# List of all the criminals who have been executed in Glasgow for the last eighty-four years

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LIST
of
ALL THE CRIMINALS
who have been Executed
IN GLASGOW,
for the last eighty-four years;
With their Names, Crimes, and Place and
Time of their Suffering:
likewise,
A LIST OF THE NAMES AND CRIMES
Of Persons who have been Executed in
Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, Dumfries, Ayr,
Jedburgh, Greenock, Paisley, Aberdeen,
Inverness, &c.
FOR 179 YEARS.
also,
A List of the Unfortunate Individuals
who were
BURNED AND STRANGLED FOR WITCHCRAFT.
Being a very curious and interesting book.
glasgow:
Printed by J. Muir, 30, Prince’s Street.
Public Executions.
GLASGOW
Executed at the Howgatehead, where the Monkland Canal Basin is.
| | Date of Execution |
| Hugh Eisland, robbery | July 10, 1765 |
| Agnes Dougal, murder | Nov. 4, 67 |
| Andrew Marshall, murder. (He was hung in chains) | Oct. 25, 69 |
| Wm Mitchel & Chris Jordan, roby | Nov. 17, 73 |
| George McTaggart, housebreaking and theft Robert Hislop, housebreaking & theft | June 21, 75 |
| Robert Hislop, housebreaking & theft | June 6, 81 |
Executed at the Castle Yard, where the Infirmary now stands.
| James Jack, robbery | July 7, 1784 |
| James and William Brodie, and Jean Lindsay, housebreaking | Nov 3, 84 |
| Neil McLean, forgery | June 1, 85 |
| David Steven, murder | June 8, 85 |
| Thomas Vernon, robbery | Nov 9, 85 |
| James Spence, housebreaking and theft | June 7, 86 |
| Elizabeth Paul, housebreaking and theft | Oct 25, 86 |
| John McAulay, Thomas Veitch and Thomas Gentles, robbery | May 23 87 |
Executed at the Cross.
| Walter McIntosh, robbery | Oct. 22, 1788 |
| Wm. Scott, housebreaking & theft. (This criminal was tried & condemned by the Sheriff) | Dec 3, 88 |
| John Brown, forgery | June, 9 90 |
| James Day, murder | Oct. 20 90 |
| James Plunket, robbery | Jan 11 92 |
| James Dick, murder | May, 16, 92 |
| Mortimer Collins murder | Nov. 7, 92 |
| Agnes White, murder; & James McKenzie robbery | May 22, 93 |
| James McKean, murder | Jan. 25, 97 |
| John McMillan, murder | May, 16 98 |
| Peter Gray, hamesucken | May 28 1800 |
| William Cunningham, theft | June, 8, 03 |
| David Scott & Hugh Adamson, forgery | June, 5 05 |
| Adam Cox, murder | June 10, 07 |
| James Gilchrist, murder | July 20, 08 |
| John Gordon McIntosh and George Stewart, housebreaking | Nov. 8, 09 |
| James Ferguson, robbery | May 26, 13 |
| William Muir, and Wm Mudie, robbery | Nov. 17, 18 |
Executed in front of the New Prison.
