The Newgate Calendar Vol. 6
THE NEWGATE CALENDAR
Edited by Donal Ó Danachair
Volume 6
Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009
http://www.exclassics.com
Public Domain
The Gibbets
CONTENTS
DAVID OWEN Tried and executed for a diabolical attempt to murder his sister, her
husband, and their servant maid, 4th April, 1818 6
MARY STONE 11
GEORGE CHENNEL AND J. CHALCRAFT 13
CHARLES HUSSEY 29
ROBERT JOHNSTON 30
SAMUEL SIBLEY; MARIA CATHERINE SIBLEY; SAMUEL JONES; his son;
THOMAS JONES; JOHN ANGEL; THOMAS SMITH; JAMES DODD and
EDWARD SLATER 31
ROBERT DEAN 34
HENRY STENT 37
PEI 51
JOHN SCANLAN and STEPHEN SULLIVAN 55
MRS MARY RIDDING 58
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT 59
ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD, JAMES INGS, JOHN THOMAS BRUNT, RICHARD
TIDD AND WILLIAM DAVIDSON 62
PHILIP HAINES AND MARY CLARKE 68
JOHN SMITH 74
DANIEL DOODY, JOHN CUSSEN, alias WALSH, JAMES LEAHY, MAURICE
LEAHY, WILLIAM DOODY, DAVID LEAHY, DANIEL RIEDY, WILLIAM
COSTELLO, AND WALTER FITZMAURICE, alias CAPTAIN ROCK 77
PHILIP STOFFEL AND CHARLES KEPPEL 80
HENRY FAUNTLEROY 81
CORNELIUS WOOD 83
EDWARD HARRIS, alias KIDDY HARRIS 86
GEORGE ALEXANDER WOOD AND ALEXANDER WELLESLEY LEITH 93
EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM WAKEFIELD AND FRANCES
WAKEFIELD 94
WILLIAM CORDER 99
JOSEPH HUNTON 109
ESTHER HIBNER THE ELDER, ESTHER HIBNER THE YOUNGER, AND ANN
ROBINSON 114
WILLIAM BANKS 116
WILLIAM BURKE 119
CAPTAIN WILLIAM MOIR 135
JOHN SMITH, alias WILLIAM SAPWELL 138
JOHN ST JOHN LONG 141
JOHN TAYLOR AND THOMAS MARTIN 144
JOSEPH PLANT STEVENS 145
LEWIS LEWIS, RICHARD LEWIS, DAVID HUGHES, THOMAS VAUGHAN,
DAVID THOMAS, AND OTHERS 146
JOHN AMY BIRD BELL 152
JOHN BISHOP AND THOMAS WILLIAMS 154
JOHN HOLLOWAY 160
HENRY MACNAMARA 162
DENNIS COLLINS 163
JONATHAN SMITHERS 165
JAMES COOK 168
WILLIAM JOHNSON 170
JOB COX 172
GEORGE FURSEY 173
JAMES LOVELACE and others 177
PATRICK CARROLL 180
ROBERT SALMON 181
JOHN MINTER HART 182
JAMES GREENACRE 183
THOMAS MEARS AND OTHERS 185
FRANCIS LIONEL ELIOT, EDWARD DELVES BROUGHTON, JOHN YOUNG
AND HENRY WEBBER 192
FRANCIS HASTINGS MEDHURST 194
GEORGE CANT 194
WILLIAM JOHN MARCHANT 199
ROBERT TAYLOR 200
FRANCOIS BENJAMIN COURVOISIER 204
EDWARD OXFORD 209
THE EARL OF CARDIGAN 215
WILLIAM STEVENSON 218
JAMES INGLETT 219
HUFFEY WHITE AND RICHARD KENDALL 221
RICHARD CORDUY 223
PRIVATE HALES 224
MARTHA DAVIS 225
JOHN ROBINSON 225
LEVI MORTGEN AND JOSEPH LUPPA 227
ELIZABETH MIDDLETON 227
JOHN MUCKETT 228
PATRICK M'DONALD 229
JAMES BULLOCK 230
FREDERICK SMITH ALIAS HENRY ST JOHN 231
SAMUEL OLIVER 232
THOMAS WHITE AND WALTER WYATT 232
APPENDIX I 233
APPENDIX II 235
APPENDIX III 237
APPENDIX IV 239
APPENDIX V. 240
APPENDIX VI. 241
APPENDIX VII. 247
APPENDIX VIII 249
APPENDIX IX 252
APPENDIX X 258
APPENDIX XI 260
APPENDIX XII 290
APPENDIX XIII 296
APPENDIX XIV 306
APPENDIX Voluntary punishment of Gentoo widows on the death of their husbands
319
APPENDIX Trial by ordeal of the Hindoos in the East 322
APPENDIX Chinese punishments 322
APPENDIX Turkish Punishments inflicted on knavish butchers and bakers. 324
APPENDIX Benefit of clergy. 327
CONCLUDING NOTE 328
DAVID OWEN
Tried and executed for a diabolical attempt to murder his sister, her
husband, and their servant maid, 4th April, 1818
THE attempt of DAVID OWEN to murder his sister, her husband, and their
maid servant, is one of those instances of desperate depravity which reflect disgrace,
not merely on the age, but on human nature itself. On the 26th September, 1817, about
one o'clock at noon, this man, who was a cow-keeper, came to town from Edmonton,
and proceeded to the house of his brother-in-law, also a cow-keeper, in Gibraltar-row,
St. George's-fields. After knocking at the door, he was admitted by the maid servant,
who called out to her master and mistress that Mr Owen was there; and Jones coming
forward to meet him, the execution of his diabolical purpose commenced. He first
attacked the man Jones, whom he wounded dreadfully in the belly and the hand, so far
as for some seconds to deprive him of sense and motion. He then flew at Mrs Jones,
his own sister, and inflicted upon her several shocking wounds: he stabbed her in the
forehead, cut her severely, though not dangerously, between two of her ribs, and
having thrust his knife in her mouth, drew it clean through the face to the ear,
lacerating her tongue, and laying her cheek completely open. The ruffian last struck at
Edited by Donal Ó Danachair
Volume 6
Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009
http://www.exclassics.com
Public Domain
The Gibbets
CONTENTS
DAVID OWEN Tried and executed for a diabolical attempt to murder his sister, her
husband, and their servant maid, 4th April, 1818 6
MARY STONE 11
GEORGE CHENNEL AND J. CHALCRAFT 13
CHARLES HUSSEY 29
ROBERT JOHNSTON 30
SAMUEL SIBLEY; MARIA CATHERINE SIBLEY; SAMUEL JONES; his son;
THOMAS JONES; JOHN ANGEL; THOMAS SMITH; JAMES DODD and
EDWARD SLATER 31
ROBERT DEAN 34
HENRY STENT 37
PEI 51
JOHN SCANLAN and STEPHEN SULLIVAN 55
MRS MARY RIDDING 58
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT 59
ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD, JAMES INGS, JOHN THOMAS BRUNT, RICHARD
TIDD AND WILLIAM DAVIDSON 62
PHILIP HAINES AND MARY CLARKE 68
JOHN SMITH 74
DANIEL DOODY, JOHN CUSSEN, alias WALSH, JAMES LEAHY, MAURICE
LEAHY, WILLIAM DOODY, DAVID LEAHY, DANIEL RIEDY, WILLIAM
COSTELLO, AND WALTER FITZMAURICE, alias CAPTAIN ROCK 77
PHILIP STOFFEL AND CHARLES KEPPEL 80
HENRY FAUNTLEROY 81
CORNELIUS WOOD 83
EDWARD HARRIS, alias KIDDY HARRIS 86
GEORGE ALEXANDER WOOD AND ALEXANDER WELLESLEY LEITH 93
EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM WAKEFIELD AND FRANCES
WAKEFIELD 94
WILLIAM CORDER 99
JOSEPH HUNTON 109
ESTHER HIBNER THE ELDER, ESTHER HIBNER THE YOUNGER, AND ANN
ROBINSON 114
WILLIAM BANKS 116
WILLIAM BURKE 119
CAPTAIN WILLIAM MOIR 135
JOHN SMITH, alias WILLIAM SAPWELL 138
JOHN ST JOHN LONG 141
