PERSONS EXECUTED AT THE DEVON COUNTY GAOL - 1795 TO 1854 |
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Devon County Goal c. 1833 Viewed from the Northernhay The gallows can be clearly seen. Behind the entrance gate is a building - the gallows is on the brow of the hill behind it Courtesy of Devon County Council |
NAME |
OFFENCE |
DATE |
William Martinborough |
A man of colour, for murder |
20 March 1795 |
James Nicholson |
Forgery |
9 April 1798 |
Peter Peel |
Coining (charged jointly with John MacIntire) |
17 August 1798 |
John MacIntire |
Coining (charged jointly with Peter Peel) |
17 August 1798 |
Betty Limpenny |
Arson |
5 April 1799 |
Joseph Bugwater |
Highway Robbery |
23 August 1799 |
John Chimleigh |
Horse stealing (charged jointly with Edward Adams) |
23 August 1799 |
Edward Adams |
Horse stealing (charged jointly with John Chimleigh) |
23 August 1799 |
James Pooley |
Sheep stealing (jointly charged) |
6 April 1800 |
John Trick |
Sheep stealing (jointly charged) |
6 April 1800 |
William Thorn |
Sheep stealing (jointly charged) |
6 April 1800 |
Henry Pinsent |
Sheep stealing (jointly charged) |
6 April 1800 |
John Deane |
Highway Robbery |
6 April 1800 |
Richard Fisher |
Bullock stealing |
6 April 1800 |
James Belson |
Stealing from the Dockyard |
6 April 1800 |
Robert Boast |
Uttering forged notes (jointly charged) |
21 April 1802 |
William Blades |
Uttering forged notes (jointly charged) |
21 April 1802 |
Samuel Hughes |
Uttering forged notes (jointly charged) |
21 April 1802 |
Thomas Hoest |
Uttering forged notes (jointly charged) |
21 April 1802 |
William Smith |
Highway Robbery |
21 April 1802 |
John Allen |
Forgery |
21 April 1802 |
Matthias Jewell |
Housebreaking (charged jointly with W. Hockaday) |
27 August 1802 |
William Hockaday |
Housebreaking (charged jointly with M. Jewell) |
27 August 1802 |
Henry Hunt |
Horse stealing |
7 April 1804 |
Simon Comer |
Forgery |
5 April 1805 |
Betsy Heeley |
Murder |
12 August 1805 |
John Hayes |
Rape |
23 August 1805 |
Vincenty Lopez |
Murder of a Spanish prisoner |
4 August 1806 |
John Davies Rendall |
Forgery |
15 August 1806 |
Cogento Cunado |
Murder (executed at the Spanish Prison, Milbay) |
5 August 1807 |
Benjamin Payne |
Murder |
8 April 1808 |
George Godbeer |
Murder |
16 August 1808 |
Jane Cox |
Murder |
12 August 1811 |
James Williams |
Highway Robbery |
3 April 1812 |
Thomas Luscombe |
Murder |
26 March 1813 |
William Vincent |
Murder |
6 August 1814 |
Samuel Norton |
Murder |
27 March 1815 |
Samuel Summers |
Administering poison to his master |
7 April 1815 |
John Josiah Chisholm |
Forgery |
4 August 1815 |
Robert Finson |
Murder of his wife |
24 March 1817 |
John Green |
Murder |
23 March 1818 |
John Prinn |
Unnatural crime |
3 April 1818 |
Mary Woodman |
Murder of her husband |
21 March 1819 |
Joseph Atkins |
Bestiality |
2 April 1819 |
John Northcote |
Bullock stealing |
2 April 1819 |
Samuel Hellings |
Administering poison |
2 April 1819 |
Thomas Musgrove |
Stealing a ram sheep |
3 April 1820 |
John Crible |
Forgery |
18 August 1820 |
John Bagwill |
Highway Robbery on Mutley Plain, Plymouth |
6 April 1821 |
James Bowden |
Housebreaking nr. Chudleigh (jointly charged) |
6 April 1821 |
William Bowden |
Housebreaking nr. Chudleigh (jointly charged) |
6 April 1821 |
Philip Chapple |
The murder of Mary Stevens |
26 August 1821 |
John Perry |
Arson |
2 April 1823 |
John Bolt |
Shooting at Jane Joslin |
4 April 1823 |
J. Radford alias Bright |
Murder of Sarah Down |
28 July 1823 |
Thomas Friend |
Murder of Edward and Sarah Glass on Woodland Down |
2 April 1827 |
John Orchard |
Forgery - the alteration of a Deed |
16 April 1827 |
John James |
Burglary at Tiverton (jointly charged) |
24 August 1827 |
George Champion |
Burglary at Tiverton (jointly charged) |
24 August 1827 |
Thomas Helson |
Robbery and wounding (jointly charged) |
3 April 1829 |
William Trethew |
Robbery and wounding (jointly charged) |
3 April 1829 |
Keziah Wescombe |
Murder of her husband |
17 August 1829 |
Richard Quaintance |
Accessory to the fact of Keziah Wescombe's offence |
17 August 1829 |
George Cudmore |
Murder of his wife |
25 March 1830 |
William Bissett Cornish |
Unnatural crime |
20 August 1830 |
Mary Kellaway |
Murder of her child |
26 March 1832 |
Thomas Oliver alias Buckingham Joe |
Murder of Mr. May |
12 August 1836 |
James Landick |
Murder of Grace Holman |
9 April 1849 |
George Sparkes |
Murder of William Blackmore |
1 April 1853 |
Llewellyn Garrett Talmage Harvey |
Murder of Mary Richards at Torrington |
4 August 1854 |
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF EXETER |
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Samuel Holmyard |
Forgery on the City Bank |
13 November 1818 |
© M.E. Brine. This page last updated
31 July, 2009
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