| Wm Higgins and Thomas Harod robbery | Oct. 10, 1814 |
| John (illegible text) robbery | Nov 1, 15 |
| William McK(illegible text)y, forgery | May 28, 17 |
| Freebairn Whitehill, robbery: and William McKechnie & James McCormick, house-breaking and theft | Oct. 29, 17 |
| Wm Baird and Walter Blair, robbery | June 3, 18 |
| Matthew Clydesdale murder; and Simon Ross, housebreaking | Nov. 4 18 |
| Alex Robertson, housebreaking and theft | April 7, 19 |
| R. McK(illegible text)y, Hunter Guthrie, John Forbes and William Buchanair, housebreaking and theft | Nov. 3, 19 |
| John Buchanan, murder | Nov 17, 19 |
| Richard Smith, housebreaking | May 31, 20 |
| James Wilson, treason, hanged & beheaded | Aug 80 20 |
| William Leonard Swan, forgery | June 5 21 |
| Malcolm McIntyre, William Paterson and James Dyer, housebreaking | Oct 24, 21 |
| Thomas Donachy, housebreaking & theft | June 5 22 |
| John Mc(illegible text)al and James Wilson, do. | June 24, 23 |
| Francis Kean, robbery, and George Laidlaw, theft | Oct 29, 23 |
| Wm McTeague, uttering forged notes | May 19, 24 |
| John McCreevie, housebreaking and theft | June 2, 24 |
| William Devan, murder | July 21, 24 |
| James Stevenson, highway robbery | June 1, 25 |
| James Dollan, street robbery | June 7, 26 |
| Andrew Stewart and Edward Kelly, street robbery | Nov 1; 26 |
| James Glen murder | Dec 12, 27 |
| Thomas Conner and Bell McMenemy, assault and robbery | Oct 22, 28 |
| Edward Moore, murder | May 20, 29 |
| John Hill and William Porter, assault and robbery | May 1(illegible text), 30 |
| Wm. McFe(illegible text)t, murder | Sept 29, 30 |
| D(illegible text)d Little, st(illegible text)ief | Jan 27, 31 |
| James Campbell, housebreaking and theft | May 16, 31 |
| James Byers and Mary Steel, murder | Oct. 6, 31 |
| William Heath, housebreaking | Oct. 20, 31 |
| William Lindsay, murder | Jan. 18, 33 |
| Philip Carney, rape, and John Barclay, murder | May 14, 33 |
| Henry Burnet, street robbery | Jan. 18, 33 |
| George Duffy, murder | Jan. 20, 34 |
| Hugh Kennedy, throwing vitriol, | Sept. 29 |
| George Campbell, murder M(illegible text)s Jeffray, murder, | May 21, 38 |
EDINBURGH
| Thomas Hunter, M.A. murder | Aug. 22, 1700 |
| Nichol Mushet, murdering his wife | 10 |
| Margaret Dickson, murder | 28 |
The above person recovered and lived 30 years afterwards at Mussleburgh, where she was known by then name of ill-hanged Maggy.
| Agnes Crecket, child murder | Sept 8. 56 |
| Ann Morrison, child murder | March 7, 58 |
| Janet Heatly child murder | April 21, 61 |
| Patrick Ogilvie, for the murder of Thomas Ogilvie of Easterhill, his brother; and adultery with his wife | Nov. 18 65 |
| Margaret Adam, murder | March 2, ——— |
| Robert Hay, street-robbery | March 25, 67 |
| John Raybould, forgery | Feb. 24, 68 |
| Wm. Harris, do. | May 30, 70 |
| Alexander McDonald and Charles Jamieson, shop-breaking at Lithgow Bridgend | Sept. 2, 70 |
| Daniel Deveron, robbery | Jan 17, 87 |
| (illegible text) and James Jameson, robbing mail | Jan 29, 87 |
| (illegible text) Reid, mudering his son | March 21, 87 |
| Wm Brodie and George Smith, breaking into the Excise-office Edinburgh, | Oct. 1, 88 |
| ames Falconer and Peter Bruce, breaking into the Dundee Bank | Dec. 24 88 |
| Bartholomew Collins murder | Feb 8, 90 |
| Wm. Gidesby robbery | Feb. 2, 91 |
| William Smith, housebreaking | Oct. 12, 91 |
| (illegible text) Paul and James Stewart, street-robbery | July 27, 94 |
| Robert Watt, high treason | Oct. 13, 94 |
