THE NEWGATE CALENDAR Edited by Donal Ó Danachair Volume 6 Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009 http://www.exclassics.com Public Domain -1- THE NEWGATE CALENDAR The Gibbets -2- VOLUME 6 CONTENTS DAVID OWEN Tried and executed for a diabolical attempt to murder his sister, her husband, and their servant maid, 4th April, 1818 .........................................................6 MARY STONE............................................................................................................11 GEORGE CHENNEL AND J. CHALCRAFT............................................................14 CHARLES HUSSEY...................................................................................................30 ROBERT JOHNSTON ................................................................................................31 SAMUEL SIBLEY; MARIA CATHERINE SIBLEY; SAMUEL JONES; his son; THOMAS JONES; JOHN ANGEL; THOMAS SMITH; JAMES DODD and EDWARD SLATER....................................................................................................33 ROBERT DEAN..........................................................................................................36 HENRY STENT ..........................................................................................................40 PEI................................................................................................................................54 JOHN SCANLAN and STEPHEN SULLIVAN .........................................................59 MRS MARY RIDDING ..............................................................................................62 SIR FRANCIS BURDETT..........................................................................................64 ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD, JAMES INGS, JOHN THOMAS BRUNT, RICHARD TIDD AND WILLIAM DAVIDSON..........................................................................67 PHILIP HAINES AND MARY CLARKE..................................................................74 JOHN SMITH..............................................................................................................80 DANIEL DOODY, JOHN CUSSEN, alias WALSH, JAMES LEAHY, MAURICE LEAHY, WILLIAM DOODY, DAVID LEAHY, DANIEL RIEDY, WILLIAM COSTELLO, AND WALTER FITZMAURICE, alias CAPTAIN ROCK .................83 PHILIP STOFFEL AND CHARLES KEPPEL...........................................................86 HENRY FAUNTLEROY ............................................................................................88 CORNELIUS WOOD..................................................................................................90 EDWARD HARRIS, alias KIDDY HARRIS .............................................................94 GEORGE ALEXANDER WOOD AND ALEXANDER WELLESLEY LEITH ....101 EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM WAKEFIELD AND FRANCES WAKEFIELD ............................................................................................................102 WILLIAM CORDER.................................................................................................108 JOSEPH HUNTON ...................................................................................................118 ESTHER HIBNER THE ELDER, ESTHER HIBNER THE YOUNGER, AND ANN ROBINSON ...............................................................................................................123 WILLIAM BANKS ...................................................................................................126 WILLIAM BURKE ...................................................................................................129 CAPTAIN WILLIAM MOIR ....................................................................................146 JOHN SMITH, alias WILLIAM SAPWELL ............................................................149 JOHN ST JOHN LONG ............................................................................................153 JOHN TAYLOR AND THOMAS MARTIN............................................................156 -3- THE NEWGATE CALENDAR JOSEPH PLANT STEVENS.....................................................................................158 LEWIS LEWIS, RICHARD LEWIS, DAVID HUGHES, THOMAS VAUGHAN, DAVID THOMAS, AND OTHERS..........................................................................160 JOHN AMY BIRD BELL .........................................................................................167 JOHN BISHOP AND THOMAS WILLIAMS..........................................................169 JOHN HOLLOWAY .................................................................................................175 HENRY MACNAMARA..........................................................................................177 DENNIS COLLINS ...................................................................................................179 JONATHAN SMITHERS .........................................................................................182 JAMES COOK...........................................................................................................185 WILLIAM JOHNSON...............................................................................................188 JOB COX...................................................................................................................190 GEORGE FURSEY...................................................................................................192 JAMES LOVELACE and others ...............................................................................196 PATRICK CARROLL...............................................................................................199 ROBERT SALMON..................................................................................................200 JOHN MINTER HART .............................................................................................201 JAMES GREENACRE..............................................................................................203 THOMAS MEARS AND OTHERS..........................................................................206 FRANCIS LIONEL ELIOT, EDWARD DELVES BROUGHTON, JOHN YOUNG AND HENRY WEBBER ..........................................................................................213 FRANCIS HASTINGS MEDHURST.......................................................................215 GEORGE CANT .......................................................................................................216 WILLIAM JOHN MARCHANT...............................................................................221 ROBERT TAYLOR...................................................................................................222 FRANCOIS BENJAMIN COURVOISIER...............................................................227 EDWARD OXFORD.................................................................................................232 THE EARL OF CARDIGAN ....................................................................................239 WILLIAM STEVENSON .........................................................................................243 JAMES INGLETT.....................................................................................................245 HUFFEY WHITE AND RICHARD KENDALL......................................................247 RICHARD CORDUY................................................................................................250 PRIVATE HALES.....................................................................................................251 MARTHA DAVIS .....................................................................................................252 JOHN ROBINSON....................................................................................................253 LEVI MORTGEN AND JOSEPH LUPPA ...............................................................255 ELIZABETH MIDDLETON.....................................................................................256 JOHN MUCKETT.....................................................................................................257 PATRICK M'DONALD ............................................................................................258 JAMES BULLOCK...................................................................................................259 FREDERICK SMITH ALIAS HENRY ST JOHN ...................................................261 SAMUEL OLIVER ...................................................................................................262 -4- VOLUME 6 THOMAS WHITE AND WALTER WYATT..........................................................263 APPENDIX I .............................................................................................................264 APPENDIX II ............................................................................................................266 APPENDIX III...........................................................................................................269 APPENDIX IV...........................................................................................................272 APPENDIX V............................................................................................................273 APPENDIX VI...........................................................................................................275 APPENDIX VII. ........................................................................................................281 APPENDIX VIII........................................................................................................284