. 114-146;
absence of any religious or moral instructions in, 114;
indifference of the ordinaries generally, 115;
interview of the chaplain, Mr. Smith, with one of the condemned, 115;
efforts of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge on behalf of the prisoners, 116;
labours of Silas Told, 117;
his story of John Lancaster and his conversion, 118, 119;
he meets with
opposition from the ordinary and the turnkeys, 120;
but is not to be repressed, 121;
his account of the execution of Mary Edmonson, 121-124;
and of the amateur highwaymen, 124-126;
he visits Mrs. Brownrigg, 126;
visits of Alexander Cruden, 126;
mode in which an ordinary (Rev. Brownlow Forde, LL.D.) discharged his duties, 127;
disorderly conduct at the services, 128;
Dr. Forde’s opinion of the self-denying labours of others, 129;
the doctor more in his element in the chair at a “free-and-easy,” 130;
efforts of the Philanthropic Society and other institutions, 130, 131;
and of Mr. Cotton, the new ordinary, 131, 132;
Mrs. Fry’s first visit, 132;
condition of the female prisoners, 133;
extract from her diary on the subject, 134;
her second visit, four years later, 134;
condition of the female inmates then, 135;
barbarous treatment to which they were subjected, 136, 137;
first effects of Mrs. Fry’s labours, 137-139;
formation of an association for the improvement of the female prisoners, 138;
a matron appointed, 139;
work found and new rules drawn up for the regulation of the female prisoners, 140-142;
marvellous results, 142-144;
the great crowd to Newgate to see the change, 145;
influence of the Ladies’ Association on prison reform generally, 146.
Phillips, Thomas, pressed to death, i. 253.
Philpot, Master, persecution of, i. 81, et seq.
Picard, Henry, Lord Mayor, entertains four sovereigns, i. 42.
Pie powder, privilege of holding courts of, granted to the City, i. 42;
confirmed by Edward IV., 44.
Pierce, the designer of the gold robbery on the South-Eastern Railway, ii. 391-395.
Pillory, use of, in old London, i. 30, et seq.;
foresworn jurors and ringleaders of false inquests consigned to the, 63;
Oates in the, 193;
the punishment of the, 235;
distinguished victims of the, 237-239;
finally abolished in 1837, 239.
Pirates and piracy, prevalence of, and mischief done by, i. 415, 416;
one (Captain Roberts) took 400 sail, 416;
expedition fitted out to capture and suppress, 417;
disastrous result of, 417-419;
Captain Kidd and his career, 417-420;
career of Captain Gow, 420-422;
the treatment of the crews of captured ships by, 422;
the case of Captain Massey, tried and executed for involuntary piracy, 423;
the ‘Flowery Land’ pirates, ii. 417;
the ‘Lennie’ mutineers, 472.
Pitt, Mr., governor of Newgate, i. 202, 209;
attached on a charge of high treason, 214;
is tried, acquitted, and restored, 221;
again unfortunate, 221.
Plague, punishment for careless dealing with, i. 113.
Plunkett, Mr., executed for murder, i. 376.
Poisoning and poisoners, ii. 431, et seq.;
early instances of, 431;
trial of Palmer for poisoning Cook, 432-439;
of Dr. Smethurst for poisoning Miss Bankes, 439-441;
of Catherine Wilson for wholesale poisoning, 441-443;
of Christina Edmunds for the wife of a man for whom she had conceived a guilty passion, 471;
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their visits to Newgate, and their report on it, 191;
the condition of the prison as bad as before, 191-193;
the governor, Mr. Cope, to blame for this, 193;
wretched condition of the prisoners, 194-196;
power and tyranny of the wardsmen, 196-198;
incompetency of the governor, Mr. Cope, 199, 200;
Newgate a nursery of crime, 201; prison literature, 202;
drinking, feasting, and fighting in, 204-206;
accidents arising from this, 206;
riots, 207;
other violations of the Gaol Acts, 207;
indiscriminate admission of visitors, 208;
abuses on the female side, 208-212;
labours of the Ladies’ Association, 211;
condition of the condemned, 213-215;
indiscriminate association of, 215;
their brutal callousness, 215;
a child of nine condemned to death, 215 n.;
Newgate tokens, and their importance in the eyes of the criminal classes, 215 and n.;
the inspectors censure the conduct of the ordinary, 216;
lunatics in, 217-219;
gentlemen concerned in bribery cases committed to Newgate, 219;
abuses of the state side revived, 220, 221;
utter lack of discipline in Newgate, 221-224;
severity of the inspectors’ remarks on the state of Newgate, 224, 225;
the Corporation protest, but attempt to reform, 225;

nature of the improvements, 226, 227;
in succeeding reports the inspectors still complain, 227-230.
