Elizabeth
(3.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 1 ELIZABETH.
|
| Person indicted for burglary | 1 |
| Persons " " horse-stealing | 7 |
| " " " larceny | 13 |
| " " " larcenies with violence, including highway robberies | 15 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 2 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 38 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 6 |
| " " " forestalling and ingrossing | 8 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 6 |
| " " " keeping alehouses without licence | 4 |
| Person " " keeping a brothel | 1 |
| " " " keeping a concubine and living dissolutely | 1 |
| Persons " " neglecting to keep watches | 2 |
| " " " nuisance, in neglecting to scour sewers | 2 |
| " " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a bridge | 2 |
| " " " playing unlawful games | 2 |
| " " " quarrelling or fomenting quarrels &c. | 3 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground and injuring the crop | 2 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 28 |
| " acquitted of " " | 4 |
| Felon confessing indictment | 1 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 2 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 23, female 1 | 24 |
| " reprieved | 2 |
| " described as being "late of London" | 14 |
(4.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 2 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 2 |
| Person " " larceny | 1 |
| Persons " " murder | 6 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 9 |
| Person indicted for adultery | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 3 |
| Person " " inducing a servant to desert service | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping alehouses without licence | 8 |
| Person " " keeping a bowling-alley, frequented by ill-disposed persons | 1 |
| " " " keeping a brothel | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping a disorderly alehouse with unlawful games | 2 |
| Person " " quarrelling and provoking to breach of peace &c. | 1 |
| " " " selling wine by retail at excessive rates | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 4 |
| Person acquitted of " " | 1 |
| Felon pleading and having benefit of clergy | 1 |
| Felons sentenced to be hung—males 2, female 1 | 3 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 4 |
(5.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 3 ELIZABETH.
|
| Person indicted for burglary | 1 |
| Persons " " larceny | 7 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 4 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 9 |
| Person " " murder | 1 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 23 |
| " " " assault and battery | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping alehouses without licence | 2 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 2 |
| " " " selling wine by retail at excessive rates | 2 |
| Person " " stopping a public way | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing on private ground and taking underwood | 12 |
| " " " " and trampling down grass | 19 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 20 |
| " acquitted of " " | 3 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 8 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 11, female 1 | 12 |
| " reprieved | 2 |
| " described in the indictments as being "nuper de London" | 14 |
(6.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 4 ELIZABETH.
|
| Number of Persons. |
| Persons indicted for burglary | 7 |
| " " " coining and uttering counterfeit money | 6 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 13 |
| " " " larceny | 29 |
| Person " " larceny with housebreaking | 1 |
| Persons " " larcenies with violence, including highway robberies | 16 |
| " " " manslaughter | 4 |
| " " " murder | 2 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 2 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 80 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot | 15 |
| Person " " converting arable land into pasture | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 7 |
| Person " " forestalling | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping alehouses without licence | 2 |
| " " " keeping disorderly alehouses | 5 |
| " " " keeping a gambling-house | 2 |
| " " " neglecting to fence in "the young sprynge of underwood" | 2 |
| " " " neglecting to repair bridges | 2 |
| Constable " " neglecting to pursue a thief | 1 |
| Parish " " neglecting to have stocks, cage and buttes | 1 |
| Persons " " neglecting to provide themselves with bows and arrows | 13 |
| " " " nuisance, in diverting or stopping water-courses | 3 |
| Person " " " in keeping swine offensively | 1 |
| " " " " in putting dung &c. on a highway | 1 |
| " " " pretending to be in Lord Pagett's service | 1 |
| Persons " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels &c. | 6 |
| " " " refusing to take service in their proper vocations | 2 |
| Person " " selling wine unlawfully | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 51 |
| " acquitted of " " | 7 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 7 |
| Culprit standing and sentenced to the 'peine forte et dure' | 1 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 6 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 39, females 3 | 42 |
| " reprieved | 11 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 6 |
| Felons described as being "late of London" | 33 |
N.B.—The recorded sentence of Philip Furney, convicted of making and
uttering counterfeit half-sovereigns, is "quod trahatur et suspendatur," no
mention being made of the other usual penalties of the offence.
(7.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 5 ELIZABETH.
|
| Number of Persons. |
| Person indicted for larceny | 1 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 2 |
| Persons " " assault and battery | 2 |
| Person " " " with sword | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping alehouses without licence | 3 |
| " " " keeping disorderly houses and harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 2 |
| Bailiff " " making an illegal arrest &c. | 1 |
| Person " " nuisance, in neglecting (to the injury of a highway) to cleanse ditches and lop branches | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a public way | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing on private ground and cutting oak-trees | 3 |
| " " " " and driving off cows | 7 |
| Person convicted of capital felonies | 1 |
| Felon pleading and having benefit of clergy | 1 |
| Culprit (with an indictment for capital felony found against him) at large | 1 |
(8.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 6 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 8 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 9 |
| " " " larceny | 19 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 6 |
| " " " larcenies done with violence, including highway robberies | 5 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| " " " murder | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 49 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 3 |
| Person " " enclosing part of a highway and neglecting to scour a ditch by the side of the same way | 1 |
| " " " keeping a bowling-alley | 1 |
| " " " keeping a disorderly alehouse | 1 |
| " " " keeping a disorderly house and harbouring suspected persons | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in making a laystall near a public way | 1 |
| Parish " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a highway | 1 |
| Person indicted for pretending to be in the service of Richard Dennys esq. | 1 |
| " " " quarrelling, fomenting discords &c. | 1 |
| " " " refusing to provide a cart for the repair of highways | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 32 |
| " acquitted of " " | 5 |
| Felon confessing indictment | 1 |
| Culprit standing mute and therefore sentenced to 'peine forte et dure' | 1 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 5 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 21, females 2 | 23 |
| " reprieved | 3 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 8 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 18 |
N.B.—The record of sentence on the one culprit who stood mute is
'Ideo eat ad penam,' nothing being said as to the nature of the penalty;
but the 'peine forte et dure' is of course indicated.
