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| − | *http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa1.html Western Australian Convicts | + | *[http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa1.html Western Australian Convicts] |
| − | *http://uk.geocities.com/becky62655@btinternet.com/ Capital punishment in the 18th & 19th centuries | + | *[http://uk.geocities.com/becky62655@btinternet.com/ Capital punishment in the 18th & 19th centuries] |
| − | *http://www.oldbaileyonline.org This has the transcripts of Old Bailey hearings from 1674-1834 (to be expanded). You can search by name or place, (the name search includes defendants, witnesses and jurors). Also has old maps and other info about London history. | + | *[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org This has the transcripts of Old Bailey hearings from 1674-1834 (to be expanded). You can search by name or place, (the name search includes defendants, witnesses and jurors). Also has old maps and other info about London history.] |
| − | *http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/list_cri.htm History of Crime and detection with specific reference to Shropshire | + | *[http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/list_cri.htm History of Crime and detection with specific reference to Shropshire ] |
| − | *http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/Guillot.html The Guillotine Headquarters | + | *[http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/Guillot.html The Guillotine Headquarters] |
| − | *http://www.geocities.com/richard.clark32@btinternet.com/common.html Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth | + | *[http://www.geocities.com/richard.clark32@btinternet.com/common.html Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth] |
**The Commonwealth provides about 30% of the Worlds population comprising 54 member nations. | **The Commonwealth provides about 30% of the Worlds population comprising 54 member nations. | ||
**The term ABOLISHONIST is used for those nations who no longer have the death penalty and those retaining it are known as RETENTIONIST | **The term ABOLISHONIST is used for those nations who no longer have the death penalty and those retaining it are known as RETENTIONIST | ||
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| − | *http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/abolish.html The abolition of hanging in Britain | + | *[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/abolish.html The abolition of hanging in Britain] |
| − | *http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/timeline.html Timeline of capital punishment in Britain | + | *[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/timeline.html Timeline of capital punishment in Britain] |
| − | *http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hangmen.html The English hangmen from 1850 to 1964 | + | *[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hangmen.html The English hangmen from 1850 to 1964] |
**George Smith from Dudley in the Midlands 1805-1874. | **George Smith from Dudley in the Midlands 1805-1874. | ||
**William Calcraft - Little Baddow, near Chelmsford, Essex 1800- 1879. | **William Calcraft - Little Baddow, near Chelmsford, Essex 1800- 1879. | ||
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| − | *http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners On-line database of inmates in Warwick County Prison between 1800 and 1900 | + | *[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners On-line database of inmates in Warwick County Prison between 1800 and 1900] |
| − | *http://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_s.htm Details of crimes, criminals and punishments from the prison files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until 1830. | + | *[http://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_s.htm Details of crimes, criminals and punishments from the prison files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until 1830.] |
| − | *http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bucks_prisoners/index.htm Details of inmates of Aylesbury prison in the 1870s. Includes details of the prisoner's crime and sentence, and, in some instances, his photograph. | + | *[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bucks_prisoners/index.htm Details of inmates of Aylesbury prison in the 1870s. Includes details of the prisoner's crime and sentence, and, in some instances, his photograph.] |
| − | *http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/contents.htm 19th Century Bedford Gaol | + | *[http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/contents.htm 19th Century Bedford Gaol] |
| − | *http://www.inverarayjail.co.uk/index.htm A searchable database of prisoners in Inveraray prison and their details, including prisoners who were deported | + | *[http://www.inverarayjail.co.uk/index.htm A searchable database of prisoners in Inveraray prison and their details, including prisoners who were deported] |
| − | *http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings/content/view/46/30 Prisoners sentenced to transportation from Lewes Assizes between c1790 and c1850 | + | *[http://www.rootschat.com/history/hastings/content/view/46/30 Prisoners sentenced to transportation from Lewes Assizes between c1790 and c1850] |
| − | *http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/misc/genealog/gene.htm Important English trials 1649-1895 | + | *[http://www.yeoldesussexpages.com/misc/genealog/gene.htm Important English trials 1649-1895] |
| − | *http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Murders in Liverpool | + | *[http://www.geocities.com/stevenhortonuk/liverpoolmurders.html Murders in Liverpool] |
| − | *http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanging1.html The history of judicial hanging in Britain. | + | *[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanging1.html The history of judicial hanging in Britain.] |
| − | *http://www.genealogytoday.com/au/articles/convict_research.html Convicts tried at Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions Assizes | + | *[http://www.genealogytoday.com/au/articles/convict_research.html Convicts tried at Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions Assizes] |
| − | *http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Indices | + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/sessions.html Kent Quarter Sessions Indices] |
| − | *http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm An index of over 8000 prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes between 1785 and 1851 | + | *[http://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/assizes.htm An index of over 8000 prisoners brought to trial at York Assizes between 1785 and 1851] |
| − | *http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/CRIME.htm A database of persons tried at the Derbyshire Petty Sessions and Quarter Sessions 1770-1828. | + | *[http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/CRIME.htm A database of persons tried at the Derbyshire Petty Sessions and Quarter Sessions 1770-1828.] |
Revision as of 18:40, 14 April 2007
- Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth
- The Commonwealth provides about 30% of the Worlds population comprising 54 member nations.
- The term ABOLISHONIST is used for those nations who no longer have the death penalty and those retaining it are known as RETENTIONIST
- This is the breakdown of how things stand at present.
- 28 nations = retentionist
- 16 nations = abolishionist
- 9 nations = abolishonist in practice but remains in the penal code.
- For a detailed explanation of where each country stands and when the last execution took place click on the link above
- The English hangmen from 1850 to 1964
- George Smith from Dudley in the Midlands 1805-1874.
- William Calcraft - Little Baddow, near Chelmsford, Essex 1800- 1879.
- Thomas Askern of York 1816-1878.
- William Marwood of Horncastle Lincolnshire 1820-1883.
- George Meker or Incher – of Dudley.
- Bartholomew Binns.
- James Berry of Heckmondwike Yorkshire 1852-1913.
- Thomas Henry Scott - Huddersfield.
- James Billington of Farnworth near Bolton in Lancashire 1847-1901.
- Thomas Billington 1872-1902.
- William Billington 1873-1934.
- John Billington 1880-1905.
- Henry Pierrepoint 1874-1922 from BradfordYorkshire.
- John Ellis of Rochdale Lancashire 1874-1932.
- William Willis from Manchester. 187?-1939.
- Thomas Pierrepoint 1870 - 1954.
- Robert Wilson from Manchester.
- Robert Baxter of Hertford.
- Alfred Allen - Wolverhampton.
- Thomas Mather Phillips from Farnworth near Bolton.
- Stanley William Cross.
- Albert Pierrepoint of Clayton Nr. Bradford Yorkshire 1905-1992.
- Harry Kirk from Huntingdon.
- Stephen Wade from Doncaster.
- Harry Bertrum Allen from Manchester 1911-1992.
- Robert Leslie Stewart from Chadderton Lancashire 1918-1988.
