TRIALS, continued. REMARKABLE AND MEMORABLE TRIALS DURING THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS. Of the infamous colonel Charteris, for the rape of Ann Bond February 25, 1730 July 6, 1736 March 18, 1740 Of William Duell, executed for murder at Tyburn, but who came to life when about Of lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino, for high treason Of Mary Hamilton, for marrying with her own sex, 14 wives Of Freney, the celebrated Irish robber, who surrendered himself Of Amy Hutchinson, burnt at Ely, for the murder of her husband Of Ann Williams, for the murder of her husband; burnt alive Of Eugene Aram, for murder at York; executed Of the earl Ferrers, for the murder of his steward; executed November 24, 1740 July 28, 1746 October 7, 1746 March 9, 1747 July 9, 1749 November 5, 1750 March 3, 1752 April 11, 1753 August 13, 1759 April 16, 1760 December 8, 1761 April 6, 1763 Of Mr. Mac Naughten, at Strabane, for the murder of Miss Knox February 21, 1764 Of the murderers of captain Glass, his wife, daughter, mate, and passengers, on board March 3, 1766 Of the celebrated Elizabeth Brownrigg, for the murder of one of her apprentices, a September 12, 1767 Of lord Baltimore, the notorious libertine, and his female accomplices, for rape, March 28, 1768 February 27, 1769 Of the cause of Somerset the slave, establishing the great point of freedom to slaves upon British ground; judgment given, after a long trial (see Somerset the Black). June 22, 1772 "Slaves cannot breathe in England; They touch our country, and their shackles fall." October 24. 1773 Of Mrs. Herring, at Dublin, for the murder of her husband; burnt in St. Stephen's January 17, 1776 Of the duchess of Kingston, for marrying two husbands; guilty (see Kingston, Duchess April 15, 1776 Of Dr. Dodd, for forging a bond of 42001., in the name of the earl of Chesterfield; found Of admiral Keppel, by court martial; honourably acquitted April 16, 1779 February 5, 1781 Of lord George Gordon, on a charge of high treason; acquitted Of lord George Gordon, for a libel on the queen of France; guilty Of the proprietors of The Times London newspaper, for a libel on the prince of Wales; Of Renwick Williams, called the Monster, for stabbing women in the streets of London September 22, 1790 December 18, 1792 Of Thomas Paine, the celebrated political writer and Deist, for his libels in the Rights of January 21, 1793 Of the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, consort of Louis XVI.; guillotined. Oct. 16, 1793 Of madame Elizabeth of France, sister to the king, Louis XVI; beheaded Of Mr. Robert Watt, and Downie, at Edinburgh, for treason August 14, 1794 September 3, 1794 Of Messrs. Hardy, Horne Tooke, Thelwall, and Joyce, for high treason; acquitted (see Of the carl of Abingdon, for his libel on Mr. Serman; guilty October 29, 1794 December 6, 1794 TRIALS, continued. Of the celebrated major Semple, alias Lisle, for felony February 18, 1795 Of the rev. William Jackson, on a charge of high treason, in Dublin; he soon after died in prison Of Mr. Redhead Yorke, at York, for a seditious libel Of lord Westmeath v. Bradshaw, for crim. con.; damages, 10,000Z. Of lord Valentia v. Mr. Gawler, for adultery; damages 20007. Of Daniel Isaac Eaton, for libels on kingly government; guilty Of sir Godfrey Webster v. lord Holland, for adultery; 60007. April 24, 1795 November 27, 1795 March 4, 1790 June 16, 1796 July 8, 1796 February 27, 1797 Of Parker, the mutineer at the Nore, called admiral Parker (see Mutinies in the British Of Boddington v. Boddington, for crim. con.; damages 10,0001. Of William Orr, at Carrickfergus, for high treason; executed Of Mrs. Phepoe, alias Benson, the celebrated murderess Of the murderers of colonel St. George and Mr. Uniacke, at Cork . June 27, 1797 September 5, 1797 October 12, 1797 December 9, 1797 April 15, 1798 Of the celebrated Arthur O'Connor, the barrister, and O'Coigley, at Maidstone, for treason; the latter hanged Of sir Edward Crosbie and others, for high