(9.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 7 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 7 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 3 |
| " " " larceny. | 49 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 6 |
| Person " " murder | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 8 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 3 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 78 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. | 4 |
| Person " " brawling in church | 1 |
| " " " entering a close and distraining swine | 1 |
| " " " inducing a servant to desert service | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping alehouses without licence | 2 |
| Person " " keeping a bowling-alley | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a public way | 1 |
| " " " paying a servant excessive wages | 1 |
| Persons " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels, inciting to breach of peace &c. | 5 |
| Person " " selling beer at excessive price | 1 |
| " " " selling wine against the form of a certain statute | 1 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground and carrying off a post and gate | 1 |
| Person indicted for trespassing on private ground and driving off cows | 1 |
| " " " unlawful arrest and imprisonment | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 59 |
| " acquitted of " " | 14 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 3 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 19 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 29, females 2 | 31 |
| " reprieved | 11 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 2 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 41 |
(10.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 8 ELIZABETH.
|
| Person indicted for horse-stealing | 1 |
| Persons " " larceny | 12 |
| Person " " larceny with housebreaking | 1 |
| Persons " " larcenies with violence, including highway robberies | 5 |
| Person " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 20 |
| Persons " " assault and battery | 2 |
| Person " " following a vocation without having served an apprenticeship to it | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 9 |
| Person " " keeping alehouse without licence | 1 |
| " " " keeping disorderly alehouse | 1 |
| " " " keeping a disorderly house with unlawful games | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in keeping a tallow-melting house | 1 |
| Parishes " " nuisance, in neglecting to guard a deep pond with chain or railings | 2 |
| Persons " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels, inciting to breach of the peace &c. | 4 |
| Person " " trespassing on private ground and driving off cattle | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 16 |
| " acquitted of " " | 4 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 6 |
| " sentenced to be hung,—males 6 | 6 |
| " reprieved | 3 |
| " described in the indictments as "late of London" | 5 |
(11.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 9 ELIZABETH.
|
| Number of Persons. |
| Persons indicted for burglary | 5 |
| Person " " fowl-stealing | 1 |
| Persons " " horse-stealing | 3 |
| " " " larceny | 20 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 17 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 9 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow, &c.) stealing | 2 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 58 |
| Person " " assault with sword | 1 |
| Persons " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 4 |
| " " " keeping alehouses without licence | 4 |
| Person " " keeping a bowling-alley | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping disorderly houses with unlawful games | 8 |
| Person " " nuisance, in keeping a slaughter-house | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in keeping swine in the street | 4 |
| Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to empty a privy | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in neglecting to cleanse and scour a sewer | 1 |
| Parish " " nuisance, in neglecting to guard a deep pond with chain or railings | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a highway | 1 |
| Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a pavement | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 43 |
| " acquitted of " " | 3 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 3 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 9 |
| " sentenced to be hung,—males 20, females 2 | 22 |
| " reprieved | 13 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 3 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 16 |
(12.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 10 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 6 |
| " " " fowl-stealing | 2 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 8 |
| " " " larceny | 23 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 3 |
| Persons indicted for larcenies from the person (done with violence), including highway robberies | 5 |
| " " " manslaughter | 4 |
| Person " " murder | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 3 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 4 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 59 |
| Person " " assault and battery | 1 |
| Persons " " breaking into a free warren, and killing rabbits and assaulting persons there | 6 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 5 |
| Person " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons and playing unlawful games | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping alehouses without licence | 2 |
| Person " " keeping a bowling-alley | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping disorderly alehouses | 2 |
| Person " " neglecting to keep watch | 1 |
| Parish " " not having butts | 1 |
| Person " " nuisance, in keeping swine and an offal-yard offensively | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in neglecting to scour ditches | 2 |
| Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a bridge | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in putting dung &c. on the highway | 1 |
| Persons " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels, &c. | 3 |
| Person " " trespassing on private ground and trampling down grass | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 45 |
| " acquitted of " " | 4 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 5 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 8 |
| " sentenced to be hung,—males 27, females 3 | 30 |
| " reprieved | 7 |
| Culprit (with indictments for capital felony found against him) at large | 1 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London " | 16 |
(13.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 11 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for larceny | 2 |
| " " " larcenies (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 8 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 1 |
| Persons " " rape | 2 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 14 |
| Person indicted for adultery and disorderly living | 1 |
| Persons " " assault and battery | 4 |
| Person " " assault with dagger | 1 |
| Persons " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. | 15 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 8 |
| Parish " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a highway | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing on private ground and trampling down grass | 3 |
| Person " " unlawful imprisonment and extortion | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 9 |
| " acquitted of " " | 4 |
| Felon pleading and having benefit of clergy | 1 |
| Felons sentenced to be hung,—males 5, females 2 | 7 |
| Felon reprieved—before sentence 1 | 1 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 6 |
(14.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 12 ELIZABETH.
|
| Person indicted for horse-stealing | 1 |
| Persons " " larceny | 14 |
| Person " " larceny from the person, done secretly and without notice | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 3 |
| Person " " ox-stealing | 1 |
| Total of persons indicted for capital felonies | 20 |
| Persons " " assault and battery | 2 |
| " " " " with sword | 2 |
| Person " " assaulting an officer and hindering him &c. in the execution of his duty | 1 |
| " " " quarrelling and provoking to breach of peace | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 13 |
| " acquitted of " " | 5 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 4 |
| " sentenced to be hung,—males 9 | 9 |
| Culprit (indictment for capital felony found against him) at large | 1 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 11 |
(15.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 13 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for horse-stealing | 2 |
| " " " larceny | 8 |
| Person indicted for manslaughter | 1 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 12 |
| " " " assault and battery | 1 |
| " " " assault with dagger | 1 |
| " " " extortion by abuse of office as King's wain-taker | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 6 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 6 |
| Person " " inducing an apprentice to desert service | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping disorderly houses with unlawful games | 2 |
| Person " " nuisance, in diverting a water-course | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in diverting and stopping a watercourse | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in removing a public foot-bridge | 1 |
| Persons " " pretending to be and unlawfully acting as constables | 4 |
| " " " quarrelling and provoking to breach of peace &c. | 4 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 11 |
| " acquitted of " " | 1 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 2 |
| " sentenced to be hung,—males 7, female 1 | 8 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 1, after judgment 1 | 2 |
| " described in the indictments as "late of London" | 8 |
(16.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 14 ELIZABETH.
