PREFACE
CONTENTS.
THE REV. THOMAS HUNTER. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS PUPILS.
ALEXANDER BALFOUR. CONVICTED OF MURDER.
CAPTAIN JOHN KIDD, SURNAMED THE WIZARD OF THE SEAS, AND DARBY MULLINS. HANGED FOR PIRACY.
GEORGE CADDELL. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF MISS PRICE, WHOM HE HAD SEDUCED.
THOMAS COOK. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JOHN PETER DRAMATTI. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.
WILLIAM ELBY. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JOHN SMITH. CONVICTED OF ROBBERY.
WILLIAM GREGG. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
RICHARD THORNHILL, ESQ., CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER, IN KILLING SIR C. DEERING IN A DUEL.
COLONEL JOHN HAMILTON. CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER AS SECOND IN A DUEL.
WILLIAM LOWTHER AND RICHARD KEELE. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF
WILLIAM JOHNSON AND JANE HOUSDEN. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF SPURLING, A TURNKEY IN THE OLD BAILEY.
THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER, LORD KENMURE, THE EARL OF WINTON, AND OTHERS, EXECUTED FOR TREASON.
JAMES SHEPPARD. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
THE MARQUIS DE PALEOTTI, EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS SERVANT.
JOHN PRICE. COMMONLY CALLED JACK KETCH, EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
BARBARA SPENCER. STRANGLED, AND THEN BURNED, FOR COINING.
WILLIAM SPIGGOT, AND THOMAS PHILLIPS. EXECUTED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
NATHANIEL HAWES. TORTURED AND AFTERWARDS EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY.
CAPTAIN JOHN MASSEY. EXECUTED FOR PIRACY.
ARUNDEL COOKE, ESQ. AND JOHN WOODBURNE. EXECUTED FOR CUTTING AND MAIMING.
CHRISTOPHER LAYER, ESQ. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
PHILIP ROACH, EXECUTED FOR PIRACY AND MURDER.
JOSEPH BLAKE, alias BLUESKIN, EXECUTED FOR HOUSEBREAKING.
JOHN SHEPPARD. EXECUTED FOR HOUSE-BREAKING.
JONATHAN WILD. EXECUTED FOR FELONIOUSLY CONNIVING WITH THIEVES.
CATHERINE HAYES. BURNT ALIVE FOR THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND.
MARGARET DIXON. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JOHN GOW AND OTHERS. EXECUTED FOR PIRACY.
COLONEL FRANCIS CHARTERIS. CONVICTED OF RAPE.
SARAH MALCOLM. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
CAPTAIN JOHN PORTEOUS. CONVICTED OF MURDER, AND MURDERED BY THE MOB.
JOHN RICHARDSON AND RICHARD COYLE. EXECUTED FOR PIRACY AND MURDER.
GEORGE PRICE. CONVICTED OF MURDER.
RICHARD TURPIN. EXECUTED FOR HORSE-STEALING.
MARY YOUNG. ALIAS JENNY DIVER. EXECUTED FOR A STREET ROBBERY.
CHARLES DREW. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS FATHER.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL GOODERE, MATTHEW MAHONY, AND CHARLES WHITE.
JOHN BODKIN, DOMINICK BODKIN, AND OTHERS. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JONATHAN BRADFORD. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
THE EARL OF KILMARNOCK, AND LORD BALMERINO. BEHEADED FOR HIGH TREASON.
MATTHEW HENDERSON. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS MISTRESS, LADY DALRYMPLE.
CHARLES RATCLIFFE, ESQ. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
LORD LOVAT. BEHEADED FOR HIGH TREASON.
FRANCIS TOWNLEY, JAMES DAWSON, AND OTHERS. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
WILLIAM YORK, AGED TEN YEARS, CONVICTED OF MURDERING SUSAN MAHEW, AGED FIVE YEARS.
BENJAMIN TAPNER, JOHN COBBY, JOHN HAMMOND, RICHARD MILLS,
SAMUEL COUCHMAN AND JOHN MORGAN, Lieutenants of Marines ;
JOHN MILLS. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
AMY HUTCHINSON. BURNT FOR THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND.
JOHN CARR. EXECUTED FOR FORGERY.