treason; hanged Of the two Messrs. Sheares, at Dublin, for high treason; executed Of Theobald Woulffe Tone, by court martial (he died on the 18th) Of lord Thanet, for his conduct at Arthur O'Connor's trial Of sir Harry Browne Hayes, for carrying off Miss Pike, of Cork of Mr. Tighe of Westmeath v. Jones, for crim. con.; damages 10,000l. Of the mutineers at Bantry Bay; hanged (see Bantry Bay) Of Charles Hayes, for the obscene libel The Man of Fashion Of the mutineers of the Téméraire and other ships, at Portsmouth of governor Wall, for cruelty and murder, twenty years before (see Goree) May 21, 1798 June 21, 1798 November 10, 1798 June 10, 1799 April 13, 1800 June 26, 1800 December 2, 1800 January 8, 1802 January 9, 1802 January 11, 1802 January 28, 1802 March 16, 1802 Of colonel Despard and his associates, for high treason; hanged on the top of Horsemonger-lane gaol (see Despard) Of M. Peltier, for a libel on Napoleon Buonaparte, then first consul of France, in l'Am- Of Lockhart and Laudon Gordon, for carrying off Mrs. Lee Of general Moreau and others, for conspiracy, in France Of the rev. C. Massy v. Marquess of Headfort, for crim, con.; 10,0001. Of William Cooper, the Hackney Monster, for offences against females Of judge Johnson, for a libel on the earl of Hardwicke; guilty September 19, 1803 March 6, 1804 July 27, 1804 April 27, 1805 November 23, 1805 Of general Picton, for applying the torture to Louisa Calderon, to extort confession, at Trinidad; tried in the court of King's Bench; guilty Of Mr. Patch, for the murder of his partner, Mr. Bligh Of lord Melville, impeached by the house of commons; acquitted Of the Warrington gang, for unnatural offences; executed Of Palm, the bookseller, by a French military commission, at Brennau Of lord Cloncurry v. sir John B. Piers, for crim, con.; damages 20,000Z. Of sir Home Popham, by court martial; reprimanded February 21, 1806 April 6, 1806 June 12, 1806 August 23, 1806 August 26, 1806 February 19, 1807 were crushed February 20, 1807 March 7, 1807 June 27, 187 October 2, 1807 December 22, 1807 March 4, 18C8 July 14, 1808 August 4, 1808 November 9, 1808 Of Simmons, the murderer of the Boreham family, at Hoddesdon Of Wellesley v. lord Paget, for crim. con.; damages 20,0001. Of the King v. Valentine Jones, for breach of duty as commissary-general March 20, 1809 May 12, 1809 May 26, 1809 June 29, 1809 July 1, 1809 July 9, 1809 TRIALS, continued. Of the hon. captain Lake, for putting Robert Jeffery, a British seaman, on shore at Of Mr. Perry, for libels in the Morning Chronicle; acquitted Of lord Louth, in Dublin; sentenced to imprisonment and fine Of Messrs. John and Leigh Hunt, for libels in the Examiner; convicted Of the murderers of Mr. Horsfall, at York; executed February 10, 1810 February 24, 1810 September 20, 1810 January 31, 1811 February 22, 1811 March 7, 1811 March 12, 1811 June 15, 1811 June 19, 1811 June 28, 1811 November 21, 1811 November 26, 1811 January 23, 1812 March 18, 1812 May 15, 1812 November 19, 1812 December 9, 1812 December 16, 1812 January 7, 1813 Of Mr. Hugh Fitzpatrick, for publishing Scully's History of the Penal Laws February 6, 1813 Of Mr. John Magee, in Dublin, for libels in the Evening Post; guilty Of Nicholson, the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Bonar; hanged Of Tuite, the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Goulding; executed April 11, 1813 July 26, 1813 August 21, 1813 October 7, 1813 Of the celebrated Mary Ann Clarke, for a libel on the right hon. Wm. Vesey Fitzgerald, Of admiral Bradley, at Winchester, for frauds in ship letters February 7, 1814 Of lord Cochrane, Cochrane Johnstone, Berenger, Butt, and others, for frauds in the public funds; convicted (see Stocks) Of colonel Quentin, of the 10th hussars, by court-martial February 22, 1814 November 10, 1814 Of sir John Henry Mildmay, bart., for crim. con. with the countess of Roseberry; damages, 15,000. Of the King v. Brider, on a charge of incest; guilty Of George Barnett, for shooting at Miss Kelly, of