LIST OF TRIALS. (Part V) This list is a follow up to the first release of execute.txt, listing executions carried out in England from 1606 to 1895 but may not be comprehensive. All the information contained here is extracted from the publication `HAYDN`S DICTIONARY OF DATES`, 21st Edition, to the Autumn of 1895. Published by WARD, LOCK, AND BOWDEN LIMITED 1895. As the list of trials is quite large, I have decided to split the topic into smaller, more compact files to make it easier to download. All files will have the title 'List of Trials. (Part *) * = part number. Where a figure is shaown as 20,000l: the l stands for Guineas, which equalled one pound and one shilling. E-Mail address: paul@yeoldesussexpages.co.uk The capital letters (MI) in the comments section mean that other information is available should it be required. Regulations for conducting trials were made by LOTHAIRE and EDRIC, kings of Kent, about 673 to 680. ALFRED the GREAT is said to have begun trial by jury; but there is good evidence of such trials before his time. Arrangements were made for much more speedy trials by "the Winter Assizes Act," 1876. This is a list of the more remarkable trials conducted at the dates mentioned and as with the list of executions, will not be comprehensive. Some of the names in this text file will also be found in the list of executions where sentance of death was given. NOTE: In order to be able to supply this text file as 'searchable text', I have to scan a copy of the page and resize it; OCR the file and then make whatever corrections are required as I lay the text in a readable format. The condition of the publication also makes it harder to get an excellent scan. As you can imagine, doing all this takes a lot of time and I have much else to occupy my time, so updates on this may well be periodic. Name & Deed Col. Lothian Dickson v. visconnt Combermere, earl of Wilton, and gen. Peel, for conspiracy to expel him from the army; verdict for defendants, 27 June , 1863 Morrison (Zadkiel) v. sir Edward Belcher; libel; verdict, 20s. damages . 29 June , 1863 Richard Roupell v. Haws: arising out of Roupell forgeries; no verdict 16-24 July , 1863 Woolley v. Pole, for Sun Fire Office,; verdict for plaintiff, awarding him his claim for 29,000l. for his insurance of Campden-house; burnt 23 March, 1862 29 Aug , 1863 George Victor Townley, for murder of Miss Goodman, through jealousy; convicted. 12 Dec , 1863 NOTE: He escaped execution through a certificate of insanity, too hastily signed: and committed suicide in prison, 12 Feb. 1865 Lieut.col. Crawley, by court-martial at Aldershot, for alleged oppression and cruelty to serjeant major John Lilley, in consequence of a court-martial at Mhow, in India; honourably acquitted, 7 Nov.-23 Dec , 1863 Franz Muller, for murder of Mr. Briggs in a railway carriage, 9 July; convicted 27-29 Oct , 1864 Gedney v. Smith, a supposititious child detected and deprived of much property 10 Nov , 1864 E.K. Kohl, for murder of Theodore Fuhrkop; convicted 11, 12 Jan , 1865 Queen v. William Rumble, for infringement of Foreign Enlistment act, in equipping the Rappahannock for the Confederate government; aquitted 4 Feb , 1865 Woodgate u. Ridout (for Morn;ing Post), for libel respecting the great will case of the earl of Egmont v. Darell; verdict for plaintiff, 1000l. 10 Feb , 1865 Bishop Colenso's appeal to privy council against decision of bishop of Capetown, deposing him, which is annulled 21 March, 1865 Roberts, Jeffery, Casely, and others,for jewel robberies in London; convic. 13 april, 1865 J.W. Terry and Thomas Burch, for misdemeanor in connection with the Unity Bank; acquitted, April, 1865 Edward William Pritchard, M.D., for murder of his wife and her mother, by poisoning; guilty 3-7 July , 1865 Charlotte Winsor, child-murderer,convicted on the evidence of an accomplice July , 1865 NOTE: [On account of legal irregularities in her trial, her execution was long deferred, and her sentence was commuted to life-imprisonment, 23 May, 1866.] Constance Kent , tried 21 July , 1865 Trials of Fenians for treason-felony; Thomas Clarke Luby, convicted and sentenced to 20 years penal servitude, 28 Nov.