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Accused | Birth | Trial Date | Trail Place |
Thomas Berry | 5 Jul 1880 | Kent, England | |
William Brownless | 27 Oct 1880 | Durham, England | |
Hugh Burns | 5 Feb 1880 | Lancashire, England | |
William Cassidy | 22 Jan 1880 | Lancashire, England | |
Jane Colmer | 3 Aug 1880 | Somerset, England | |
Robert Slade Colmer | 3 Aug 1880 | Somerset, England | |
William Joseph Distin | 30 Oct 1880 | Gloucester, England | |
William Dumbleton | 17 Apr 1880 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
Henry Harman | 5 Feb 1880 | Wiltshire, England | |
James Daniel Haywood | 31 Jul 1880 | Warwickshire, England | |
William Herbert | 22 Nov 1880 | Middlesex, England | |
Henry Howett | 28 Jan 1880 | Lincolnshire, England | |
Elizabeth Ireland | 28 Jan 1880 | Lincolnshire, England | |
Patrick Kearns | 5 Feb 1880 | Lancashire, England | |
George Pavey | 22 Nov 1880 | Middlesex, England | |
Alice Maud Mary Pickering | 2 Nov 1880 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Emma Pleasance | 3 Aug 1880 | Surrey, England | |
Elizabeth Stacey | 30 Oct 1880 | Leicestershire, England | |
James Sweetland | 28 Jun 1880 | Middlesex, England | |
Mary Ann Tracey | 5 Feb 1880 | Lancashire, England | |
John Brewster Vessey | 28 Jan 1880 | Lincolnshire, England | |
John Vey | 28 Jun 1880 | Middlesex, England | |
John Wakefield | 27 Jul 1880 | Derbyshire, England | |
Thomas Wheeler | 2 Nov 1880 | Hertfordshire, England | |
John Wingfield | 1 Mar 1880 | Middlesex, England | |
John Henry Wood | 20 Apr 1880 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
Mary Wright | 27 Jul 1880 | Derbyshire, England | |
William Wright | 2 Nov 1880 | Essex, England | |
James Ash | 19 Jul 1881 | Yorkshire – North Riding and East Riding, England | |
Thomas Brown | 26 Jul 1881 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
Elizabeth Butler | 4 May 1881 | Shropshire, England | |
George Durling | 2 Aug 1881 | Kent, England | |
Alfred Gough | 31 Oct 1881 | Derbyshire, England | |
James Hall | 3 May 1881 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Percy Lefroy Mapleton | 31 Oct 1881 | Sussex, England | |
Joseph Patrick McEntee | 7 May 1881 | Lancashire, England | |
Margaret Messenger | 31 Oct 1881 | Cumberland, England | |
Susan Mogford | 30 Jul 1881 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Albert Moore | 26 Apr 1881 | Kent, England | |
Alfred Moore | 11 Jul 1881 | Staffordshire, England | |
William Osman | 22 Oct 1881 | Cheshire, England | |
William Payne | 4 May 1881 | Staffordshire, England | |
John Richmond | 13 Jul 1881 | Durham, England | |
Albert Robinson | 7 Feb 1881 | Derbyshire, England | |
Henry Rye | 29 Jun 1881 | Kent, England | |
John Aspinall Simpson | 3 Nov 1881 | Lancashire, England | |
Ann Smith | 29 Jan 1881 | Cheshire, England | |
William Stanway | 29 Jan 1881 | Cheshire, England | |
Arthur Watson | 7 May 1881 | Lancashire, England | |
James Williams | 24 Jan 1881 | Staffordshire, England | |
Joseph Wilson | 8 Feb 1881 | Suffolk, England | |
William George Abigail | 4 May 1882 | Norfolk, England | |
William Meager Bartlett | 25 Oct 1882 | Cornwall, England | |
John Boss | 31 Jan 1882 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Benjamin Bouch | 20 Apr 1882 | Lancashire, England | |
William Bradburn | 12 Jul 1882 | Lancashire, England | |