|
| Person indicted for burglary | 1 |
| Persons " " horse-stealing | 5 |
| " " " larceny | 20 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 3 |
| " " " larcenies with violence, including highway robberies | 9 |
| " " " manslaughter | 2 |
| Person " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 1 |
| " " " pig-stealing | 1 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 43 |
| Persons " " petty larceny | 2 |
| " " " assault and battery | 2 |
| " " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty | 2 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. | 10 |
| Person " " deserting service | 1 |
| Person indicted for encroaching on a highway by building | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 2 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 5 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 10 |
| " " " keeping disorderly ale-houses, with unlawful games | 2 |
| " " " keeping disorderly houses | 3 |
| " " " neglecting to move and turn earth, dug up for making tiles | 7 |
| Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a public way | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in putting dung &c. on a public way | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in blocking a public sewer | 1 |
| " " " quarrelling and provoking to breach of peace &c | 1 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground and taking wood | 1 |
| " " " " and trampling down grass &c. | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 34 |
| " acquitted of " " | 4 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 9 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 22 | 22 |
| " reprieved—before sentence 3, after sentence 1 | 4 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 4 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 22 |
(17.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 15 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 8 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 5 |
| " " " larceny | 26 |
| Person " " larceny with housebreaking | 1 |
| Persons " " larcenies done with violence, highway robberies | 2 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " murder | 2 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 3 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 48 |
| " " " petty larceny | 2 |
| " " " assault and battery | 12 |
| " " " assaulting and hindering officers in the execution of their duty | 2 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot on private ground | 9 |
| " " " buying and selling grain without licence | 4 |
| Person " " cheating and cosening | 1 |
| Persons " " following lawful callings in forbidden ways | 8 |
| Persons indicted for forcible entry and disseisin | 2 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 4 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 4 |
| " " " keeping bowling-alleys | 4 |
| Person " " killing and dressing flesh in Lent | 1 |
| " " " not coming to church | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in keeping a savage dog | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in making a privy | 1 |
| Persons " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels, inciting to breach of peace &c. | 8 |
| " " " taking livery, given in consideration of service &c | 9 |
| Person " " taking and removing a horse | 1 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground &c. | 1 |
| Persons " " vagabondage | 28 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 34 |
| " acquitted of " " | 10 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 12 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 18, females 3 | 21 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 1, after judgment 2 | 3 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 2 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 20 |
(18.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 16 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 3 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 4 |
| " " " larceny | 14 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 2 |
| Person " " larceny from the person, done with violence | 1 |
| " " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 4 |
| Person " " sheep-stealing | 1 |
| " " " witchcraft &c | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 31 |
| " " " cheating and cosening | 1 |
| " " " forestalling | 1 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping brothels | 2 |
| Person " " keeping a disorderly house, with unlawful games | 1 |
| Person " " nuisance, in putting dung &c. near a public way | 1 |
| Persons " " stopping public ways | 2 |
| Persons indicted for trespassing on private ground and cutting trees | 2 |
| " " " vagabondage | 11 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 18 |
| " acquitted of " " | 9 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 4 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 13, females 1 | 14 |
| Felon reprieved—after judgment 1 | 1 |
| Felons described in the indictments as " late of London " | 8 |
(19.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 17 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for horse-stealing | 17 |
| " " " larceny | 34 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 2 |
| " " " larcenies from the person done with violence, including highway robberies | 9 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| " " " murder | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 4 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " vagabondage (persistent and incorrigible) | 3 |
| Person " " witchcraft | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 73 |
| Persons " " petty larceny | 3 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. | 6 |
| " " " breaking into a chase and hunting deer | 2 |
| Person " " discharging a servant without cause | 1 |
| " " " encroaching on a highway by building | 1 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 1 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 2 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 3 |
| Person " " keeping a disorderly house, with unlawful games | 1 |
| " " " keeping a savage dog | 1 |
| Butchers " " killing, dressing, and selling flesh in Lent | 14 |
| Person " " negotiating a usurious bargain | 1 |
| Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a pavement | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in stopping a public way | 1 |
| Mainpernors " permitting their prisoner to escape | 1 |
| Person " " seducing a married woman | 1 |
| " " " usury | 1 |
| Persons " " vagabondage | 32 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 52 |
| " acquitted of " " | 9 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 15 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 35, female 1 | 36 |
| " reprieved before judgment | 1 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 5 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 28 |
(20.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 18 ELIZABETH.