Covent-garden theatre December 5, 1814 February 17, 1816 Of captain Hutchinson, sir Robert Wilson, and Mr. Bruce, in Paris, for aiding Of" captain Grant," the famous Irish robber, at Maryborough April 8, 1816 the escape April 24, 1816 August 16, 1816 Of Vaughan, a police-officer, Mackay, and Browne, for conspiracy to induce men to commit felonies to obtain the reward; convicted August 21, 1816 September 23, 1816 Of colonel Stanhope, by court-martial, at Cambray, in France Of count Maubreuil, at Paris, for robbing the queen of Westphalia Of Mr. Wooller, for libels on the government and ministers Of Thistlewood, Dr. Watson, Hooper, and others, for treason Of the murderers of the Lynch family, at Wildgoose-lodge, Ireland Of Mr. Roger O'Connor, on a charge of robbing the mail; acquitted Of Brandreth, Turner, and others, at Derby, for high treason January 20, 1817 May 2, 1817 May 23, 1817 June 6, 1817 June 9, 1817 July 19, 1817 August 5, 1817 October 15, 1817 Of Hone, the bookseller, for parodies; three trials before lord Ellenborough; remarkable for his extemporaneous and successful defence December 18, 19, 20, 1817 Of Mr. Dick, for the abduction and rape of Miss Crockatt Of the rev. Dr. O'Halloran, for forging a frank (see Transportation) Of Moseley, Woolf, and others, merchants, for conspiracy and fraud Of Mr. John Scanlan, at Limerick, for the murder of Ellen Hanly April 16, 1918 September 9, 1818 December 30, 1818 March 18, 1819 April 17, 1819 April 20, 1819 October 15, 1819 March 14, 1820 March 23, 1820 March 27, 1820 April 17, 1830 Of Mr. Henry Hunt and others, for their conduct at the Manchester meeting; convicted Of sir Charles Wolseley and rev. Mr. Harrison, for sedition; guilty Of Thistlewood, Ings, Brunt, Davidson, and Tidd, for the conspiracy to murder the king's ministers; commenced (see Cato-street Conspiracy) TRI TRIALS, continued. Of Louvel, in France, for the murder of the duke de Berri Of "Little Waddington," for a seditious libel; acquitted Of lieutenant-colonel French, 6th dragoon guards, by court-martial Of Caroline, queen of England, before the house of lords, for adultery, Of the female murderers of Miss Thompson, in Dublin; hanged June 7, 1820 August 3, 1820 Of David Haggart, an extraordinary robber, and man of singularly eventful life, at Of Samuel D. Hayward, the favourite man of fashion, for burglary Of Barthelemi, in Paris, for the abduction of Elizabeth Florence Of Cuthbert v. Browne, singular action for deceit Of the famous" Bottle Conspirators," in Ireland, by ex-officio June 9, 1821 July 29, 1822 September 23, 1822 January 28, 1823 February 23, 1823 Of Probert, Hunt, and Thurtell, the murderers of Mr. Weare; Probert turned king's evidence, but was afterwards hanged (see Executions) Of Mr. Conolly, for the murder of Grange, the bailiff Of Mr. Henry Fauntleroy, banker of London, for forgery; hanged Of Foote v. Hayne, for breach of promise of marriage; damages 30007. January 5, 1824 January 26, 1824 October 30, 1824 December 22, 1824 Of Mr. Joseph Haydn, for a libel on marquess Wellesley; continued three days in the court of King's Bench; the jury discharged without coming to a verdict. January 26, 1825 Of Mr. Henry Savary, a banker's son at Bristol, for forgery Of O'Keefe and Bourke, the murderers of the Franks family Of John Grosset Muirhead, esq., for indecent practices Of the case of Mr. Wellesley Pole and the Misses Long; commenced Of captain Bligh v. the hon. Wm. Wellesley Pole, for adultery Of Fisher v. Stockdale, for a libel in Harriette Wilson. Of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and others, for abduction of Miss Turner Of the rev. Robert Taylor, for blasphemy; found guilty Of Richmond Seymour, esq. and Macklin, for an unnatural crime Of Richard Gillam, for the murder of Maria Bagster, at Taunton April 8, 1828 Of Mr. Montgomery, for forgery; he committed suicide in prison on the morning ap- Of Brinklett, for the death of lord Mount Sandford by a kick Of Burke, at Edinburgh, for the Burking murders: Hare, his