NORMAN ROSS. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
THOMAS COLLEY. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
FREDERICK CAULFIELD. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
WILLIAM PARSONS, ESQ. EXECUTED FOR RETURNING FROM TRANSPORTATION.
WILLIAM CHANDLER. TRANSPORTED FOR PERJURY.
MARY BLANDY. EXECUTED FOR PARRICIDE.
JOHN M'CANELLY AND LUKE MORGAN. EXECUTED FOR BURGLARY.
ELIZABETH JEFFRIES AND JOHN SWAN. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
DOCTOR ARCHIBALD CAMERON. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
CAPTAIN JOHN LANCEY. EXECUTED FOR BURNING HIS SHIP.
NICOL BROWN. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.
EDWARD MORGAN. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
The Rev. JOHN GRIERSON and the Rev. Mr. WILKINSON TRANSPORTED
WILLIAM PAGE. EXECUTED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
EUGENE ARAM. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
WILLIAM ANDREW HORNE, ESQ. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
LAURENCE, EARL FERRERS. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
THEODORE GARDELLE. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JOHN M'NAUGHTON, ESQ. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JOHN SMITH AND ROBERT MAYNE. EXECUTED FOR A MUTINY ON BOARD THE KING GEORGE.
HANNAH DAGOE. EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY.
BARNEY CARROL AND WILLIAM KING. EXECUTED FOR CUTTING AND MAIMING.
PETER M'KINLIE, GEORGE GIDLEY, ANDREW ZEKERMAN, AND RICHARD ST. QUINTIN. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
FATHER SHEEBY, JAMES BUXTON, AND JAMES FARRELL, OTHERWISE CALLED BUCK FARRELL. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
WILLIAM GUEST. EXECUTED FOR DIMINISHING THE COIN OF THE REALM.
ELIZABETH BROWNRIGG. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JOHN WILLIAMSON. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
SARAH METYARD AND SARAH MORGAN METYARD. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDERS OF PARISH APPRENTICES.
FREDERIC, LORD BALTIMORE; ELIZABETH GRIFFENBURG; AND ANNE
JOHN WILKES, ESQ. CONVICTED OF SEDITION AND BLASPHEMY.
MUNGO CAMPBELL. CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF THE EARL OF EGLINTON.
JAMES ATTAWAY AND RICHARD BAILEY. EXECUTED FOR BURGLARY.
LEVI WEIL, ASHER WEIL, JACOB LAZARUS, AND SOLOMON PORTER. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF JOHN SLOW.
JAMES BOLLAND. EXECUTED FOR FORGERY.
WILLIAM GRIFFITHS. EXECUTED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
JOHN LEONARD. EXECUTED FOR A RAPE.
SAMUEL MALE. EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY.
WILLIAM FARMERY. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS MOTHER.
AMOS MERRITT. EXECUTED FOR BURGLARY.
JOHN RANN, alias SIXTEEN STRINGED JACK. EXECUTED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
ROBERT AND DANIEL PERREAU. EXECUTED FOR FORGERY.
MARGARET CAROLINE RUDD. TRIED FOR FORGERY.
THE COUNTESS OF BRISTOL, OTHERWISE THE DUCHESS OF KINGSTON. CONVICTED OF BIGAMY.
PETER LE MAITRE. CONVICTED OF ROBBING THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM AT OXFORD.
DAVID BROWN DIGNUM. CONVICTED OF PRETENDING TO SELL PLACES UNDER GOVERNMENT.
JAMES HILL, alias HIND, alias ATKINS, alias JOHN THE PAINTER. EXECUTED FOR FIRING PORTSMOUTH DOCK-YARD.
FRANCIS MERCIER, alias LOUIS DE BUTTE. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JOHN HOLMES AND PETER WILLIAMS. WHIPPED FOR STEALING DEAD BODIES.
DR. WILLIAM DODD. EXECUTED FOR FORGERY.
THOMAS HORNER AND JAMES FRYER, EXECUTED FOR BURGLARY.
THE REV. JAMES HACKMAN. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JAMES DONALLY. EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY.
MORGAN PHILLIPS. EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND ARSON.
JAMES MATHISON. EXECUTED FOR FORGERY.