|
| Person indicted for burglary | 1 |
| Persons " " horse-stealing | 3 |
| " " " larceny | 18 |
| Person " " larceny with housebreaking | 1 |
| " " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 2 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 13 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 39 |
| " " " petty larceny | 2 |
| " " " assault and battery | 2 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot | 11 |
| " " " desertion of service | 2 |
| Person " " forcible entry and disseisin | 1 |
| Persons " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 9 |
| Person " " inclosing public ground | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 6 |
| " " " keeping bowling-alleys | 4 |
| " " " keeping disorderly houses, with unlawful games | 3 |
| Butchers " " killing, dressing, and selling flesh in Lent | 71 |
| Person " " neglecting to aid a constable in the performance of his duty | 1 |
| " " " neglecting to assist in the repair of highways | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in encroaching on a highway by building | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in neglecting to scour sewers | 2 |
| Person " " nuisance, in neglecting to draw water off a highway | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in putting leystalls or dung-hills on highways | 3 |
| Person " " nuisance, in stopping a public way | 1 |
| Persons " " playing football riotously | 15 |
| Persons indicted for quarrelling, fomenting discords, inciting to breach of peace | 6 |
| " " " selling bread by light weight | 2 |
| " " " trespassing riotously and making riot on private ground | 8 |
| " " " vagabondage | 12 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 27 |
| " acquitted of " " | 5 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 11 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 12 | 12 |
| " reprieved, before judgment | 4 |
| Culprit (with an indictment for capital felony found against him) at large | 1 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 18 |
(21.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 19 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 2 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 6 |
| " " " larceny | 33 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 5 |
| " " " larcenies from the person, done with violence, including highway robberies | 6 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " murder | 3 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 5 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 2 |
| " " " vagabondage (persistent and incorrigible) | 3 |
| Person " " witchcraft | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 67 |
| " " " petty larceny | 1 |
| Persons " " assault and battery | 2 |
| Person " " assaulting an officer and hindering him in the execution of his office &c. | 1 |
| " " " cheating and cosening | 1 |
| Persons " " forestalling and ingrossing | 3 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 3 |
| Person " " holding a coroner's inquest-post-mortem without authority | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 2 |
| Person " " keeping a bowling-alley | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in keeping a privy offensively | 1 |
| Person indicted for nuisance, in making a ditch by the side of a highway | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in stopping a public sewer | 1 |
| Persons " " refusing to keep watch | 2 |
| Person " " trespassing into a house and destroying a bench there | 1 |
| Persons " " vagabondage | 5 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 50 |
| " acquitted of " " | 8 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 7 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 10 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 34, females 3 | 37 |
| " reprieved -before judgment 3, after judgment 1 | 4 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 6 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 36 |
(22.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 20 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 11 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 12 |
| " " " larceny | 44 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 6 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 10 |
| " " " manslaughter | 2 |
| " " " murder | 4 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 2 |
| " " " pig-stealing | 2 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 2 |
| " " " vagabondage (persistent and incorrigible) | 3 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 99 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, five of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 7 |
| Persons indicted for aiding &c. in celebration of mass | 2 |
| " " " assault and battery | 3 |
| " " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. | 3 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot | 3 |
| Priest " " celebrating mass | 1 |
| Person " " cheating and cosening | 1 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 1 |
| Persons " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 3 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 2 |
| Persons indicted for keeping brothels | 4 |
| Person " " keeping a disorderly house, with unlawful games | 1 |
| " " " neglecting to aid in repairing highways | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively | 3 |
| " " " nuisance, in putting dung or rubbish &c. on high ways | 2 |
| Person " " nuisance, in removing a public gate | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in stopping public footways | 2 |
| " " " playing with dice | 3 |
| Person " " putting wheels and wheelwrights' goods in a highway | 1 |
| Persons " " quarrelling, inciting to quarrel &c. | 3 |
| Person " " refusing to keep watch | 1 |
| " " " selling unwholesome meat | 1 |
| Persons " " vagabondage | 23 |
| " " " wearing the " Agnus Dei' | 2 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 70 |
| " acquitted of " " | 12 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 12 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 11 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 53, females 3 | 56 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 3, after judgment 1 | 4 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 10 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 47 |
(23.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 21 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for horse-stealing | 14 |
| " " " larceny | 24 |
| " " " larcenies done with violence, including highway robberies | 2 |
| " " " manslaughter | 2 |
| " " " murder | 2 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 44 |
| Person convicted of petty larceny, being so convicted on an indictment for grand larceny | 1 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 3 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot | 13 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 4 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 4 |
| Person " " keeping a brothel | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping disorderly houses, with unlawful games | 2 |
| Persons indicted for nuisance, in keeping swine offensively | 3 |
| Person " " nuisance, in putting rubbish and garbage on the highway | 1 |
| " " " raising a riot and rescuing animals distrained for rent | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing riotously on private ground | 5 |
| Person " " " " and taking away two wains of corn | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 31 |
| " acquitted of " " | 3 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 7 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 12 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 17, female 1 | 18 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 1, after judgment 2 | 3 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 7 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 25 |
(24.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 22 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for horse-stealing | 2 |
| " " " larceny | 16 |
| Person " " larceny with housebreaking | 1 |
| Persons " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 4 |
| " " " murder | 4 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 27 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, one of them being so convicted on an indictment for grand larceny | 2 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 2 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 4 |
| " " " gathering tumultuous assemblies to hear and see plays at 'the Theatre' | 2 |
| Person " " keeping an alehouse without licence | 1 |
| " " " keeping a brothel | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 20 |
| " acquitted of " " | 6 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 2 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 18 | 18 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 2, after judgment 1 | 3 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 17 |
(25.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 23 ELIZABETH.
|
| Number of Persons. |
| Person indicted for burglary | 1 |
| Persons " " horse-stealing | 6 |
| " " " larceny | 30 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 3 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " murder | 6 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 3 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 2 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 52 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, four of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 7 |
| " indicted for assault and battery | 13 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot with daggers &c | 4 |
| Person " " buying and selling victuals as an unlicensed "kydder" | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 7 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 6 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 3 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 2 |
| " " " keeping disorderly houses, with unlawful games | 4 |
| " " " maliciously causing persons to be arrested | 2 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 66 |
| Person " " nuisance, in building a hog-sty | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in emptying a privy | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in encroaching on a highway | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing riotously on private ground | 8 |
| " " " " " and bathing in a brook | 2 |
| Person " " " " and trenching and sowing the same ground with seed | 1 |
| Persons " " vagabondage | 6 |
| " convicted of capital felonies | 34 |
| " acquitted of " " | 10 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 2 |
| " having benefit of clergy | 13 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 15, females 3 | 18 |
| " reprieved before judgment | 3 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 7 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 18 |
(26.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 24 ELIZABETH.
