THE NEWGATE CALENDAR
WILLIAM SMITH
A notorious horse-stealer, executed at Chelmsford, April 13,1731
ABRAHAM WELLS
Executed at Tyburn, May 30, 1739, for horse-stealing.
PATRICK BOURKE AND GEORGE ELLIS
Executed at Tyburn, 20th of February, 1745, for Sheep-Stealing
THOMAS THOMPSON
Executed at Tyburn, Oct. 24, 1748, for horse-stealing.
BENJAMIN TAPNER, JOHN COBBY, JOHN HAMMOND, RICHARD MILLS, RICHARD MILLS THE YOUNGER, AND OTHERS
Revengeful Smugglers, who were executed for a Diabolical Murder, 18th of January, 1749
THOMAS KINGSMILL, FAIRALL AND PERIN
Three of the thirty Smugglers who broke open the Custom-House at Poole, and were executed at Tyburn, 26th of April, 1749
THE QUIBBLING THIEF.
Who stole a goose, and saved himself by a pun
WILLIAM PROBERT
Executed for Horse-Stealing.
Poachers, Tried for Murder of a Gamekeeper.
JOHN BURKITS
Sentenced to Twelve Months Imprisonment, for Dog Stealing, October 13, 1789
ANNE LEAK
A Horse Thief, Eleven years old
CHARLES DON
Convicted at the Summer Assizes 1810, at Chelmsford, and Sentenced to Death, for Horse Stealing.
JOHN HUGHES
Convicted at the Summer Assizes Held at Dolgelly, in North Wales, 1811, and Sentenced to Death for Sheep Stealing.
GEORGE KENDRICK
Imprisoned Twelve Months in the Middlesex House of Correction, for Pheasant Stealing