Prisons Act of 1865, provisions of the, ii. 497-500;
and of 1877, 502.
Prisons, list of noblemen and bishops who owned, i. 428 n.
Prize-fighting and its aristocratic patrons, ii. 53.
Probert, participates in the murder of Mr. Weare, ii. 328;
turns approver, 329;
hanged for horse-stealing, 328.
Protestants, persecutions of, in the 16th century, i. 71-92.
Prynne, release of, from prison, i. 130.
Prynne in the pillory, i. 236, 237.
Punishments, early forms of, i. 232, et seq.
Quakers in Newgate, i. 196;
Penn and Mead, and their unjust treatment, 196, 197.
Queen, attempts on the life of the.
See Sovereign, attempts on the life of the.
Quin, James, the actor, found guilty of manslaughter, i. 388.
Rann, John, highwayman, execution of, i. 269;
account of his career, 403-406.
Ratcliffe, Mr., his escape from Newgate, 314;
recapture and execution, 315, 316.
Ravaillac, the punishment of, i. 249.
Rebels, Jacobite, in Newgate, account of the, i. 207-226.
Receiver of stolen property, career of a notorious, Ikey Solomons, ii. 317-321;
Sir James Stephen recommends capital punishment for those repeatedly convicted, 317 n.;
conviction of “Money Moses,” another notorious receiver, and a direct descendant of Ikey, 326, 327.
Recorder’s report, terrible suspense of the condemned and their friends in waiting for the, ii. 252.
Religious persecutions in the 16th century, i. 71-92.
Reresby, Sir John, i. 183.
Resolution Club, a gang of robbers, account of, i. 328.
Resurrection men and their doings, ii. 51, 330-333, 460-462.
Resuscitation after hanging, instances of, i. 279-282.
Richard II. oppresses the citizens, i. 43.
Richardson, W., a Jesuit, trial and execution of, i. 98.
Riots, street, i. 393; the footmen’s, 394-397.
Roarers, account of the, and of their punishment, in old London, i. 29.
Robberies, impunity with which they were committed in the 18th century, ii. 31;
daring nature of, 31-35.
Robbery, highway, prevalence of, in the 17th century, i. 166-180;
in London in the early part of the 18th century, 324, et seq.;
Fielding on, 326;
instances of, with violence, ii. 312-317;
of bullion from the Custom House, 321;
of diamonds, 322-325;
burglaries, 325;
of gold-dust, 325-327;
of banks and royal palaces, 345;
of Lord Fitzgerald’s plate-chest, 345;
of clubs by a member, 346;
of diamonds by a sea captain, 347.
Roberts, Captain, pirate, i. 416.
Rob Roy in Newgate, i. 226.
Rogers, John, his persecution and burning, i. 79.
Roman Catholics, persecutions of, in the 16th century, i. 71-92.
Romilly, Sir Samuel, his efforts to ameliorate the criminal law, ii. 5.
Roupell, William, his will forgeries, ii. 462-465.
Rowland, William, prosecuted for libel, ii. 57.
Royalist prisoners in Newgate, i. 138-140.
Russell, Lord John, on prison reform, ii. 488.
Russell, Lord William, murder of, ii. 348-353.
Russell, Rev. W., inspector of prisons, i. 19.
Ryan, Matthew, last person pressed to death, i. 254.
Sackville, Edward, in Newgate, i. 141.
St. Giles’s bowl, i. 11, 271.
St. Martin’s-le-Grand, sanctuary of, i. 52 and n.
Sanctuary of St. Martin’s-le-Grand, i. 52 n.;
advantage of, to those who fled to, i. 61 and n.
Sattler, Christian, executed for murdering a police inspector, ii. 428, 453.
Savage, Richard, tried and condemned for murder, case of, i. 339.
Saward, J. T., forgeries of, and his confederates, ii. 395-398.
Scott, a highwayman, attempted escape of, i. 309.
Selwyn, George, i. 12; his craving for executions, 265, 266.
Seminary priests, persecution of, in Elizabeth’s time, i. 89-92.
Shebbeare, Dr., in the pillory, i. 237.