|
| Number of Persons. |
| Persons indicted for burglary | 2 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 20 |
| " " " larceny | 35 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 13 |
| " " " manslaughter | 2 |
| Person " " murder | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 8 |
| Person " " pig-stealing | 1 |
| " " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 12 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 95 |
| " convicted of petty larceny, five of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny &c. | 7 |
| Person " " assault and battery | 1 |
| Persons " " assaulting and hindering officers &c. | 4 |
| Priest " " celebrating mass | 1 |
| Administrators " detaining money of an intestate's estate | 2 |
| Persons " " following the vocation of tailors in a prohibited way | 3 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 4 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 6 |
| Person " " keeping a bowling-alley | 1 |
| " " " keeping a brothel | 1 |
| " " " keeping a disorderly house, with unlawful games | 1 |
| Persons " " not coming to church &c. | 34 |
| " " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively | 4 |
| Person " " nuisance, in making a saw-pit | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in neglecting to scour a sewer | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in neglecting to provide tenements with privies | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in stopping a water-course | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in stopping a footpath | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in throwing offal and garbage into a sewer | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in throwing offal &c. on a public way | 1 |
| Persons " " playing unlawful games | 2 |
| " " " quarrelling, inciting to breach of peace, &c. | 4 |
| " " " trespassing riotously on private ground | 3 |
| " " " " " into a private house and committing assaults &c. | 8 |
| " " " " " into a private house and breaking a window | 7 |
| Persons indicted for trespassing riotously into a private house and pulling down a wall | 2 |
| " " " vagabondage | 8 |
| " convicted of capital felonies | 70 |
| " acquitted of " " | 13 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 14 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 25 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 39, female 1 | 40 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 5, after judgment 5 | 10 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 7 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 30 |
(27.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 25 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for horse-stealing | 7 |
| " " " larceny | 43 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 3 |
| " " " larcenies done with violence, including highway robberies | 7 |
| " " " manslaughter | 3 |
| " " " murder | 4 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 2 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 3 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 72 |
| " convicted of petty larceny, two of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 4 |
| Person " " assault and battery | 1 |
| Pessons " " assault with dagger | 2 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. | 24 |
| " " " extortion by colour of office | 2 |
| " " " following the vocation of baker without having been apprenticed thereto | 3 |
| Person " " following vocation of tailor in prohibited way | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 2 |
| Person " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 2 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 36 |
| Person " " nuisance, in not providing tenements with privies | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in stopping a public way | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in throwing offal into a street | 1 |
| Persons " " quarrelling, inciting to breach of peace &c. | 2 |
| Person " " selling unwholesome flesh | 1 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground and putting sheep thereon &c. | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 46 |
| " acquitted of " " | 18 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 9 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 18 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males, 24 | 24 |
| " reprieved—before judgment, 4 | 4 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felons found against them) at large | |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 35 |
(28.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 26 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 10 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 28 |
| " " " larceny | 100 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 10 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 14 |
| " " " manslaughter | 4 |
| " " " murder | 5 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 6 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 11 |
| Person " " witchcraft | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 190 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, six of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 8 |
| " indicted for assault and battery | 2 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot | 7 |
| Person " " extortion | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 4 |
| Person " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| " " " keeping a brothel | 1 |
| " " " keeping a school without the bishop's licence | 1 |
| Persons " " not coming to church &c. | 33 |
| Person " " nuisance, in stopping a public way | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in throwing blood and offal on a highway | 1 |
| " " " quarrelling, inciting to breach of peace &c. | 1 |
| " " " speaking seditious words | 1 |
| " " " threatening to burn a barn | 1 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground &c. | 11 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 120 |
| " acquitted of " " | 43 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 26 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 39 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 65, female 1 | 66 |
| " pardoned or reprieved—before judgment 15 | 15 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 18 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 75 |
(29.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 27 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 5 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 10 |
| " " " larceny | 31 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 9 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 4 |
| " " " manslaughter | 3 |
| Person " " murder | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 5 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 68 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, one of them being so convicted on an indictment for grand larceny | 5 |
| Person indicted for aiding in the celebration of mass | 1 |
| Persons " " assault and battery | 4 |
| Person " " buying and selling beans as "a badger" without a licence | 1 |
| Priest " " celebrating a private mass | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 3 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons &c. | 3 |
| Person " " incest | 1 |
| " " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| " " " keeping a brothel | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping disorderly houses, with unlawful games | 4 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 53 |
| Person " " nuisance, in keeping a slaughter-house | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in throwing blood and offal on a highway | 1 |
| Persons " " playing unlawful games | 4 |
| " " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels and inciting to breach of the peace &c. | 5 |
| Person " " refusing to keep watch | 1 |
| " " " withholding a servant from service | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 39 |
| " acquitted of " " | 17 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 7 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 15 |
| " sentenced to be hung | 16 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 8 | 8 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 7 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 22 |
(30.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 28 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for horse-stealing | 3 |
| " " " larceny | 22 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 2 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 3 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 30 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, all of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 3 |
| Person indicted for assault and battery | 1 |
| " " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty | 1 |
| Persons " " assembling riotously and committing riot | 6 |
| Person " " inclosing public ground | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping disorderly houses, with unlawful games | 2 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 25 |
| " " " quarrelling, inciting to breach of peace &c. | 3 |
| " convicted of capital felonies | 17 |
| " acquitted of " " | 8 |
| Felon confessing indictment | 1 |
| Felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 3 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 10 | 10 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 3 | 3 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 2 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 7 |
(31.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 29 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 14 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 13 |
| Persons indicted for larceny | 44 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 2 |
| " " " larcenies done with violence, including highway robberies | 11 |
| " " " manslaughter | 3 |
| Person " " murder | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 2 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 19 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 109 |
| " " " assault and battery | 3 |
| Person " " forcible entry and disseisin | 1 |
| Persons " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 12 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 6 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 6 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 55 |
| Person " " nuisance, in making a privy near a highway | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing riotously on private ground | 3 |
| " convicted of capital felonies | 69 |
| " acquitted of " " | 23 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 19 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 31 |
| " sentenced to be hung—males 28 | 28 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 10, after judgment 1 | 11 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 10 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 48 |
(32.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 30 ELIZABETH.
