James Lee, Burglary, F 21 March 1777 ; Henry Atkinson, Murder of his infant child, F 18 July 1777 ; Thomas Ham, Highway robbery, F 25 July 1777.

oath of Thomas Ham< no role > and another, for stealing eight yards of callico. Dated Oct. 7, 1777. 59 Richard Wheeler< no ...

Richard Wheatley, for robbing a bleach yard. 1775. William Voce, for committing a rape at Sneintop, March 20. 1779. John Spencer, for murder and robbery, July.

" Thomas Woodham, Highway robbery ; " William Stiles, Murder of Richard Hole ; Hanged at Hemp Green, Bridgwater ; 1786 - 11 executions.

Most of the acts of robbery in Virginia in the eighteenth century were committed by highwaymen. Thus, at the court of Oyer and Terminer held in December, 1752, ...

Four of these five robberies took place on the highways surrou eighteenth century, highway robbery epitomized crime - so much considered a gauge of crime.8 ...

Many robbery cases occurred on the highway, and the threat was constant enough to make travellers extremely cautious about displaying wealth in strange places.

He then went to the highway, committed a robbery, was apprehended, and ... After many similar adventures, Tom was apprehended for robbing a farmer's wife.

THOMAS HEAD . I am a Policeman. I was passing; the prosecutor called me in, and stated that he had been robbed of his watch, and told me to ...

Residents crop up regularly in the trial transcripts, mostly for petty theft but also for highway robbery, forgery and arson. In 1735 Elizabeth Calloway ...