JOHN TAYLOR AND THOMAS MARTIN 144
JOSEPH PLANT STEVENS 145
LEWIS LEWIS, RICHARD LEWIS, DAVID HUGHES, THOMAS VAUGHAN,
DAVID THOMAS, AND OTHERS 146
JOHN AMY BIRD BELL 152
JOHN BISHOP AND THOMAS WILLIAMS 154
JOHN HOLLOWAY 160
HENRY MACNAMARA 162
DENNIS COLLINS 163
JONATHAN SMITHERS 165
JAMES COOK 168
WILLIAM JOHNSON 170
JOB COX 172
GEORGE FURSEY 173
JAMES LOVELACE and others 177
PATRICK CARROLL 180
ROBERT SALMON 181
JOHN MINTER HART 182
JAMES GREENACRE 183
THOMAS MEARS AND OTHERS 185
FRANCIS LIONEL ELIOT, EDWARD DELVES BROUGHTON, JOHN YOUNG
AND HENRY WEBBER 192
FRANCIS HASTINGS MEDHURST 194
GEORGE CANT 194
WILLIAM JOHN MARCHANT 199
ROBERT TAYLOR 200
FRANCOIS BENJAMIN COURVOISIER 204
EDWARD OXFORD 209
THE EARL OF CARDIGAN 215
WILLIAM STEVENSON 218
JAMES INGLETT 219
HUFFEY WHITE AND RICHARD KENDALL 221
RICHARD CORDUY 223
PRIVATE HALES 224
MARTHA DAVIS 225
JOHN ROBINSON 225
LEVI MORTGEN AND JOSEPH LUPPA 227
ELIZABETH MIDDLETON 227
JOHN MUCKETT 228
PATRICK M'DONALD 229
JAMES BULLOCK 230
FREDERICK SMITH ALIAS HENRY ST JOHN 231
SAMUEL OLIVER 232
THOMAS WHITE AND WALTER WYATT 232
APPENDIX I 233
APPENDIX II 235
APPENDIX III 237
APPENDIX IV 239
APPENDIX V. 240
APPENDIX VI. 241
APPENDIX VII. 247
APPENDIX VIII 249
APPENDIX IX 252
APPENDIX X 258
APPENDIX XI 260
APPENDIX XII 290
APPENDIX XIII 296
APPENDIX XIV 306
APPENDIX Voluntary punishment of Gentoo widows on the death of their husbands
319
APPENDIX Trial by ordeal of the Hindoos in the East 322
APPENDIX Chinese punishments 322
APPENDIX Turkish Punishments inflicted on knavish butchers and bakers. 324
APPENDIX Benefit of clergy. 327
CONCLUDING NOTE 328
DAVID OWEN
Tried and executed for a diabolical attempt to murder his sister, her
husband, and their servant maid, 4th April, 1818
THE attempt of DAVID OWEN to murder his sister, her husband, and their
maid servant, is one of those instances of desperate depravity which reflect disgrace,
not merely on the age, but on human nature itself. On the 26th September, 1817, about
one o'clock at noon, this man, who was a cow-keeper, came to town from Edmonton,
and proceeded to the house of his brother-in-law, also a cow-keeper, in Gibraltar-row,
St. George's-fields. After knocking at the door, he was admitted by the maid servant,
who called out to her master and mistress that Mr Owen was there; and Jones coming
forward to meet him, the execution of his diabolical purpose commenced. He first
attacked the man Jones, whom he wounded dreadfully in the belly and the hand, so far
as for some seconds to deprive him of sense and motion. He then flew at Mrs Jones,
his own sister, and inflicted upon her several shocking wounds: he stabbed her in the
forehead, cut her severely, though not dangerously, between two of her ribs, and
having thrust his knife in her mouth, drew it clean through the face to the ear,
lacerating her tongue, and laying her cheek completely open. The ruffian last struck at
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