|
| Catholic priests indicted for being and remaining traitorously in the country | 2 |
| Persons indicted for burglary | 3 |
| Person " " forging and counterfeiting an obligatory bond | 1 |
| Persons " " horse-stealing | 17 |
| " " " larceny | 33 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 3 |
| " " " manslaughter | 2 |
| " " " murder | 7 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 3 |
| Person " " receiving and comforting &c. catholic priests being and remaining traitorously in the country | 1 |
| Person indicted for sheep-stealing | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 73 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, two of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 6 |
| Person indicted for assault and battery | 1 |
| " " " assault with sword | 1 |
| " " " cheating and cosening | 1 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 1 |
| " " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 5 |
| " " " nuisance, in stopping an ancient way | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in throwing garbage and offal into a pit near a highway | 2 |
| " " " quarrelling, provoking to breach of peace &c. | 3 |
| Person " " selling wine at excessive price | 1 |
| Persons " " taking wrongful possession of a way leading into a stable | 2 |
| " " " trespassing riotously on private ground &c. | 3 |
| Person " " " and throwing down a wall | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 43 |
| " acquitted of " " | 18 |
| Felons confessing indictments | 16 |
| " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 15 |
| " sentenced to be hanged—males 19, females 2 | 21 |
| " reprieved—before judgment 4, after judgment 2 | 6 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 10 |
| Felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 28 |
(33.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 31 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 5 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 2 |
| " " " larceny | 9 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 16 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 1 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 25 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, one of them being so convicted on an indictment for grand larceny | 4 |
| Person indicted for assault and battery | 1 |
| " " " assaulting a constable and rescuing his prisoner | 1 |
| Persons " " assembling riotously, breaking into private ground and destroying fences | 22 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 3 |
| Person " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| Persons " " neglecting to keep watch | 2 |
| " " " not coming to church &c | 8 |
| " " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels, inciting to breach of peace &c | 6 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 20 |
| " acquitted of " " | 13 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 3 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 8 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 5 | 5 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 6, after judgment 1 | 7 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 2 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 14 |
(34.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 32 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 20 |
| Person " " fowl-stealing | 1 |
| Persons " " horse-stealing | 7 |
| " " " larceny | 68 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 3 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 16 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 5 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 120 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, six of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 7 |
| Person indicted for assault and battery | 1 |
| Persons " " assembling riotously and making riot in a private house | 6 |
| Person " " breaking into a close and hunting rabbits | 1 |
| Persons " " following the vocation of tallow-chandler without have served an apprenticeship thereto | 2 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 3 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 6 |
| Persons indicted for keeping ale-houses without licence | 3 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 3 |
| " " " keeping disorderly houses, with unlawful games | 2 |
| " " " not coming to church &c | 4 |
| " " " nuisance, in making dunghills &c. in highways | 3 |
| Person " " nuisance, in make a 'seller-door' in the High Street of High Holborne | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in neglecting to scour sewers | 2 |
| Person " " nuisance, in putting and leaving a cart in a public place | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in pulling up the paling of a public place | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in stopping a public way | 1 |
| Persons " " vagabondage | 63 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 70 |
| " acquitted of " " | 29 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 15 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 17 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 41, females 6 | 47 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 6 | 6 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 15 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 47 |
(35.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 33 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 2 |
| " " " embezzling the Queen's military stores | 3 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 14 |
| " " " larceny | 24 |
| Person " " larceny with housebreaking | 1 |
| Persons " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 8 |
| " " " manslaughter | 3 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 9 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 5 |
| " " " witchcraft | 2 |
| Total of persons indicted for capital felonies | 72 |
| Person convicted of petty larceny | 1 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 2 |
| Person " " assault with dagger | 1 |
| Persons indicted for assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their office &c. | 2 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot | 5 |
| Person " " fornication and adultery | 1 |
| Persons " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 3 |
| Person " " giving poison without causing death | 1 |
| " " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| Persons " " not coming to church &c | 35 |
| Person " " nuisance, in putting a dunghill on a highway | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in putting and leaving a cart in a public place | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in raising a paling on public ground | 1 |
| " " " quarrelling and breaking the peace | 1 |
| Persons " " rioting and breaking windows | 2 |
| Person " " speaking seditious words | 1 |
| Persons " " vagabondage | 13 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 48 |
| " acquitted of " " | 18 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 18 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 15 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 26, females 3 | 29 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 4, after judgment 1 | 5 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 6 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 32 |
(36.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 34 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 8 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 11 |
| " " " larceny | 56 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 28 |
| " " " manslaughter | 4 |
| " " " murder | 1 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 9 |
| " " " pig-stealing | 2 |
| " " " rape | 3 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 4 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 126 |
| Person convicted of petty larceny, being so convicted on an indictment for grand larceny | 1 |
| Persons indicted for abducting a maiden under sixteen years of age and compassing her unauthorized marriage | 2 |
| " " " assault and battery | 4 |
| Person " " assaulting an officer and hindering him in the execution of his office | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 9 |
| Person " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 2 |
| Person " " negociating a usurious contract | 1 |
| Persons " " not coming to church &c. | 28 |
| Person " " speaking disloyally of the Queen | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing riotously on private ground and cutting wood | 11 |
| Person " " trespassing on private ground and taking away horses | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing on private ground | 6 |
| " " " vagabondage | 8 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 71 |
| " acquitted of " " | 25 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 19 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 38 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 26 | 26 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 7 | 7 |
| Culprits (with capital felonies found against them) at large | 30 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 60 |
(37.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 35 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 3 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 6 |
| " " " larceny | 12 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with violence), including highway robberies | 10 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " murder | 3 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 2 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 6 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 43 |
| Person convicted of petty larceny, being so convicted on an indict-ment for grand larceny | 1 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 3 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 7 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 8 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 29 |
| " acquitted of " " | 8 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 8 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 14 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 12 | 12 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 3 | 3 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 5 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 21 |
(38.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 36 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 10 |
| " " " counterfeiting themselves gypsies and consorting with gypsies for a month | 5 |
| " " " fowl-stealing | 2 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 7 |
| " " " larceny | 22 |
| Person " " larceny with housebreaking | 1 |
| Persons " " larcenies from the person done with violence, including highway robberies | 9 |
| " " " manslaughter | 2 |
| Person " " murder | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 4 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 2 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 65 |
| Person convicted of petty larceny, being so convicted on an indictment for grand larceny | 1 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 4 |
| " " " assault with sword | 2 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 7 |
| " " " not coming to church &c | 36 |
| Person " " nuisance, in stopping a water-course | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 38 |
| " acquitted of " " | 19 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 4 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 15 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 17, female 1 | 18 |
| " " reprieved before judgment | 5 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 6 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 24 |
(39.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 37 ELIZABETH.
