This is a list of accused sentenced to death – this is not a definitive inventory.
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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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