| Thomas Urquhurt, Postmaster in Kirkwall, Orkney, opening letters and taking money therefrom | 1800 |
| Richard Brodie theft | Feb. 11, 01 |
| George Lindsay, murder | April 7, 02 |
| Margaret Cunningham, murder | Jan. 7, 07 |
| Barbara Malcolm, murder | Feb 10 08 |
| Robert Stewart, housebreaking & theft | Feb 22, 09 |
| John Armstrong, ditto | Jan. 17, 10 |
| Adam Lyal, highway robbery | March 27, 11 |
| Adam McDonald, Neil Sutherland and Hugh McIntosh, street-robbery | April 22, 12 |
| John McDonald and James Back, murder near Corstorphine | April 14 15 |
| James McDougal, forgery | Aug. 19, 14 |
| John Murdoch, murder | March 29, 15 |
| D. Thomson, housebreaking and theft | ——— 15, 16 |
| Robert Johnston, robbery | Dec 30, 18 |
| George Warden, taking money out of letters in the Post-office of Aberdeen | April 14, 19 |
| John Dempey, murder | Dec 13, 20 |
| Samuel Maxwell, housebreaking and robbery | Jan 17, 21 |
| David Haggart, murder July 18, 21 |
| John Rennie and William Sutherland, housebreaking and theft | Aug 22, 21 |
| Peter Heaman and Francis G(illegible text), piracy murder at Leith | Jan 9, 22 |
| Wm. McIntyre, housebreaking | Feb 26, 23 |
| mary m Kinnon, murder | April 16, 23 |
| Daniel m Donald Elphinston, murder July 8, 24 |
| Wm Burke, for murdering 16 persons by suffocating them and selling their bodies for dissection | Jan. 28, 29 |
| John Stewart and Catharine Wright, for murdering three persons by giving them poison Aug. 19, 29 |
| Wm. Adams or Reid, robbery | Jan. 6, 29 |
| Robert Edmond, for the Haddington murders | march 17 30 |
| John Thomson and David Dobbie for the murder and robbery of Peggy Paterson | Aug 18, 30 |
| George Gilchrist, robbery | Aug. 3, 30 |
| James Gow and Thomas Beveridge, murder | Dec. 2 31 |
| John McCourt, ditto | Jan 21, 32 |
| ——— Sweeny ——— assault and robbery - executed at Greenlaw | April 14, 34 |
| James Bell-murder | July 25 |
| Elisabeth McNeil-murder | Aug. 3 35 |
STIRLING
| Thomas McLatchie, housebreaking | Nov. 19 1778 |
| G. McKerracher, forgery | March 28, 88 |
| John Smart, forgery | May 16, 88 |
| At Falkirk T. McNair, robbery | Oct 26, 1811 |
| Alexander O'Kane, ditto | Feb 21, 13 |
| John Baird and Andrew Hardie, treason | Sept 8, 20 |
| John Fleming, forgery | May 11, 27 |
| ohn McGraddy, housebreaking | May 25, 28 |
| eter Moffat, murder | July 28, 26 |
| Robert Tennant, murder | Oct 2, 33 |
| Alexander Miller, murder | April 8, 37 |
PERTH
| Alex McCowan, murder | June 5, 1750 |
| Robert Davidson and George Bruce, robbery | June 22, 53 |
| John Dow Cameron alias Sergeant More, hung in chains, murder and robbery | Nov 3, 53 |
| Wm Doig, murder June 13, 55 |
| Hector McLean, murder, hung in chains | July 15, 57 |
| James Russell, robbery | June 29, 59 |
| Robert Keith, murder | July 2, 60 |
| John Henderson, murder; executed at Cupar | Sept 20, - |
| Jean Cameron, child murder | Oct 19, 64 |
| Duncan Campbell and John Chapel, hung in chains | June 19, 67 |
| Alex McDonald, stealing cattle | Nov 27 72 |
| Francis Thornice, housebreaking | June 7, 74 |
| James Dormand, highway robbery May 31, 93 |
| Robert Rodger, ditto | June 21, 93 |
| Donald McCraw, murder | Nov 13, 95 |
| J West, housebreaking; executed at Dundee | June 12, 1801 |
| Hans Regelson, rape | June 28, 11 |
| John Larg and John Mitchell, robbery | Feb 28, 17 |
| Margarst Tindall, murder, executed at Montrose | Nov 2, 2 (illegible text) |
| David Balon, murder; executed at Dundee | June, 2(illegible text) |