Shebbeare, Dr., prosecutes for libel, ii. 57.
Sheppard, Jack, scene at his execution, i. 268;
his escapes from Newgate, 294-299;
his celebrity, 298, 299;
and trial, 300.
Sheppard, James, a Jacobite, scene at the execution of, i. 275.
Sheriffs of old London, mode of electing, i. 45;
their powers as to Newgate, 45, 46;
and privileges as to prisoners, 45 and n.;
the “Sheriffs’ Fund,” origin and use of, 45 n.;
dispute between the, and the Corporation as to the right to appoint the gaoler or keeper of Newgate, 48-50;
recapture of an escaped prisoner by the, 52.
Ship-money, commitments to Newgate for non-payment of, i. 109.
Shipwreck, wilful, of heavily-insured ships, ii. 338-341.
Silk, Captain, a Jacobite, in Newgate, i. 213, et seq.
Six Articles of Henry VIII., persecutions for infringement of, i. 73, et seq.
Sixteen String Jack, execution of, i. 269.
Skeffington’s gyves, i. 75.
Sligo, the Marquis of, imprisoned in Newgate, ii. 64, 65.
Smethurst, Dr., trial of, for poisoning Miss Bankes, ii. 439-441.
Smith, Dr., his report on Newgate, i. 445.
Smith, Sydney, opposed to wholesale prison reforms, ii. 166, 167.
Smith, Thomas, burned to death in Newgate, i. 459.
Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, efforts of, on behalf of prisoners in Newgate, ii. 116.
Solomons, Ikey, a notorious receiver, account of the career of, ii. 317-321.
Somers, Lord, and the suppression of piracy, i. 417-420.
Southwark, the bailiwick of, granted to the City, i. 42;
confirmed by Edward IV., 44.
Sovereign, attempts on the life of the—Margaret Nicholson on George III., ii. 284;
Hatfield on George III., 284;
John Collins on William IV., 284;
Oxford on the Queen, 285-289;
John Francis on the Queen, 289-291;
John William Bean on the Queen, 291, 292;
Lieutenant Pate on the Queen, 292, 293.
Spiggot, William, pressed to death, i. 253.
Spinola, Benedict, petition against, i. 70 and n.
State side, Newgate, ii. 71;
price and privileges of, 99.
Stephen, Sir James, recommends capital punishment for repeatedly convicted receivers, ii. 317 n.
Sterne, Henry, robs the Duke of Beaufort of his “George,” ii. 33.
Stockdale versus Hansard, celebrated libel case involving an infringement of the privileges of Parliament, account of, ii. 202, 203 n.
Stocks, the punishment of the, i. 240.
Stone Hall, the, in Newgate, i. 153.
Stone Hold, Newgate, i. 157.
Stone Ward, the, in Newgate, i. 151.
Stowe on the site of Newgate, i. 23-25;
note in Thom’s edition of, 61 n.
Strangulation, the punishment of, i. 256.
Strangways, Major, pressed to death, i. 251.
Street riots frequent, i. 393;
and robberies, ii. 28-32.
Surgeons’ Hall, site of, ii. 265;
bodies of murderers taken thither for dissection, 265.
Sutherland, John, execution of, ii. 233.
Swainson, a Dane, executed for the abduction of Miss Rawlins, an heiress, i. 181.
Swindlers and sharpers, careers of some of the principal—the German Princess, i. 188;
systematic operations of, in 18th century, ii. 38;
Alexander Day, 39;
female sharpers, 40;
Harriet Grieve, 40;
James Dignum, 41;
Mrs. Clarke, 42;
her connection with the Duke of York and Colonel Wardle, 42, 43;
Robert Jacques’s deception, 43-45.
“Tangier,” a ward so called in Newgate, i. 155.
Tarpeys, husband and wife, diamond robbery by, ii. 465.
Tester, one of the perpetrators of the gold robbery on the South-Eastern Railway, ii. 391-395.
Thistlewood, the leader of the Cato Street conspiracy, account of, ii. 279, et seq.
Thurtell, executed for the murder of Mr. Weare, ii. 328, 329.
Thynne, Thomas, account of the murder of, i. 182-188.
Tidd, one of the Cato Street conspirators, ii. 283.
Tilling, Sam, execution of, ii. 233.
Tokens, Newgate, importance attached to them by the criminal classes, ii. 215 and n.
