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James Carley
James Carley, a tailor from Brighton, went on a spree of breaking and entering during 1844, along with his girlfriend, Mary Budd. The first victim was Judah Isaac Abraham, on the 18th of August, followed by Mary Sparke eleven days later. On the 4th of September they burgled Mary Anna Field, and on the 1st October, Caroline Harriss.
Date Tried: 20th December 1844, Sussex Assizes
Sentence: To be transported for twenty-one years (Mary Budd was initially sentenced to fifteen years transportation, but this was commuted to 18 months hard labour, on the grounds that she was of weak mind, and had been corrupted and coerced by Carley)

William Chandler
On the 12th of January 1834, John Crowther was woken by the sound of his dog barking. Going downstairs, he found two men - William Chandler and another. He shouted "thieves" and "murder", and they ran off. Next day, he found some silver was missing. Meanwhile, Chandler tried to sell the silver to a Mr Hay, a silversmith at Wolverhampton. Hay got suspicious, and Chandler and his partner were arrested. Someone, though, sawed through the bars of their cell from the outside, and they escaped. They were recaptured in a pub in Wednesbury, when the landlady heard them referring to Crowther, saying "they would finish the old ____, and then go away"
Date Tried: 11th March 1834, Stafford Assizes
Sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life

Richard Chear
On the 6th of November 1787, with his brother John, Richard Chear stole two geldings, valued at £25, from Richard Martin. They then sold them to George Stock, a horse-dealer in Walton-on-Thames. Stock then harboured and hid the boys when the police came looking for them. There was also another charge of stealing a black gelding and a mare, valued at £20, from one Richard Wells.
Date Tried: March 1788, Surrey Assizes
Sentence: Both Richard and John were sentenced to be hanged. Richard's sentence was commuted to transportation for life. At the time of writing, we have seen no evidence that John was ever reprieved from the death sentence, and presume the original sentence was carried out

Samuel Clift
Samuel Clift, along with William Green, Samuel Rathbone, Thomas Parish,and William Reeve, was convicted of having in his possession, without lawful excuse, forged Bank Notes.
Date Tried: July 15th 1817, Northamptonshire Assizes
Sentence: To be transported for fourteen years.

Elizabeth Cross
Elizabeth Cross worked as a servant in the house of John Lockyer, in Rimpton, Somerset. It was from him that she stole a gold ring, and some bedding and clothing, on the 20th of July 1842
Date Tried: 6th August 1842, Somerset Assizes
Sentence: To be transported for seven years.

William Daley
George Alexander Reid was in Oxford Street on the 23rd February 1818, when his silk handkerchief was stolen from his pocket by an (unknown) little boy. The boy passed the handkerchief to William Daley, who hid it under his hat. After a chase round Gee Court, William was apprehended, and the handkerchief fell out of his hat
Date Tried: 1st April 1818, Old Bailey
Sentence: To be transported for Life

William Dean
William Dean was arrested on the 21st of September 1797, and charged with stealing two calf-skins from John Williams at Bermondsey
Date Tried: 3rd October 1797, Surrey Quarter Sessions, Kingston-upon-Thames
Sentence: To be transported for seven years

James Deverell
James was charged, along with John Saley, of stealing and killing two ewes - valued at 20 shillings apiece - from William Vickery, on February 3rd of that year, in Sampford Deverell. The case against John Saley was dropped, on the grounds of him being an ignoramus. James Deverell was not so lucky. Especially as tracks from the field led directly to his house, where sheep liver was found hidden under some straw, and a quantity of mutton was also found hidden under a bridge wrapped in Deverell's striped smock frock
Date Tried: 3rd April 1843, Devon Assizes
Sentence: To be transported for ten years

Sarah Donnelly
On the 15th May 1789, Sarah Donnelly went into a shop in Gosport run by Ann Everett and Rebecca Grant, and stole 22 yards of ribbon, valued at ten shillings. She was taken to Gosport gaol, and two days later transferred to Winchester, where she was tried at the castle
Date Tried: 20th July 1789, Hampshire Quarter Sessions, Winchester
Sentence: To be transported for seven years

William Eastley
Along with three others, William was part of a gang of sheep-stealers, who terrorised the area around Totnes, in south Devon. They started out small-scale, killing game, which they then sold at Modbury. Then they progressed on to sheep, and had stolen from 23 farmers, before they were finally arrested in mid-October 1837. One of their number, Andrew Sparks, turned King's evidence, and testified against the others - despite having agreed as a gang that "if we were interrupted or attacked we would stand by each other and kill or be killed". In an interesting aside, whilst William was in gaol, awaiting trial, a released former fellow convict went to his (William's) wife, Elizabeth, with a letter purporting to come from her husband, in which he begged her to sell everything, and give the money to this man, who would pass it on to him - and so defrauded William & Elizabeth out of virtually everything they had; from a horse, to the potatoes in the ground.
Date Tried: March 1838, Devon Assizes
Sentence: To be transported for fifteen years
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George Farrow
On the 30th May 1831, Elizabeth Roberts was at home in Melton-cum-Ross, drinking tea, whilst her new-born baby, Fanny, slept in another room. George Farrow, who was the father of the child, came to visit, and asked if he could go and kiss his daughter. When he left, the baby was whining, choking, and could not swallow. There was some liquid on the baby's slip, which a chemist later identified as Oxalic acid. George Farrow was found guilty of trying to poison the child.
Date Tried: 17th July 1831, Lincoln Assizes
Sentence: Death, commuted to be transported for Life

Patrick John Finn
Patrick Finn enlisted in the 1st Regiment of Foot, in Limerick, in January 1837. Over the next twelve years, Patrick's record was far from exemplory. He spent a total of 268 days "sick", and twice deserted - once for six months, and then again for over a year. In 1848 the regiment moved from Antigua to Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Here, yet again, Patrick went AWOL, on the 18th of December. He was recaptured on Christmas Day, and at the ensuing Court Martial, the Army's patience with him patently ran out.
Date Tried: 11th and 12th January 1849, Regimental Court Martial, New Brunswick, Canada
Sentence: To be transported

William Ford
At about one in the morning of the 19th August 1817, William Ford, along with two others, broke into the house of Anne Sargood in Warborough. They made off with some silver teaspoons, a corkscrew, and various other items belonging to Anne Sargood, and also Charity Nichols. They also stole three quarts of currant wine, with which to celebrate. That's probably what they needed the corkscrew for.
Date Tried: 4th March 1818, Oxford Assizes
Sentence: To be transported for seven years

Daniel Fowler
Daniel Fowler, with three friends, had a very busy 15th February in 1831. First, they paid with a counterfeit coin at a turnpike gate. Then they went to Thomas Guppy's pub in Galhampton, where they also paid with a forged shilling. They were chased by a Dr. Dick and his party across a turnip field, caught, and escaped. That night, they then broke into Rev Wyndham's house at Courtney Denham, and stole a number of articles, including a writing desk and a shawl. The next day, they were finally apprehended in Stalbridge, about twelve miles away.
Date Tried: March 1831 Lincoln Assizes
Sentence: To be hanged, later commuted to transportation

Thomas Fuller
On the 2nd of March 1801, Thomas Fuller stole and killed a sheep, belonging to a Henry Hyland, of Ewhurst in Sussex
Date Tried: March 1801, Sussex Assizes
Sentence: Death, later commuted to transportation for seven years