THE NEWGATE CALENDAR
Edited by Donal Ó Danachair
Volume 4
Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009
http://www.exclassics.com
Public Domain
A View of the Interior of Newgate
CONTENTS
THOMAS WATKINS Executed in the Market-Place of Windsor, 7th of March, 1764,
for Murder 10
WILLIAM CORBETT An American, executed at Tyburn, 4th of April, 1764, for the
Murder of his Landlord and his Family 11
MAJOR COLIN CAMPBELL Cashiered for the murder of Captain M'Kaarg, 1764 12
JOHN WESKET AND JOHN COOPER The Former was executed at Tyburn, 9th of
January, 1765, for robbing his Master, the Earl of Harrington; and the Latter
transported for Fourteen Years for receiving Stolen Goods 15
BARNEY CARROL AND WILLIAM KING Convicted under the Coventry Act for
cutting and maiming, and executed at Tyburn, 31st of July, 1765 17
PATRICK OGILVIE AND CATHARINE NAIRN Convicted of Murder. Ogilvie
hanged 13th November, 1765, but Nairn escaped from custody. 19
PETER M'KINLIE, GEORGE GIDLEY, ANDREW ZEKERMAN, AND RICHARD
ST. QUINTIN Executed for Piracy and Murder, December 19th, 1765 23
WILLIAM WHITTLE Excited by religious zeal he murdered his wife and children
and was executed April 5th, 1766 28
JOHN CROUCH AND WIFE Convicted for offering to sell, on the Royal Exchange,
a Young Girl, 12th of May, 1766 29
THE COUNTESS OF BRISTOL, OTHERWISE THE DUCHESS OF KINGSTON
Whose Trial for Bigamy, at Westminster Hall, was attended by the Queen and other
Members of the Royal Family 30
SAMUEL ORTON Clerk to the Court of Requests, executed 14th of January,1767,
for forging Two Letters of Attorney, in the Name of Captain Bishop, by means of
which he received One Thousand Pounds from the Bank of England 49
JOHN WILLIAMSON A deliberate and cruel Murderer, who tortured and starved
his Wife to Death. Executed in Moorfields, 19th of January, 1767 51
ELIZABETH BROWNRIGG Executed at Tyburn, 14th of September, 1767, for
torturing her Female Apprentices to Death 53
WILLIAM GUEST Executed at Tyburn, 14th of October, 1767, for High Treason, in
diminishing the Current Coin of the Realm 59
JOHN POWER, Alias WINN Pirate, hanged at Execution Dock, 10th March, 1768 60
JAMES SAMPSON A treacherous and base Villain, executed at Tyburn, 11th of
March, 1768, for robbing and setting fire to his Benefactor's House 62
FREDERIC LORD BALTIMORE, ELIZABETH GRIFFENBURG, AND ANNE
