The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

 

The Sessions being ended, the Court proceeded to pass Sentence of Death, on the following Eleven Capital Convicts, viz.

  Joseph Sturmey ,   John Ivemay ,   John Honey ,   Samuel Yeldham ,   Peter Shaw ,   George Partridge ,   Mary Greenwood ,   Joseph Brown ,   Thomas Baker Hopkins , otherwise Thomas Baker,   Berwick Mayton , and   Robert Jackson ; and thus particularly addressed   Peter Shaw ,

"The crime of which

"you have been convicted, is attended with

"another, upon which though not directly

"charged in the indictment, the Court

"cannot shut their eyes; from the evidence

"that has been in your case, there

"is to much reason to fear, that the crime

"you have been justly convicted of by the

"law, was accompanied by another of infinitely

"greater malignity, and that in

"order to possess yourself of that part of

"your master's property, which you had

"stolen, you did an act or contributed towards

"it, which tended to deprive him

"of the greater part of his property, without

"benefit to you, and what is of much

"more importance, to endanger the lives of

"himself and his family; that offence of

"the most atrocious nature, when committed

"by any person towards another,

"is greatly aggravated by the situation in

"which you stood, that of a servant, who

"had obtained the good opinion and confidence

"of the family, and whose duty it

"was to protect the lives and property of

"that family from others, rather than to

"destroy it yourself: under circumstances

"such as these, the justice of your sovereign

"forbids us to expect, that mercy

"can be extended to you, and therefore it

"doubly becomes you in particular to employ

"the little time you have left, in endeavouring

"to obtain that mercy hereafter,

"which justice and even humanity

"must refuse you here."

To be transported for fourteen years. 3.

  Abraham Godin alias Gordon,   Thomas Goldfinch ,   Samuel Roberts .

The following prisoners received sentence of transportation to Africa for seven years. 2.

  Eleanor M'Cabe ,   James Williams .

To be transported for seven years to such place as his Majesty shall appoint, 18.

  William M'Ginnis ,   Francis Medcalf ,   Edward Johnson ,   Humphry Ingram ,   Cha. Smith ,   Michael Manevil ,   Peter Mumford ,   Ann George ,   Ambrose Ward ,   Nicholas Riley ,   Robert Irvin ,   George May ,   John Dorrington ,   William Lawler ,   James Fitzpatrick ,   Thomas Philips ,   John Ellis ,   Joseph Fennell .

To be confined to hard labour two years in the House of Correction, 2.

  Ann Callaghan ,   Mary Morris .

To be confined to hard labour twelve months in the House of Correction, 8.

  Elizabeth Scott ,   Ann Davis ,   John Jennings ,   Lucy Brand otherwise Wood,   Robert Tapley ,   Mary Allen ,   John Fennel ,   John Thomas Williams (in Newgate.)

To be confined to hard labour six months in the House of Correction, 6.

  Sarah Shelly ,   John Turner ,   Philip Martin ,   Elizabeth Smith ,   Elizabeth Northam ,   Sarah Wilson .

To be branded, 4.

  William Polters ,   William Tatham ,   Worsley Walmslay ,   John Fennel .

To be Whipped, 8

  Samuel Cross ,   John Jennings ,   John Turner ,   William Burne ,   George Hooker ,   William Murphy ,   William Pike ,   William Dawson .

Fined 1 s, 1.

  Mary Pearson .

The following prisoners who had been ordered to be transported to parts beyond the seas, were brought to the bar and informed, their place of destination was Africa.

  Luke Rogers ,   Andrew Simms ,   Alexander M'Donald ,   Robert Freeman ,   Dennis Hayes ,   Edward Humphreys , and   George Francisco .

And the following prisoners were also put to the bar, and informed that the place of their destination was changed from America to Africa.

  James Gardner ,   William Cole ,   James Jackson ,   Robert Nunn ,   John Richardson ,   John Romain ,   Edward Jones , and   Samuel Richardson .

 

  John Foster , whose sentence was respited last Session, was fined 1 s. and ordered to be imprisoned twelve months in Newgate from the time of his conviction .

 

  John Foster , whose sentence was respited last Session, was fined 1 s. and ordered to be imprisoned twelve months in Newgate from the time of his conviction .