Osmond Otto Brand | 1 May 1882 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Thomas Fury | 24 Apr 1882 | Durham, England | |
Charles Garrish | 11 Jan 1882 | Wiltshire, England | |
Hugh Grant | 30 Oct 1882 | Cumberland, England | |
Alfred Harris | 11 Dec 1882 | Kent, England | |
William Hollis | 7 Nov 1882 | Staffordshire, England | |
George Henry Lamson | 27 Feb 1882 | Surrey, England | |
Bernard Mullarkey | 11 Nov 1882 | Lancashire, England | |
Herbert Snell | 27 Jan 1882 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
Henry Stebbing | 6 Feb 1882 | Norfolk, England | |
George Stratton | 30 Oct 1882 | Hertfordshire, England | |
Charles Taylor | 20 Nov 1882 | Surrey, England | |
Louisa Jane Taylor | 11 Dec 1882 | Kent, England | |
Robert Templeton | 19 Jan 1882 | Lancashire, England | |
William Turner | 26 Jul 1882 | Lancashire, England | |
Henry Westby | 27 Jan 1882 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
Edward Wheatfill | 3 Nov 1882 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
James Anderson | 27 Jan 1883 | Lincolnshire, England | |
Peter Bray | 31 Oct 1883 | Durham, England | |
James Burton | 14 Jul 1883 | Durham, England | |
Patrick Carey | 12 Apr 1883 | Cheshire, England | |
James Cole | 15 Oct 1883 | Surrey, England | |
George Cooper | 18 Apr 1883 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Thomas Lyons Day | 24 Oct 1883 | Suffolk, England | |
Peter Dunagan | 11 Apr 1883 | Northumberland, England | |
Henry Dutton | 12 Nov 1883 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas Farris | 13 Apr 1883 | Lincolnshire, England | |
William Gouldstone | 10 Sep 1883 | Essex, England | |
Alfred Harris | 8 Jan 1883 | Kent, England | |
James Kelly | 30 Jul 1883 | Middlesex, England | |
George Isaac Knight | 28 Jul 1883 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Patrick O’Donnell | 19 Nov 1883 | London, England | |
Lewis Parry | 12 Nov 1883 | Lancashire, England | |
Harry Powell | 15 Oct 1883 | Surrey, England | |
Edna Mary Reed | 11 Apr 1883 | Hertfordshire, England | |
Thomas Riley | 29 Oct 1883 | Lancashire, England | |
Frederick Ripley | 1 Feb 1883 | Somerset, England | |
Emma Elizabeth Scott | 12 Nov 1883 | Lancashire, England | |
Abraham Thomas | 20 Jan 1883 | Lancashire, England | |
Joseph Wedlake | 25 Apr 1883 | Somerset, England | |
George White | 25 Apr 1883 | Somerset, England | |
George Baldwin | 7 Jan 1884 | Surrey, England | |
Edward Bath Edwards | 1 Nov 1884 | Devon, England | |
Henry John Billing | 7 Jan 1884 | Essex, England | |
Robert Black | 8 May 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Edna Carter | 8 Nov 1884 | Suffolk, England | |
Peter Cassidy | 28 Jul 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Joseph James Donnelly | 15 Jul 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Patrick Duggan | 4 Feb 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Ernest Ewerstaedt | 13 Nov 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Catherine Flanagan | 4 Feb 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Elizabeth Gibbons | 15 Dec 1884 | Middlesex, England | |
Thomas Harris | 15 Sep 1884 | Middlesex, England | |
Margaret Higgins | 4 Feb 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Sarah Jane Holmes | 23 Apr 1884 | Northumberland, England | |
Kay Howarth | 31 Oct 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Horace Robert Jay | 15 Dec 1884 | Surrey, England | |
Charles Kite | 2 Feb 1884 | Somerset, England | |
Joseph Laycock | 29 Jul 1884 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Mary Lesley | 2 May 1884 | Lincolnshire, England | |
James Lloyd | 12 Feb 1884 | Warwickshire, England | |
Joseph Lowson | 26 Apr 1884 | Durham, England | |
John Lowther | 26 Jan 1884 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
Sarah Mallinson | 4 Feb 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Michael McLean | 4 Feb 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Charles Nowland | 26 Jan 1884 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
Thos. Henry Orrock | 15 Sep 1884 | Middlesex, England | |
Ann Parkin | 4 Nov 1884 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
Robert Plampton | 28 Jan 1884 | Surrey, England | |
Matilda Rider | 19 May 1884 | Middlesex, England | |
Arthur Shaw | 13 Nov 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
William Siddle | 26 Apr 1884 | Durham, England | |
William Smart | 4 Feb 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas Smith | 26 Apr 1884 | Durham, England | |
George Soulsby | 17 Jul 1884 | Durham, England | |
John Sullivan | 15 Sep 1884 | Middlesex, England | |
Harry Hammond Swindells | 31 Oct 1884 | Lancashire, England | |
Emily Wilcox | 6 May 1884 | Somerset, England | |
Henry Alt | 22 Jun 1885 | Middlesex, England | |
George Boddington | 24 Oct 1885 | Oxfordshire, England | |
Thomas Boulton | 28 Jul 1885 | Staffordshire, England | |
William Boyd | 11 Nov 1885 | Lancashire, England | |
Sarah Dunn | 17 Jul 1885 | Durham, England | |
Joseph Flynn | 11 Nov 1885 | Lancashire, England | |
Robert Goodale | 9 Nov 1885 | Norfolk, England | |
Margaret Higgins | 30 Oct 1885 | Lancashire, England | |
John Hill | 31 Oct 1885 | Herefordshire, England | |
Henry Kimberley | 23 Feb 1885 | Warwickshire, England | |
Elizabeth Lane | 15 Jul 1885 | Lancashire, England | |
John Lee | 29 Jan 1885 | Devon, England | |
John Lee | 20 Apr 1885 | Essex, England | |
Daniel Menihane | 16 Nov 1885 | Middlesex, England | |
William Nash | 2 Aug 1885 | Middlesex, England | |
Henry Norman | 14 Sep 1885 | Middlesex, England | |
Harry Patrick | 14 Dec 1885 | Middlesex, England | |
John Price | 16 Jul 1885 | Cardiganshire, Wales | |
Eliza Elizabeth Salmons | 20 Apr 1885 | Middlesex, England | |
Joseph Shill | 12 Jan 1885 | Berkshire, England | |
Moses Shrimpton | 25 Apr 1885 | Worcestershire, England | |
John Thomas Sims | 6 Nov 1885 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
Amelia Thomas | 15 Apr 1885 | Gloucester, England | |
George Thomas | 11 Nov 1885 | Lancashire, England | |
Joseph Tucker | 11 Jul 1885 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
John Williams | 31 Oct 1885 | Herefordshire, England | |
Joseph Baines | 21 Jan 1886 | Lancashire, England | |
James Baker | 14 Jan 1886 | Cumberland, England | |
James Banton | 8 Nov 1886 | Leicestershire, England | |
Alfred Bligh | 12 Jul 1886 | Lancashire, England | |
Mary Ann Britland | 14 Jul 1886 | Lancashire, England | |
Albert Edward Brown | 4 May 1886 | Hampshire, England | |
John Davis | 13 Feb 1886 | Staffordshire, England | |
Elizabeth Hamlinton | 13 Nov 1886 | Norfolk, England | |
George Harmer | 13 Nov 1886 | Norfolk, England | |
Edward Hewitt | 17 May 1886 | Gloucestershire, England | |
Alfred Hitch | 13 Nov 1886 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
John Horton | 12 Jan 1886 | Wiltshire, England | |
Patrick Judge | 28 Oct 1886 | Northumberland, England | |
John Gerrard King | 13 Jul 1886 | Dorset, England | |
Mary Hannah Leach | 23 Jan 1886 | Gloucestershire, England | |
Owen MacGill | 29 Jan 1886 | Cheshire, England | |
John Martin | 14 Jan 1886 | Cumberland, England | |
James Murphy | 8 Nov 1886 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
William Narrowmore | 1 Nov 1886 | Staffordshire, England | |
Thomas Nash | 4 Feb 1886 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
John Norbury | 22 Nov 1886 | Warwickshire, England | |
Thomas Polglase | 2 Nov 1886 | Cornwall, England | |
Jacob Reigelhuth | 8 Mar 1886 | Middlesex, England | |
Arthur Riches | 13 Nov 1886 | Norfolk, England | |
David Roberts | 4 Feb 1886 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Anthony Benjamin Rudge | 14 Jan 1886 | Cumberland, England | |
Sydney Richard Russel | 9 Nov 1886 | Dorset, England | |
William Samuel | 8 Jul 1886 | Montgomeryshire, Wales | |
George Saunders | 26 Jan 1886 | Suffolk, England | |
Michael Savelle | 6 Feb 1886 | Lancashire, England | |
Mary Ann Smith | 1 Nov 1886 | Staffordshire, England | |
John Thurston | 19 Jan 1886 | Norfolk, England | |
Robert Travis | 7 May 1886 | Cheshire, England | |
John Waite | 14 Jul 1886 | Lancashire, England | |
James Whelan | 4 May 1886 | Hampshire, England | |
John Anderson | 29 Jul 1887 | Lancashire, England | |
Elizabeth Berry | 3 Feb 1887 | Lancashire, England | |
Thomas Henry Bevan | 25 Jul 1887 | Cheshire, England | |
Thomas Bloxham | 21 Jan 1887 | Leicestershire, England | |
James Cocks | 27 Jun 1887 | Essex, England | |
Henry Cowley | 11 May 1887 | Warwickshire, England | |
Thomas Wm Currell | 28 Mar 1887 | Middlesex, England | |
George Augustus Early | 28 Jul 1887 | Hampshire, England | |
Edwin Wm Evans | 27 Jun 1887 | Essex, England | |
James Gleaves | 27 Jun 1887 | Essex, England | |
Fanny Goldby | 30 Jul 1887 | Warwickshire, England | |
Henry Hobson | 30 Jul 1887 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
William Hunter | 25 Oct 1887 | Cumberland, England | |
Richard Insole | 28 Jan 1887 | Lincolnshire, England | |
John Jessop | 3 Feb 1887 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
Joseph King | 28 Feb 1887 | Middlesex, England | |
Thomas Leatherbarrow | 21 Jan 1887 | Lancashire, England | |
Israel Lipski | 25 Jul 1887 | Middlesex, England | |
John McCann | 22 Jan 1887 | Durham, England | |
Joseph Morley | 1 Nov 1887 | Essex, England | |
Thomas Payne | 14 Nov 1887 | Warwickshire, England | |
Henrietta Elizabeth Powell | 11 May 1887 | Warwickshire, England | |
Edward Pritchard | 22 Jan 1887 | Gloucestershire, England | |
Jonas Rivett | 19 Apr 1887 | Norfolk, England | |
Charles Smith | 19 Apr 1887 | Oxfordshire, England | |
Alfred Sowrey | 13 Jul 1887 | Lancashire, England | |
Benjamin Terry | 3 Feb 1887 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
Thomas Thompson | 22 Jan 1887 | Durham, England | |
Enoch Wadley | 5 Nov 1887 | Gloucestershire, England | |
Joseph Walker Snr | 27 Oct 1887 | Oxfordshire, England | |
John Wm Webster | 27 Jun 1887 | Essex, England | |
Mary Ann Wharrie | 5 Nov 1887 | Lincolnshire, England | |
William Wilton | 8 Aug 1887 | Sussex, England | |
Walter Wood | 25 Apr 1887 | Lancashire, England | |
Henry William Young | 23 Apr 1887 | Dorset, England | |
William Arrowsmith | 5 Mar 1888 | Shropshire, England | |