accomplice, became ap- Of the King v. Buxton and others, for a fraudulent marriage Of Stewart and his wife, noted murderers, at Glasgow; hanged Of Reinbauer, the Bavarian priest, for his murders of women Of captain Dickenson, by court martial, at Portsmouth; acquitted December 24, 1828 March 21, 1829 July 14, 1829 Of Mr. Alexander, editor of the Morning Journal, for libels on the duke of Wellington; February 10, 1830 March 4, 1830 March 6, 1830 April 2, 1830 July 30, 1830 August 24, 1830 October 8, 1830 October 30, 1830 December 21, 1830 Of Clune, &c., at Ennis, for cutting out the tongues of the Doyles Of Mr. and Mrs. Deacle v. Mr. Bingham Baring. M.P. January 10, 1831 February 12, 1831 February 19, 1831 April 14, 1831 May 26, 1831 July 6, 1831 July 14, 1831 August 1, 183* TRIALS, continued. Of the great cause, earl of Kingston v. lord Lorton; commenced November 9, 1831 December 3, 1831 December 17, 1831 January 6, 1832 January 9, 1832 February 28, 1832 March 26, 1832 April 2, 1832 July 26, 182 October 26, 1832 March 13, 1832 May 10, 1833 Of Mr. Hodgson (son of the celebrated Miss Aston) v. Greene colonel, lord Brudenell, removed from his command May 11, 1833 January, 1834 Of Fieschi, at Paris, for attempting the life of the king, Louis-Philippe, by exploding an January 30, 1836 Of the hon. G. C. Norton v. lord Melbourne, in court of Common Pleas, for crim, con. with the Hon. Mrs. Norton; verdict for the defendant June 22, 1835 February 10, 1817 Of Dr. Morrison v. proprietors of Weekly Dispatch, for libel February 10, 1837 Of James Greenacre and Sarah Gale, for the murder of Hannah Browne: Greenacre . Of Francis Hastings Medhurst, esq., for killing Mr. Joseph Alsop; guilty Of Bolam, for the murder of Mr. Millie; verdict, manslaughter Of rev. Mr. Stephens, at Chester, for inflammatory language April 10, 1877 April 13, 18 July 30, 1839 August 15, 189 Of John Frost, an ex-magistrate, and others, on a charge of high treason; guilty: sentence . December 31, 1879 June 18, 20, 1840 June 22, 1840 Of Courvoisier, for the murder of lord William Russell; hanged July 9, 10, 1840 Sept. 2, 1840 October 6, 1840 Of madame Lafarge, in France, for the murder of her husband; guilty. October 20, 1840 February 16, 1941 Of the Wallaces, brothers, merchants, for having wilfully caused the destruction of the March 4, 1841 March 23, 1841 April 5, 1841 Of the earl of Waldegrave and captain Duff, for an aggravated assault on a police constable; guilty, six months' imprisonment, and fines of 2007., and 207.; judgment, May 3, 1841 Of madame Lafarge again, for robbery of diamonds . August 7, 1841 Of the great case, Allen Bogle versus Mr. Lawson, publisher of the Times newspaper, for an alleged libel, in stating the plaintiff to be connected with numerous bank forgers throughout Europe in their schemes to defraud Messrs. Glynn and company, bankers, of London, by means of fictitious letters of credit; damages, one farthing. This exposure, so honourable to the Times, led to the Times Testimonial Of Mr. M'Leod, at Utica, America, for taking part in the destruction of the Caroline, commenced; he is acquitted after a trial that lasted eight days October 4, 1841 Of Robert Blakesley, for the murder of Mr. Burdon, of Eastcheap; hanged, October 28, 1841 Of Mr. Beaumont Smith, for the forgery of exchequer bills to an immense amount; he pleads guilty, and is sentenced to transportation for life December 4, 1841 Of Sophia Darbon v. Rosser; breach of promise of marriage; damages, 16001. Dec. 8, 1841 Of Dr. Webster, for bribery at an election of St. Alban's; acquitted March 3, 1842 Of Mr. John Levick and Antonio Mattei, principal and second in the duel in which Lieut. Adams was killed, at Malta; both acquitted Of Vivier, courier of the Morning Herald, at Boulogne, for conveying the Indian mail, through France, for that journal, contrary to the French regulations. Of Daniel Good, for the murder of Jane Jones; the memorable Roehampton murder ; found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged |