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| Accused | Birth | Trial Date | Trail Place |
| Henry Bedingfield | 10 Nov 1879 | Suffolk, England | |
| John Biggs | 12 Jul 1879 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Catherine Churchill | 29 Apr 1879 | Somerset, England | |
| William Cooper | 24 Apr 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
| John Darcy | 1 May 1879 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
| Thomas Dean | 8 Nov 1879 | Wiltshire, England | |
| James Dilley | 5 Aug 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
| Stephen Gambrill | 11 Jan 1879 | Kent, England | |
| Jonathan Geydon | 20 Oct 1879 | Essex, England | |
| Benjamin Hall | 7 Nov 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
| Thomas Johnson | 2 May 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
| Emily Jones | 2 May 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
| Robert Fosborough Lines | 14 Jul 1879 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Thomas Spooner Litherland | 29 Jul 1879 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Gerald Mainwaring | 29 Jul 1879 | Derbyshire, England | |
| William McGuinness | 17 Jan 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
| Thos Bartlett Mumford | 11 Jan 1879 | Kent, England | |
| Charles Peace | 28 Jan 1879 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Thomas Perryman | 31 Mar 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
| Mary Rainbow | 5 Aug 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
| John Ralph | 2 Aug 1879 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Thomas Richardson | 11 Jan 1879 | Northumberland, England | |
| Mary Ann Sanderson | 23 Jul 1879 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Edward Saunders | 23 Apr 1879 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| William Sharratt | 25 Apr 1879 | Cheshire, England | |
| Charles Shurety | 15 Dec 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
| James Simons | 3 Mar 1879 | Middlesex, England | |
| Selina Stanhope | 6 Nov 1879 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| William Tilly | 29 Apr 1879 | Gloucester, England | |
| Annie Took | 17 Jul 1879 | Devon, England | |
| Emma Waller | 28 Apr 1879 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| Catherine Webster | 30 Jun 1879 | Surrey, England | |
| John Whelan | 31 Oct 1879 | Lancashire, England | |
| Enoch Whiston | 18 Jan 1879 | Worcestershire, England | |
| John Anderson | 26 Oct 1878 | Northumberland, England | |
| William Batty | 14 Jan 1878 | London, England | |
| John Brooks | 22 Jan 1878 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| Patrick John Byrne | 24 Oct 1878 | Northamptonshire, England | |
| James Caffyn | 19 Jan 1878 | Hampshire, England | |
| James Donoghue | 11 Jan 1878 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Joseph Garcea | 29 Oct 1878 | Monmouthshire, England | |
| Henry Gilbert | 4 Nov 1878 | Huntingdonshire, England | |
| Ellen Heesom | 31 Jan 1878 | Cheshire, England | |
| Ellen Lanigan | 24 Jul 1878 | Lancashire, England | |
| James McGowan | 24 Oct 1878 | Lancashire, England | |
| George Piggott | 11 Jan 1878 | Lancashire, England | |
| Rudolph Reuter | 14 Jan 1878 | London, England | |
| Charles Joseph Revill | 5 Jul 1878 | Essex, England | |
| Charles Devereux Robinson | 14 Jan 1878 | London, England | |
| Harry Rowles | 9 Mar 1878 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Thomas Smithers | 16 Sep 1878 | Surrey, England | |
| Thomas Thorton | 24 Jul 1878 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| James Trickett | 22 Jan 1878 | Lancashire, England | |
| Obed Usher | 22 Jul 1878 | Surrey, England | |
| Robert Vest | 9 Jul 1878 | Durham, England | |
| Selina Wadge | 26 Jul 1878 | Cornwall, England | |
| Vincent Knowles Walker | 25 Mar 1878 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
| Frederick Edwin Baker | 20 Mar 1877 | Warwickshire, England | |
| James Bannister | 10 Mar 1877 | Cheshire, England | |
| Mary Bennett | 7 Jul 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
| Mary Jane Brown | 30 Jul 1877 | Suffolk, England | |
| Ann Cartledge | 3 Nov 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Clark | 3 Mar 1877 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| John Golding | 23 Jul 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
| Thomas Gray | 29 Oct 1877 | Nottinghamshire, England | |
| William Hussell | 29 Oct 1877 | Devon, England | |
| John Henry Johnson | 6 Mar 1877 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Cadwalader Jones | 29 Oct 1877 | Merionethshire, Wales | |
| Harry Leigh | 21 Jul 1877 | Cheshire, England | |
| John Lynch | 17 Sep 1877 | Middlesex, England | |
| Michael MacConnon | 8 Jan 1877 | Middlesex, England | |
| Patrick MacGovern | 23 Jul 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
| John MacKenna | 27 Feb 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
| Jules Mannett | 19 Nov 1877 | Surrey, England | |
| Henry March | 29 Oct 1877 | Norfolk, England | |
| Thomas Pratt | 22 Oct 1877 | Middlesex, England | |
| Alice Rhodes | 17 Sep 1877 | Kent, England | |
| Henry Rogers | 10 Jul 1877 | Staffordshire, England | |
| James Satchwell | 1 Nov 1877 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Caleb Smith | 21 Jul 1877 | Surrey, England | |
| Frances Isabella Standard | 28 Jun 1877 | Hampshire, England | |
| John Henry Starkey | 12 Jul 1877 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Elizabeth Ann Staunton | 17 Sep 1877 | Kent, England | |
| Louis Adolphus Edmund Staunton | 17 Sep 1877 | Kent, England | |
| Patrick Llewellyn Staunton | 17 Sep 1877 | Kent, England | |
| John Swift | 1 Nov 1877 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Francis George Tidbury | 16 Feb 1877 | Berkshire, England | |
| Henry Tidbury | 16 Feb 1877 | Berkshire, England | |
| Sophie Martha Todd | 23 Jul 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
| Frederick Treadaway | 5 Feb 1877 | Middlesex, England | |
| John Upton | 1 Nov 1877 | Leicestershire, England | |
| James Young | 12 Mar 1877 | Lancashire, England | |
| Cornelius Asher | 8 Jul 1876 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Silas Barlow | 20 Nov 1876 | Surrey, England | |
| Robert Browning | 22 Nov 1876 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| Giovanni Cacaris | 1 May 1876 | London, England | |
| Pascalis Caladis | 1 May 1876 | London, England | |
| John Calligan | 6 Dec 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
| Mattes Cargalis | 1 May 1876 | London, England | |
| William Challons | 15 Jul 1876 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
| Emily Church | 20 Nov 1876 | Essex, England | |
| James Dalgleish | 23 Nov 1876 | Cumberland, England | |
| Edward Deacon | 1 Apr 1876 | Gloucester, England | |
| William Drant | 23 Nov 1876 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| John Eblethrift | 8 Aug 1876 | Middlesex, England | |
| William Fish | 22 Jul 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Flannagan | 23 Nov 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
| Thomas Fordred | 11 Mar 1876 | Kent, England | |
| John Thomas Green | 29 Nov 1876 | Leicestershire, England | |
| William Habron | 23 Nov 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
| George Hill | 22 Mar 1876 | Hertfordshire, England | |
| George Hunter | 6 Mar 1876 | Northumberland, England | |
| George Kaida | 1 May 1876 | London, England | |
| Edward Legg | 31 Jul 1876 | Gloucester, England | |
| Lucy Low | 1 Jul 1876 | Bedfordshire, England | |
| Mary Peterson Mahoney | 11 Dec 1876 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Isaac Marks | 11 Dec 1876 | Surrey, England | |
| Harry Mascall | 9 Mar 1876 | Kent, England | |
| Charles O’Donnell | 20 Nov 1876 | Middlesex, England | |
| James Parris | 10 Jul 1876 | Kent, England | |
| Elizabeth Swatman | 1 Apr 1876 | Suffolk, England | |
| Richard Thompson | 22 Jul 1876 | Lancashire, England | |
| John Webber | 1 Apr 1876 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Henry Webster | 7 Apr 1876 | Norfolk, England | |
| John Williams | 29 Jun 1876 | Durham, England | |
| John William Anderson | 29 Nov 1875 | Northumberland, England | |
| William Baker | 7 Aug 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
| Peter Blanchard | 22 Jul 1875 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| Rose Brown | 13 Jul 1875 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Richard Charlton | 29 Nov 1875 | Northumberland, England | |
| Richard Coates | 2 Mar 1875 | Essex, England | |
| Edward Cooper | 7 Aug 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
| Jeremiah Corkery | 7 Jul 1875 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Mary Elizabeth Coward | 3 May 1875 | Middlesex, England | |
| Elizabeth Daunton | 3 Aug 1875 | Somerset, England | |
| Joseph Drinkwater | 20 Sep 1875 | Middlesex, England | |
| Mark Fiddler | 24 Jul 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
| George Fordham | 13 Dec 1875 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Michael Gillighan | 6 Jul 1875 | Durham, England | |
| William Hancock | 6 Dec 1875 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Alfred Thomas Heap | 24 Mar 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Hole | 2 Apr 1875 | Gloucester, England | |
| John Kavannah | 8 Mar 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Mac Cullogh | 24 Jul 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
| William McHugh | 6 Jul 1875 | Durham, England | |
| Frederick Momsen | 12 Jul 1875 | London, England | |
| John Morgan | 8 Mar 1875 | Kent, England | |
| Philip Morris | 9 Aug 1875 | Gloucester, England | |
| Michael Murphy | 12 Jul 1875 | Essex, England | |
| Elizabeth Pearson | 6 Jul 1875 | Durham, England | |
| Edward Phillips | 4 Dec 1875 | Lancashire, England | |
| George Richards | 4 Aug 1875 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Robert Searle | 17 Mar 1875 | Yorkshire – North Riding, England | |
| William Smedley | 29 Nov 1875 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| John Stanton | 8 Mar 1875 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Joseph Stonestreet | 20 Sep 1875 | Middlesex, England | |
| Charles Street | 20 Mar 1875 | Cambridgeshire, England | |
| Henry Wainwright | 22 Nov 1875 | Middlesex, England | |
| Peter Campbell | 8 Dec 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
| John Caton | 7 Mar 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
| Thomas Chamberlain | 7 Mar 1874 | Northamptonshire, England | |
| John Walter Coppen | 21 Sep 1874 | Surrey, England | |
| James Cranwell | 14 Dec 1874 | Middlesex, England | |
| Hugh Daley | 8 Dec 1874 | Durham, England | |
| Henry Flanagan | 8 Aug 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
| James Henry Gibbs | 4 Aug 1874 | Monmouthshire, England | |
| James Godwin | 4 May 1874 | Middlesex, England | |
| James Grant | 4 Aug 1874 | Somerset, England | |
| William Jackson | 28 Jul 1874 | Yorkshire – East Riding, England | |
| Sarah Ann Liddell | 12 Dec 1874 | Worcestershire, England | |
| John McCrave | 8 Dec 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
| Thomas McDonald | 23 Jul 1874 | Devon, England | |
| Michael Mullen | 8 Dec 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Parker | 12 Jan 1874 | Middlesex, England | |
| George Posslett | 25 Nov 1874 | Surrey, England | |
| Frederick Smith | 25 Feb 1874 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Thomas Smith | 26 Oct 1874 | Hampshire, England | |
| Frances Stewart | 8 Jun 1874 | Middlesex, England | |
| Robert Taylor | 7 Dec 1874 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Mary Williams | 8 Aug 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Worthington | 8 Dec 1874 | Lancashire, England | |
| Edward Abbott | 8 Aug 1873 | Somerset, England | |
| Edwin Bailey | 19 Dec 1873 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Anne Barrey | 19 Dec 1873 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| Charles Edward Butt | 19 Dec 1873 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| James Connor | 13 Aug 1873 | Lancashire, England | |
| Thomas Corrigan | 10 Dec 1873 | Lancashire, England | |
| Mary Ann Cotton | 1 Mar 1873 | Durham, England | |
| Mary Elizabeth Davidson | 11 Mar 1873 | Lancashire, England | |
| Charles Dawson | 3 Dec 1873 | Durham, England | |
| Andrew Joseph Duncan | 6 Mar 1873 | Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Henry Evans | 17 Jul 1873 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Edward Gough | 3 Dec 1873 | Durham, England | |
| Hugh Hagan | 19 Feb 1873 | Cumberland, England | |
| Benjamin Hudson | 11 Jul 1873 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Harriet Morris | 24 Mar 1873 | Denbighshire, Wales | |
| Thomas Ward Nichols | 20 Dec 1873 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
| William Thompson | 3 Dec 1873 | Durham, England | |
| Joseph Turnbull | 8 Jul 1873 | Durham, England | |
| George Beesley | 10 Dec 1872 | Durham, England | |
| Francis Bradford | 20 Jul 1872 | Kent, England | |
| Marguerite Diblane | 10 Jun 1872 | Middlesex, England | |
| Christiana Edmunds | 8 Jan 1872 | Sussex, England | |
| Christopher Edwards | 24 Jul 1872 | Staffordshire, England | |
| Augustus Elliott | 18 Nov 1872 | Middlesex, England | |
| Charles Field | 3 Aug 1872 | Cheshire, England | |
| James Flynn | 27 Jul 1872 | Lancashire, England | |
| Francis Thomas Gem | 24 Feb 1872 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Edward Handcock | 6 Dec 1872 | Warwickshire, England | |
| Catherine Hanlon | 10 Dec 1872 | Lancashire, England | |
| John Hays | 10 Dec 1872 | Durham, England | |
| Charles Holmes | 18 Jul 1872 | Worcestershire, England | |
| William Frederick Horry | 11 Mar 1872 | Lincolnshire, England | |
| Michael Kennedy | 30 Nov 1872 | Lancashire, England | |
| William Lace | 2 Aug 1872 | Somerset, England | |
| Patrick Leonard | 21 Mar 1872 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| Robert McLean | 7 Dec 1872 | Kent, England | |
| Thomas Moore | 20 Jul 1872 | Kent, England | |
| Terence Rice | 10 Dec 1872 | Durham, England | |
| Edward Roberts | 29 Feb 1872 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Hugh Slane | 10 Dec 1872 | Durham, England | |
| Richard Spencer | 10 Dec 1872 | Lancashire, England | |
| James Tooth | 20 Jul 1872 | Kent, England | |
| Lydia Venables | 19 Aug 1872 | Middlesex, England | |
| Sarah Vernon | 11 Mar 1872 | Staffordshire, England | |
| John Selby Watson | 8 Jan 1872 | Surrey, England | |
| James Wright | 6 Jul 1872 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Richard Addington | 12 Jul 1871 | Northamptonshire, England | |
| Arthur Frederic Brown | Oct 1871 | Westmorland, England | |
| William Bull | 13 Mar 1871 | Bedfordshire, England | |
| Ellen Bumbee | 28 Feb 1871 | Hertfordshire, England | |
| Rachel Busby | 12 Jul 1871 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Michl Campbell | 3 Apr 1871 | Essex, England | |
| George Ellis | 24 Jul 1871 | Lancashire, England | |
| Robert Hodgson | 20 Jul 1871 | Lancashire, England | |
| Frederick Jones | 20 Dec 1871 | Gloucestershire, England | |
| John Kirk | 5 Dec 1871 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Samuel Wallis | 14 Dec 1871 | Derbyshire, England | |
| John Webster | 5 Dec 1871 | Leicestershire, England | |
| Claude Scott Woolley | 5 Jun 1871 | Middlesex, England | |
| Henry Boole | 11 Apr 1870 | Warwickshire, England | |
| John Carpenter Carver | 8 Aug 1870 | Surrey, England | |
| Patrick Durr | 1 Dec 1870 | Lancashire, England | |
| Charlotte Elliott | 10 Dec 1870 | Lancashire, England | |
| Edward Greatley | 1 Dec 1870 | Lancashire, England | |
| Susannah Hyde | 2 Mar 1870 | Oxfordshire, England | |
| Patrick Jennings | 11 Mar 1870 | Staffordshire, England | |
| John Jones | 20 Jul 1870 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Walter Millar | 11 Jul 1870 | Middlesex, England | |
| William Mobbs | 10 Mar 1870 | Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Thomas Ratcliffe | 22 Jul 1870 | Dorset, England | |
| Willm Redhead | 11 Jul 1870 | Middlesex, England | |
| Patrick Riley | 30 Nov 1870 | Yorkshire – West Riding, England | |
| James Rutterford | 23 Mar 1870 | Suffolk, England | |
| Jacob Spinasa | 28 Feb 1870 | Middlesex, England | |
| Margt Waters | 19 Sep 1870 | Surrey, England |
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