Charles Arthur | 26 Jul 1888 | Lancashire, England | |
Levi Richard Bartlett | 22 Oct 1888 | Middlesex, England | |
William Booth | 22 Feb 1888 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
Henry Bowles | 9 Jan 1888 | Surrey, England | |
Charles Bulmer | 8 Dec 1888 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
William Henry Emeris Burke | 30 Apr 1888 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
George Clark | 5 Mar 1888 | Hampshire, England | |
Thomas Clewes | 11 Dec 1888 | Staffordshire, England | |
Samuel Crowther | 17 Nov 1888 | Worcestershire, England | |
Henry Cullum | 28 Jul 1888 | Hertfordshire, England | |
George Nathaniel Daniels | 1 Aug 1888 | Warwickshire, England | |
Arthur Thomas Delaney | 19 Jul 1888 | Derbyshire, England | |
Charles Joseph Dobell | 10 Dec 1888 | Kent, England | |
George Galletly | 30 Jul 1888 | Middlesex, England | |
John Alfred Gell | 21 Apr 1888 | Lancashire, England | |
William Gower | 10 Dec 1888 | Kent, England | |
Fanny Hancock | 11 Jul 1888 | Kent, England | |
Mary Holliday | 30 Apr 1888 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
John Jackson | 12 Jul 1888 | Lancashire, England | |
Harry Benjamin Jones | 1 Aug 1888 | Warwickshire, England | |
James Jones | 28 Feb 1888 | Herefordshire, England | |
Patrick Kelly | 17 Sep 1888 | Essex, England | |
Alice Middleton | 30 Apr 1888 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
George Nicholson | 13 Dec 1888 | Warwickshire, England | |
Mary Ann Phillips | 10 Mar 1888 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Wm Alfd Pierpoint | 2 Jul 1888 | Surrey, England | |
David Pilmore | 11 Feb 1888 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
David Rees | 21 Feb 1888 | Carmarthenshire, Wales | |
James William Richardson | 30 Apr 1888 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Alfred Scandrett | 28 Feb 1888 | Herefordshire, England | |
George Sergeant | 23 Jul 1888 | Essex, England | |
Robert Upton | 23 Jun 1888 | Oxfordshire, England | |
William Waddle | 27 Nov 1888 | Durham, England | |
James White | 23 Apr 1888 | Middlesex, England | |
Thomas Wyre | 28 Jun 1888 | Worcestershire, England | |
Thomas Allen | 13 Mar 1889 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Frederick Brett | 6 Dec 1889 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
William Dukes | 22 Nov 1889 | Lancashire, England | |
Charles Lister Higginbotham | 14 Dec 1889 | Warwickshire, England | |
Thomas Hook | 9 Dec 1889 | Kent, England | |
George Horton | 24 Jul 1889 | Derbyshire, England | |
Ebenezer Samuel Jenkins | 12 Feb 1889 | Surrey, England | |
Jane Jones | 19 Nov 1889 | Lancashire, England | |
William Kerr | 4 Jul 1889 | Cumberland, England | |
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick | 25 Jul 1889 | Lancashire, England | |
Charles Parton | 9 Mar 1889 | Lancashire, England | |
Benjamin Purnell | 20 Nov 1889 | Wiltshire, England | |
Samuel Reyland | 18 Feb 1889 | Somerset, England | |
William Rigg | 23 Feb 1889 | Durham, England | |
Mary Elizabeth Stockdale | 23 Feb 1889 | Durham, England | |
Richard Townsend | 10 Jul 1889 | Kent, England | |
Joseph Turner | 7 Dec 1889 | Lincolnshire, England | |
Robert West | 6 Dec 1889 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
Edward Wilkinson | 23 Feb 1889 | Durham, England | |
John Withey | 16 Mar 1889 | Gloucester, England |
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