-1 Dec.; O'Leary and others convicted; O'Donovan Rossa (previously convicted) sentenced to imprisonment for life, 13 Dec.; others convicted at Cork Dec , 1865 Stephen Forwood (or Ernest Southey), murder of his wife and children: 20-21 Dec , 1865 Other Fenians convicted at Dublin Jan , 1866 Breadalbane peerage: succession in favour of Campbell of Glenfalloch. 26 Jan , 1866 Ryves and Ryves v. the attorney general; an endeavour to prove the marriage of king George III. with Hannah Wilmot, and that of his brother Henry, duke of Cumberland, with Olive Wilmot; the jury decided that the claim was not made out, and that Olive Serres, the alleged mother of Mrs. Ryves, was not the legitimate daughter of the duke of Cumberland, and that the 82 documents brought in evidence were forged (Mrs. Ryves died 7 Dec, 1871) 13 June , 1866 Banda and Kirwee prize case (Indian mutiny); court of admiralty decide that 700,000l. are to be divided between the soldiers commanded by generals Whitelocke, Rose, Roberts, and others 30 June , 1866 Bishop Colenso v. Gladstone and others, trustees of colonial bishopric fund (for withholding his stipend); verdict for plaintiff, with costs 6 Nov , 1866 Hunter v. Sharpe (Pall Mall Gazette), for libel (charging him with quackery); one farthing damages gained by plaintiff 1 Dec , 1866 James F. Wilkinson, manager of joint stock discount company, convicted of fraud 9 Jan , 1867 NOTE: [Liberated with free pardon, after investigation, July, 1868] Bryant v. Foot; decision against prescriptive right of a rector to claim a marriage-fee 23 Jan , 1867 C. W. Lee Webb, Lionel Holdsworth, and others, convicted of fraud (scuttling a ship, and claiming insurance) 4 Feb , 1867 C. Anderson, a Swede; convicted of murdering a mulatto, from superstition 12 April, 1867 Breadalbane peerage; William J. Campbell declared heir, on appeal to house of lords 16 July , 1867 Smith v. Tebbitt and others; a will case, disposing of upwards of 400,000l.: verdict for defendants, annulling the will of Ann Thwaites, who is declared of unsound mind, after a long trial, in April and May; 6 Aug , 1867 Oakes v. Turquand, and others; appeal case, house of lords; decision affirming liability of shareholders of the company of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (limited) 15 Aug , 1867 George Druitt, M. Lawrence, and John Anderson, leaders of the operative tailors association, convicted of a misdemeanor (organising the system of "picketing," or watching men on strike; and intimidating non-unionists; which began 24 April, 1867) 21 Aug , 1867 Fenian trials at Manchester, Allen, &c. 30 Oct.-12 Nov , 1867 Frederick Baker convicted of brutal murder of a child 6 Dec , 1867 Mr. Rigby Wason v. Walter (for publication of an alleged libel in the Times; viz., a correct report of a debate in the house of lords, &c.); verdict for defendant, settling that such a report is privileged 18-20 Dec , 1867 NOTE: [Verdict affirmed again, 25 Nov. 1868. Mr.Wason died July, 1875.] Martin v. Mackonochie (for ritualistic practices); before dean of arches, 4 Dec. 1867, and 14 days recommenced; closed 18 Jan , 1868 Flamank v. Simpson; similar case; begun 5 Feb.; verdict condemning elevation of sacrament, use of incense, and mixture of water with the wine in the communion service 28 March, 1868 Crossley v. Elsworthy for fraudulent misrepresentation; verdict for plaintiff, damages 35,000l. 18 Feb , 1868 Trial of Fenians for Clerkenwell outrage, begun 20 April; all acquitted except Michael Barrett 20-27 April, 1868 Richard Burke (alias Geo. Berry, &c.), Theobald Casey, and Henry Shaw (alias Mullady), Fenians, for treason felony, at Old Bailey; Burke and Shaw convicted, Casey acquitted 28-30 April, 1868 Mornington v. Wellesley: and Wellesley v. Mornington, a 29 years' suit in chancery, decided (costs above 30,000l.); 22,000l. awarded to the countess of Mornington 7 May , 1868 Lyon v. Home (the spiritual medium). 