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.
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, ...
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.
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 ...
" Thomas Woodham, Highway robbery ; " William Stiles, Murder of Richard Hole ; Hanged at Hemp Green, Bridgwater ; 1786 - 11 executions.
WILLIAM SPIGGOT, AND THOMAS PHILLIPS. EXECUTED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY. THIS case is rendered worthy of notice, by the fact that, the prisoners refusing to ...
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.
Residents crop up regularly in the trial transcripts, mostly for petty theft but also for highway robbery, forgery and arson. In 1735 Elizabeth Calloway ...
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