THE RIOTS OF LONDON. BEGINNING ON THE 2ND JUNE, 1780, WITH THE EXECUTION OF THE RIOTERS.
ABRAHAM DURNFORD AND WILLIAM NEWTON. EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY.
FRANCIS HENRY DE LA MOTTE. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
JOHN DONELLAN, ESQ. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF SIR THEODOSIUS BOUGHTON, BART., HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
DAVID TYRIE. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
WILLIAM WYNNE RYLAND. EXECUTED FOR FORGERY.
CHRISTOPHER TRUSTY, AND OTHERS. EXECUTED FOR RETURNING FROM TRANSPORTATION.
SAMUEL HARRIS AND JOHN NORTH. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
CHARLES PRICE. CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
HENRY STERNE, alias GENTLEMAN HARRY. CONVICTED OF STEALING THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S "GEORGE."
SAMUEL BURT. CONVICTED OF FORGERY.
THOMAS GORDON, THE YOUNGER. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
THOMAS PHIPPS, ESQ. THE ELDER, AND THOMAS PHIPPS, THE YOUNGER. EXECUTED FOR FORGERY.
RENWICK WILLIAMS, COMMONLY CALLED "THE MONSTER." IMPRISONED FOR A BRUTAL AND WANTON ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.
EDWARD LOWE AND WILLIAM JOBBINS. EXECUTED FOR ARSON.
JOSEPH WOOD AND THOMAS UNDERWOOD, EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY.
WILLIAM GADESBY, EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY.
THE BIRMINGHAM RIOTS.
THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY.
NATHANIEL LILLEY, JAMES MARTIN, MARY BRIANT, WILLIAM ALLEN, AND
THE REV. RICHARD BURGH, JOHN CUMMINGS, THOMAS TOWNLEY M'CAN,
LAURENCE JONES, INDICTED FOR ROBBERY.
ROBERT WATT AND DAVID DOWNIE. CONVICTED OF HIGH TREASON.
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON ROWAN, ESQ. CONVICTED OF PUBLISHING A SEDITIOUS LIBEL.
WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH AND FRANCIS JENNISON. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
ANNE BROADRIC. INDICTED FOR MURDER.
THE REV. MR. JACKSON. CONVICTED OF TREASON.
LEWIS JEREMIAH AVERSHAW. EXECUTED FOR MURDER, IN SHOOTING A PEACE-OFFICER.
WILLIAM TILLEY, JOHN CROSSWELL, GEORGE HARDWICK, JAMES HAYDEN,
CHARLES SCOLDWELL. CONVICTED OF STEALING.
JOSEPH HODGES AND RICHARD PROBIN. CONVICTED OF CROSS DROPPING.
THE MUTINY AT THE NORE. RICHARD PARKER. EXECUTED FOR MUTINY.
MARIA THERESA PHIPOE, alias MARY BENSON EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JAMES O'COIGLEY, alias FAVEY. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
GEORGE WALDRON, alias BARRINGTON. TRANSPORTED FOR PICKING POCKETS.
JAMES HADFIELD. TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON, IN SHOOTING AT THE KING.
RICHARD FERGUSON, alias GALLOPING DICK. HANGED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
JOSEPH WALL, ESQ. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
JOHN TERRY AND JOSEPH HEALD. EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
ROBERT SMITH. EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY.
GEORGE FOSTER. EXECUTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND CHILD.
ROBERT EMMET. EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON.
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THE
C H R O N I C L E S O F C R I M E.
The Man with the Carpet Bag.
“In an instant the smile of the hostess turned to a frown, and,
without further explanation, she exclaimed, looking over the
bar at the same time at my unfortunate carpet-bag, ‘No, sir;
we have no room; it won’t do here’.”
PHIZ
CHRONICLES OF CRIME
Edited by Camden Pelham
OF THE INNER TEMPLE BARRISTER-AT LAW
with
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
BY PHIZ
Escape of the Mayor of Bristol. “His worship, seeing me, said, ‘For God’s sake, young man, assist me up.’ I stooped down & helped his worship up, the female servants assisting him behind.” Escape of the Mayor of Bristol.
“His worship, seeing me, said, ‘For God’s sake, young man, assist me
up.’ I stooped down & helped his worship up, the female servants
assisting him behind.”
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.