'The plaintiff, a widow, sought to recover 60,000l. stock, given to Home at the alleged command of her deceased husband's spirit, between Oct. 1866 and Feb. 1867; suit instituted 15 June, 1867; trial, 21 April to 1 May, I868; verdict given for plaintiff, by the vice-chancellor, sir G. M. Giffard, 22 May , 1868 NOTE: [The judge, in concluding, said, regarding spiritualism, that " the system, as presented by the evidence, is mischievous nonsense; well calculated on the one hand to delude the vain, the weak, the foolish, and the superstitious; and on the other to assist the projects of the needy and the adventurer. "] Esmonde will case, Dublin; Lady Esmonde bequeathed property to support protest antism in Ireland, by endowing a college, &c. : will disputed by her family : no verdict by jury 3-13 June , 1868 NOTE: [New trial; will affirmed, Aug. 1869.] Thomas Edgeley, convicted of fraud against Leeds Banking Company 11-13 June , 1868 Risk Allah v. Whitehurst (for Daily Telegraph): libel case; damages for plaintiff, 960l. 19 June , 1868 Attorney-general v. Dakin: appeal case; decision that priviledge of exemption from execution of legal process does not extend to Hampton Court palace 20 June , 1868 Madame Sarah Rachel Leverson convicted of conspiracy 25 Sept , 1868 NOTE: [Writ of error: new trial refused, 11 May, 1869.] Chornford v. Lingo: female suffrage declared illegal 7-9 Nov , 1868 Baxter v. Langley: Sunday evening lectures declared not illegal 19 Nov , 1868 Martin v. Mackonochie: 23 Dec , 1868 Phillips v. Eyre: verdict for defendant; 20 Jan , 1869 Saurin v. Star and another(convent case;a sister sued her mother superior for ill-usage and expulsion);verdict for plaintiff, damages 500l. 3-26 Feb , 1869 [Case compromised, April, 1870.] James Thomas Gambler, admiralty clerk, and William Rumble, engineer, convicted of fraud and seeking bribes from contractors 9 April, 1869 Cooper v. Gordon: verdict for plaintiff; the vice-chancellor decides that the majority of a congregation of dissenters may dismiss their minister for any cause 28 May , 1869 Major Frederick Beswick, constable of Birkenhead, convicted of forgery 10 June , 1869 Farrer (president of the Amalgamated Carpenters' Society) v. Close (the secretary), for misappropriation of money. In 1867 the justices dismissed the charge because the society had illegal rules. At the trial at the Queen's bench the court was equally divided, and no verdict given 3 July , 1869 Fanny F.M. Oliver convicted of murder of her husband 20 July , 1869 Lyons v. Rev. N. Thomas and others, for abduction of Esther Lyons, a Jewish girl, a proselyte; damages 50l. 31 July , 1869 Frederick Hinson convicted of murder of his paramour, Maria Death, and William Douglas Boyd 24 Nov , 1869 Rev. James John Merest, convicted of simony; deprived 26-29 Nov , 1869 Martin v. Mackonochie: before judicial committee of privy council, defendant censured for evading verdict, and condemned in costs 4 Dec , 1869 Mrs. Kelly v. Rev. J. Kelly; judicial separation for ill usage (not violence) decreed 7 Dec , 1869 Messrs. Gurney and others, for conspiring to defraud; acquitted 13-23 Dec , 1869 Smith v. Earl Brownlow: after long litigation decision against the enclosure of the common at Berkhampstead by lord of the manor 14 Jan , 1870 James Clifford, a retired artilleryman, convicted of " sweating" sovereigns by the voltaic battery, 1 Feb , 1870 Jacob Spinass, a Swiss, convicted of murder of Cecilia Aldridge, an unfortunate 3 March, 1870 Dr. Kinglake convicted of bribery on behalf of his brother at Bridgewater 26 March, 1870 Wicklow peerage case: claim·for an infant declared to be unfounded by house of lords (remarkable evidence) 31 March, 1870 Demetrius Pappa, a bank manager, sentenced to 5 years penal servitude for embezzlement 6 May , 1870 Sir Charles Mordaunt v. lady Mordaunt, and others, for divorce: prelinainary trial of her sanity (declared insane on 30 April, 1869), 16-25 Feb , 1870; appeal, 27 April, 1870; judgment affirmed 2 June , 1870 Bishop Goss (R.C.) v. Hill and WThittaker: will case; Mr. Moreton's will, bequeathing the chief of his property to the bishop, set aside 16 June , 1870 Phillips v. Eyre, for imprisonment during Jamaica rebellion; verdict for defendant: 23 June , 1870 Chelsea Murders: Walter Miller convicted of murder of Rev. Elias Huelin and Anne Boss, his house-keeper (8 or 9 May, 1870) 13, 14 July , 1870 Michael Davitt and John Wilson, treason felony 18 July , 1870 John Jones or Owen,convicted of murder of Emanuel Marshall and family (7 persons, early 22 May, 1870), at Denham, near Uxbridge 22 July , 1870 Shepherd v. Bennett (Arches); decision that defendant had retracted heresy; appeal to privy council 23 July , 1870 Margaret Waters convicted of murder of John Cowan, infant; her sister and accomplice, Sarah Ellis, was covicted of fraud, 22 Sept. (baby farming case) 21-23 Sept , 1870 ------END OF FILE-------