Told, Silas, his early life and conversion, ii. 117;
takes to prison visiting, 118;
his account of the conversion of John Lancaster, 118, 119;
becomes a regular visitor, but meets with opposition from the ordinary, 119, 120;
his story of Mary Edmonson, 121-126;
visits Mrs. Brownrigg, 126.
Tolls, power of collecting, granted to the citizens, i. 43 and n.
Torture, infliction of, in prisons, i. 76, et seq.
Townsend, Mr., Bow Street runner, on the state of crime, ii. 3.
Towris, Sir Thomas, i. 142.
Tronage, privilege of, granted to the City, i. 43.
Tun, prison built in 1282 for night-walkers, i. 34 n.
Turner, Colonel, execution of, i. 260-263.
Turpin, Dick, execution of, i. 270.
Tyburn, the early place of public execution, i. 10, 258;
scenes on execution day on the road to, 267, et seq.;
abolition of the Tyburn procession, 282;
Dr. Johnson on, 282;
reasons for abolishing, 282, 283.
‘Tyburn Calendar,’ the, i. 318.
Tyler, Wat, and his followers break open Newgate and set the prisoners free, i. 57.
Underhill, Edward, yeoman of the guard, his description of Newgate in Mary’s time, i. 85.
Vaughan, Richard, forger of bank-notes, ii. 9.
Ventilator for preventing fever in Newgate, account of, i. 441-443.
Vratz, Captain, one of the murderers of Mr. Thynne, i. 183.
Wagner, a systematic forger, ii. 454-456.
Wainwright, executed for the murder of Harriet Lane, ii. 426, 470, 471.
Wakefield, Gibbon, on the treatment of the condemned in Newgate, ii. 252-254;
his account of the Sunday service when the condemned sermon was preached, 255-260;
account of his abduction (aided by his brother) of Miss Turner, an heiress, 306-310;
sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, 311.
Wakefield, William, imprisoned for aiding in the abduction of Miss Turner, ii. 306-311.
Wall, Governor, executed for flogging a man to death, i. 383-388;
scene at the execution, and last moments of, ii. 238-241.
Wallaces, conviction of the, for wilful shipwreck, ii. 338-341.
Walpole, Horace, on Maclane, a highwayman, i. 9, 401, 402.
Walter, Mr., and the ‘Times,’ prosecution of, for libel, ii. 59.
Wardsmen in Newgate, power and tyranny of the, ii. 196-198.
Watchmen, character, duties, and remuneration of, in the 18th century, ii. 28.
Waterman’s Hall, Newgate, i. 158.
Webster, Kate, executed for the murder of her mistress, ii. 427, 469, 471.
Whetstone, the punishment of the, i. 34 and n.
Whipping, the punishment of, i. 245.
Whiston, James, on selling the office of keepers of prisons, i. 47, 48.
White, Charles, shocking scene at the execution of, ii. 270.
Whitney, a famous highwayman, exploits and execution of, i. 170-172.
‘Whit’s palace,’ i. 6.
Whittington, Lord Mayor, repairs Newgate, i. 6;
transfers debtors from Newgate to Ludgate, 55;
his death-bed, 57;
leaves moneys for rebuilding Newgate, 58.
Wild, Jonathan, his career, i. 412-415.
Wilkes, John, and the ‘North Briton,’ i. 238, 393; ii. 57;
his letter on the cruelty and illegality of ironing prisoners, i. 430.
Williams, Captain, prison inspector, on Newgate, i. 20.
Williams, executed for “burking” many victims and selling their bodies, ii. 330-333.
Williams, John, case of, in Newgate, i. 102.
Williams, the murderer of the Marrs, exhibition and procession of his body, ii. < a href="@public@vhost@g@html@files@46746@46746-h@46746-h-5.htm.html#page_267" class="pginternal">267, 268.
Williams, publisher of the ‘North Briton,’ in the pillory, i. 238.
Williams, Renwick, “the monster,” doings of, ii. 32.
Williamson, John, murderer, i. 366.
Wilson, Catherine, executed for wholesale poisoning, ii. 427, 441-443.
Wolsey, Cardinal, his dealings with the citizens in the “Evil May-day” rising, i. 64-67;
said to have been placed in the stocks, 240.
Women’s ward, Newgate, i. 156, 158.
Wren, supposed to be the architect of the present prison, i. 6.
Wright, ex-Lord Chief Justice, in Newgate, i. 198.
“Young England,” account of the imaginary association so called formed by the lunatic Oxford, ii. 287-289.

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