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1.
A true and particular account of the trial and execution of James O'Neil, : who was hanged on

Published / Created:
[1816]
Call Number:
File 523 T866 816
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., Printed in two columns., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Marshall, printer
Subject (Geographic):
England, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Newcastle upon Tyne.
Subject (Name):
O'Neil, James, -1816
Subject (Topic):
Trials, litigation, etc, Trials (Attempted murder), Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, Brigands and robbers, and Trials
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A true and particular account of the trial and execution of James O'Neil, : who was hanged on Newcastle Town Moor on Saturday the 7th. of September, 1816, for highway robbery, and an attempt to murder

2.
James Macleane, the gentleman highwayman at the bar

Published / Created:
publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sept 29, 1750.
Call Number:
750.09.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
"A broadside on the trial of the robber James Maclaine; with an etching showing the interior of a court room, the judges seated on the left, Maclaine standing on the right, in the middle background a lady standing, giving evidence in his favour; and with engraved title and letterpress text giving an account of the trial in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and imprint from engraved text below image at top of sheet., Among Maclaine's other crimes is the robbing of the Salisbury Coach at Turnham Green on 26 June 1750, when he was disguised using a Venetian mask. In 1749 he robbed a coach in which Horace Walpole was a passenger; he took Walpole's watch in this incident which is mentioned in the final paragraph., and Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur-de lis.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Fox in the Old Baily
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Maclaine, James, 1724-1750, and Maclaine, James, 1724-1750
Subject (Topic):
Brigands and robbers, Trials (Robbery), Courtrooms, Criminals, Judicial proceedings, and Broadsides
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > James Macleane, the gentleman highwayman at the bar

3.
Particulars of the trials and execution of John Hayes, James Boyce, Robert King, John Robinson

Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
File 52 P273 826+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Caption title., First line: We have the painful task ..., Mostly printed in two columns, with short section at the bottom in three columns., With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution., The men, referred to in the text as ‘proper subjects for capital punishment’, were executed 29 November 1826 for the following crimes: Hayes was convicted of breaking into the dwelling-house of his employer; Boyce was part of a gang convicted for assault; King and Robinson were members of the Bethnal Green gang who committed ‘assault on the highway’; and Nicholls and Goulby were convicted of robbing a ‘poor old man ... attended with the most cruel and brutal violence’., and Contemporary ink annotation on verso noting the date of the execution. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Birt, 10, Great St. Andrews Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Assault and battery), Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Particulars of the trials and execution of John Hayes, James Boyce, Robert King, John Robinson, George Nicholls, and James Goulby : who were executed in front of the Old Bailey this morning

4.
Trial and execution of these unhappy young men : who was [sic] executed at the Old Bailey this

Published / Created:
[1830]
Call Number:
File 52 T819 830+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Caption title., First line: William Newitt aged ..., A crudely printed broadside with numerous typographical errors, the text in three columns., With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution: a crowd watching four men hang from the gallows., Includes a report on the executions of William Newitt (for stealing 30 sheep), Thomas Maynard (for forging a payment of £1,900), Stephen Sandford and Will Lesslie (for an extensive burglary); the men were hanged on 31 December 1829. The final paragraph reports the extraordinary story of a failed plot (led by Sandford) to blow up Newgate prison and effect an escape., and Laid down; dated "Thursday Dec. 31st 1829" in contemporary manuscript. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Bishop, printer, 14 Shorts Gardens, Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Thieves, Forgery, Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Trial and execution of these unhappy young men : who was [sic] executed at the Old Bailey this morning