|
| Number of Persons. |
| Persons indicted for burglary | 9 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 15 |
| " " " larceny | 32 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 2 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with violence), including highway robberies | 18 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 9 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| " " " receiving, harbouring and comforting catholic priests | 1 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 89 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, one of them being so convicted on an indictment for grand larceny | 3 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 4 |
| Person " " deer-stealing | 1 |
| " " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground and breaking windows | 1 |
| " " " " and destroying a wooden gate | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 57 |
| " acquitted of " " | 9 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 15 |
| Culprit standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" | 1 |
| Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 16 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 27 | 27 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 9, after judgment 1 | 10 |
| Culprit's (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 9 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 32 |
(40.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 38 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 11 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 10 |
| " " " larceny | 28 |
| Person " " larceny with housebreaking | 1 |
| Persons " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 7 |
| Person indicted for manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 6 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 5 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 69 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, two of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny, and one of them being sentenced to be whipt | 6 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 9 |
| Person " " assaulting a constable and rescuing his prisoner | 1 |
| " " " exercising the art and mystery of a cutler without having served an apprenticeship thereto | 1 |
| Persons " " not coming to church &c | 3 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 54 |
| " acquitted of " " | 7 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 25 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 26 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 25 | 25 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 3, after judgment 5 | 8 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 7 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 44 |
(41.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 39 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 21 |
| " " " fowl-stealing | 2 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 27 |
| " " " larceny | 67 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 3 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 19 |
| Person " " manslaughter | 1 |
| Persons " " murder | 6 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 11 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 8 |
| " " " witchcraft | 2 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 168 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, five of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 18 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 8 |
| Persons indicted for assault with sword &c. | 3 |
| " " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. | 2 |
| " " " cheating and cosening | 2 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 6 |
| Person " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping bowling-alleys | 8 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 4 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 8 |
| " " " selling beer at excessive price | 2 |
| Person " " shooting pigeons against the form of a statute of 2 Edward VI | 1 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground and cutting down trees | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 105 |
| " acquitted of " " | 32 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 16 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 40 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 52, female 1 | 53 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 12, after judgment 1 | 13 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 19 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 62 |
(42.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 40 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 26 |
| " " " fowl-stealing | 3 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 34 |
| " " " larceny | 101 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 16 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 25 |
| " " " manslaughter | 6 |
| " " " murder | 12 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 20 |
| " " " pig-stealing | 3 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 11 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 258 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, thirteen of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 21 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 16 |
| Persons indicted for assault with dagger or knife | 2 |
| Person " " assaulting a constable and rescuing his prisoner | 1 |
| Persons " " assembling riotously and making riot &c. | 18 |
| " " " assembling riotously and assaulting the watch | 6 |
| Person " " extortion | 1 |
| " " " following the trade of a chandler against the form of a certain statute | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 2 |
| Person " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 1 |
| " " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping brothels | 8 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 6 |
| " " " selling beer in short measure | 2 |
| " " " trespassing on private ground | 3 |
| " " " " " and injuring the grass | 3 |
| " " " " " and destroying a slaughter-house. | 3 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 143 |
| " acquitted of " " | 73 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 52 |
| Culprit standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" | 1 |
| Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 61 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 62, females 7 | 69 |
| " " reprieved before judgment | 11 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 24 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 89 |
(43.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 41 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 27 |
| " " " counterfeiting themselves to be gypsies and consorting with gypsies for the space of a month | 3 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 19 |
| " " " larceny | 35 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 3 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 16 |
| " " " manslaughter | 3 |
| " " " murder | 8 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 8 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 4 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 126 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, four of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 11 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 21 |
| Person " " assault with knife | 1 |
| Persons " " assaulting a constable and rescuing his prisoner | 2 |
| Person " " brawling in church | 1 |
| Persons " " conspiring to defame a virtuous woman | 3 |
| " " " fornication and being a harlot | 2 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 2 |
| Person " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 1 |
| " " " keeping an ale-house without licence | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping brothels | 12 |
| Person " " keeping a gaming-house | 1 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 41 |
| " " " nuisance, in narrowing a highway by a ditch and fence | 1 |
| Persons " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels, inciting to breach of peace &c. | 4 |
| " " " rioting at night and breaking the door of a house | 4 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 73 |
| " acquitted of " " | 33 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 15 |
| Culprit standing mute and sentenced to the "peine forte et dure" | 1 |
| Capital felons pleading and having benefit of clergy | 20 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 45, females 4 | 49 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 4, after judgment 1 | 5 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 10 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 52 |
(44.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 42 ELIZABETH.