| Margaret Wishart, ditto; executed at Forfar | June 16, 2(illegible text) |
DUMFRIES
| Wm Johnston, postmaster, Moffat, abstracting money from letters | Nov 178(illegible text) |
| John Carmichael, shopbreaking | May 27, 8(illegible text) |
| Maitland Smith, robbery and murder | Oct 21, 180(illegible text) |
| James Gordon, murder | June 6, 0(illegible text) |
| John McCanna and Joseph Richardson, forgery | May 14, 2(illegible text) |
| James McManus, highway robbery | Oct 18, 26 |
AYR
| James Haddan, housebreaking | Dec 5, 1766 |
| Matthew Hay, murder | Oct 18, 80 |
| William Dornon and R. Smith, housebreaking | May 26, 180(illegible text) |
| John McMillan, murder | May 25, 10 |
| George Watson, horse-stealing | June 7, 11 |
| J. McManus, murder; and Robert Gibson, robbery | May 27, 11 |
| John Wotherington, Symington; do | Feb 17, 14 |
| William Evans, forgery | May 31, 16 |
| Mary Crossan, fire-raising; and Wm Robertson and Joseph Cairns, robbery | Oct 17, 17 |
| ames Anderson and David Glen, murder | Dec 12, 26 |
| amuel Waugh, murder | Jan 16, 32 |
JEDBURGH
| David Douglas, robbery | Nov 18, 1768 |
| William Murray, theft | May 26, 89 |
| Charles Mercer, rape | Oct 10, 1809 |
| John Gibson, murder; executed at Hawick | May 12, 14 |
| Robert Scott, murder | Oct 23, 28 |
| James Rodgers, murder | Oct 20, 81 |
GREENOCK
| Moses McDonald, housebreaking | June 5, 1812 |
| Bernard McIlvogue, Hugh McIlvogue, Patrick McCrystal, housebreaking, rape and robbery | Oct 23, 23 |
| John Kerr, murder | June 6, 27 |
| John Boyd, murder | Oct 27, 34 |
PAISLEY
| Four woman and three men were burned at the Gallowgreen for witchcraft | June 16, 1697 |
| Alexander Provan, for murdering his wife; had his right hand cut off and afterwards hanged | Nov 17, 65 |
| Thomas Potts, housebreaking | Aug 17, 97 |
| John Craig and James Brown, stouthrief | Oct 16, 1829 |
| William Perry, murder | Oct 18, 37 |
ABERDEEN
| John Hutchison, housebreaking and heft | June 28, 176 |
| Helen Watt for the murder of her husband | Oct 17, |
| William Keith (her son) for the same crime | Nov 14, |
| It was ten years after they committed (illegible text) crime before they were condemned |
| Jean Craig, theft | July 23, |
| Elspeth Reid theft | Jan 14, |
| Thomas Donaldson, Wm Buchanan and Wm McLeod, housebreaking | May 23,18 |
| Malcolm Gillespie, forgery | Nov 17, |
| Catherine Davidson, for murdering her husband | Oct 8, |
INVERNESS.
| Christian McKenzie, murder | Nov 2, 17(illegible text) |
| Alex Gillon, murder and rape, executed at Speyside, and hung in chains | May 14, 18 |
| H. McLeod, murder and robbery Oct 24, (illegible text) |
| John Adams, alias John Anderson; murder of his wife Oct 16, (illegible text) |
INVERARY.
| Ann Campbell and Sarah Grahame, | Nov 3, 17(illegible text) |
For Witchcraft.
| Alison Pearson, Fifeshire, practising sorcery and invoking the devil, strangled and burned | 15(illegible text) |
| Eu(illegible text) Calzeane, Edinburgh, burned alive | 158 |
| Patrick Lawrie, consulting with the devil, burned | 160(illegible text) |
| Isobol Young, East Barns, strangled and burned | 16(illegible text) |
| Janet Brown, Burnitsland, condemned and executed, | 16(illegible text) |
| Isobel Bairdie, and three other women, strangled & burned | 1645 |
| Isobel Elliot, Edinburgh, for having had carnal copulation with the devil, burned by the executioner | |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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