|
| Person indicted for arson | 1 |
| Persons " " burglary | 27 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 18 |
| " " " larceny | 36 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 5 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 17 |
| " " " manslaughter | 3 |
| " " " murder | 3 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 5 |
| " " " rape | 3 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 118 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, four of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 10 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 14 |
| " " " assault with dagger or knife | 3 |
| " " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. | 2 |
| Person " " cheating and cosening | 1 |
| " " " consorting with and sustaining harlots and lewd women | 1 |
| " " " extortion by colour of office | 1 |
| Persons " " dividing tenements into several dwellings, and building new habitations, and placing tenants in the same | 3 |
| " " " forcible entry and disseisin | 10 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 3 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 2 |
| " " " not coming to church &c. | 7 |
| Person " " nuisance, in throwing dung &c. into pits near a fountain and so defiling the water thereof | 1 |
| " " " quarrelling, fomenting quarrels, and inciting to breach of the peace | 1 |
| " " " rescuing himself from a sub-bailiff who had him in lawful custody | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing riotously on private ground | 7 |
| Person " " trespassing on private ground and removing a cartload of hay | 1 |
| Persons " " trespassing on private ground and putting cattle on the grass | 5 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 44 |
| " acquitted of " " | 34 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments | 14 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 7 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 29, females 3 | 32 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 5 | 5 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 16 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 32 |
(45.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 43 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 12 |
| " " " counterfeiting themselves to be gypsies and consorting with gypsies for the space of one month | 2 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 22 |
| " " " larceny | 63 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 13 |
| Persons indicted for larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 24 |
| " " " manslaughter | 4 |
| " " " murder | 4 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 9 |
| " " " pig-stealing | 2 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons " " sheep-stealing | 7 |
| Person " " unnatural offence with a cow | 1 |
| " " " witchcraft | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 165 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, five of them being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 21 |
| Persons indicted for assault and battery | 10 |
| " " " assault with dagger | 4 |
| " " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty | 2 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot | 5 |
| Person " " building a melting-house against the form of a certain statute | 1 |
| " " " building new dwellings against the form of a certain statute | 1 |
| " " " cheating and defrauding by a counterfeit writing | 1 |
| " " " converting a shed into a habitable cottage and putting tenants therein | 1 |
| " " " dividing a house into four several tenements | 1 |
| Persons " " entertaining 'inmates' in their dwelling-houses | 3 |
| " " " following the blacksmith's vocation without having served an apprenticeship to it | 2 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 3 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 19 |
| Person " " keeping a bowling-alley | 1 |
| Persons " " keeping brothels | 3 |
| " " " keeping disorderly and suspected houses | 4 |
| " " " making starch of wheat against the form of Her Majesty's proclamation | 8 |
| Person " " neglecting to repair a bridge | 1 |
| Persons " " not coming to church &c | 12 |
| Person " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in making a great hole in a highway | 1 |
| Persons " " nuisance, in neglecting to repair a public way | 2 |
| Person " " nuisance, in stopping a public footway | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in throwing 'lome' on a highway | 1 |
| " " " nuisance, in throwing dung &c. on a highway | 1 |
| Persons " " refusing to keep watch | 3 |
| Person " " selling 'meazeled' pork for human food | 1 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 86 |
| " acquitted of " " | 45 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments, fifteen of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually | 19 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 28 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 41, females 7 | 48 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 10, after judgment 1 | 11 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 22 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 68 |
(46.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 44 ELIZABETH.
|
| Catholic priest indicted for being and remaining traitorously in the country | 1 |
| Persons indicted for burglary | 13 |
| " " " horse-stealing | 10 |
| " " " larceny | 40 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 14 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 18 |
| " " " manslaughter | 3 |
| " " " murder | 7 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 9 |
| " " " receiving aiding and comforting a catholic priest | 2 |
| " " " sheep-stealing | 9 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 126 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny, nine of the number being so convicted on indictments for grand larceny | 17 |
| " indicted for assault and battery | 4 |
| Person " " assault &c. with knife | 1 |
| " " " assault &c. with pistol | 1 |
| Persons " " assaulting officers and hindering them in the execution of their duty &c. | 3 |
| " " " assembling riotously and making riot | 13 |
| " " " " " and pulling down a house | 12 |
| Person " " cheating and cosening | 1 |
| " " " exercising the art and mystery of an oar-maker, without having served an apprenticeship thereto | 1 |
| Persons " " forcible entry and disseisin | 6 |
| " " " harbouring ill-disposed and suspected persons | 2 |
| " " " keeping ale-houses without licence | 3 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 4 |
| Persons indicted for not coming to church &c. | 13 |
| Person " " nuisance, in keeping swine offensively, near a highway | 1 |
| " " " publishing false rumours | 1 |
| Persons " " quarrelling and inciting to breach of peace &c. | 2 |
| " " " rioting and frightening a horse, so as to make it run away and knock down &c. several people in a highway | 4 |
| " " " speaking seditiously | 2 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 60 |
| " acquitted of " " | 36 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments, two of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually | 7 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 22 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 27, females 6 | 33 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 5, after judgment 3 | 8 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 13 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 50 |
(47.) SUMMARY OF THE TRUE BILLS OF 45 ELIZABETH.
|
| Persons indicted for burglary | 7 |
| Person " " fowl-stealing | 1 |
| Persons " " horse-stealing | 6 |
| " " " larceny | 26 |
| " " " larceny with housebreaking | 11 |
| " " " larcenies from the person (done with secrecy or violence), including highway robberies | 6 |
| " " " manslaughter | 2 |
| " " " murder | 2 |
| " " " ox (cow &c.) stealing | 6 |
| " " " pig-stealing | 2 |
| Person " " rape | 1 |
| Persons indicted for capital felonies | 70 |
| Persons convicted of petty larceny | 3 |
| " indicted for assault and battery | 18 |
| " " " assembling riotously and breaking into and injuring a private house | 5 |
| " " " keeping brothels | 3 |
| " " " nuisance, in putting dung and offal in a public thoroughfare | 2 |
| Persons convicted of capital felonies | 41 |
| " acquitted of " " | 21 |
| Capital felons confessing indictments, seven of them following up their confessions by pleading their clergy effectually | 16 |
| " " pleading and having benefit of clergy | 10 |
| " " sentenced to be hung—males 26, female 1 | 27 |
| " " reprieved—before judgment 4 | 4 |
| Culprits (with indictments for capital felonies found against them) at large | 3 |
| Capital felons described in the indictments as "late of London" | 34 |