in Great Britain, in 1789 Titus Oates, anti-Catholic conspirator – imprisoned at Newgate (1687–1689) for perjury during the Popish Plot William Penn, religious scholar, and later the Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania – held in Newgate during his 1670 trial for preaching before a gathering in the street Miles Prance, silversmith, alleged witness to the murder of Edmund Berry Godfrey – imprisoned during 1679 trial in the Popish Plot Cephas Quested, smuggler and leader of The Aldington Gang. Arrested during the Battle of Brookland 11 February 1821 and hung on 4 July 1821 John Rogers, Bible translator and religious reformer – at Newgate after conviction of heresy in 1554, and burnt at the stake in 1555 Jack Sheppard, thief and jailbreaker – in the early 1700s, escaped from Newgate several times during imprisonment for theft Ikey Solomon, successful and infamous fence of the late 18th and early 19th centuries – lodged at Newgate during 1827 trial for theft and receiving Robert Southwell, Jesuit priest and poet – held at Newgate for treason before being hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn in 1595 Owen Suffolk, con-man and later Australian bushranger – served time for forgery in 1846 before transport Jane Voss (alias Jane Roberts), highwaywoman and thief – executed in 1684 Mary Wade, beggar – sentenced to death at Newgate for theft but then transported, becoming the youngest female convict transported to Australia Edward Gibbon Wakefield, British politician, the driving force behind much of the early colonization of South Australia, and later New Zealand – served three years in Newgate for 1826 abduction Joseph Wall, colonial administrator – hanged 1802 for having a British soldier flogged to death John Walter Sr., publisher, founder of The Times – imprisoned for a year (1789–1790) for libel on the Duke of York Oscar Wilde, briefly held at Newgate in 1895 before transfer to Pentonville. Catherine Wilson, nurse and suspected serial killer – last woman hanged publicly in London, at Newgate in 1862 Legacy The Central Criminal Court – also known as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands – now stands upon the Newgate Prison site. The original iron gate leading to the gallows was used for decades in an alleyway in Buffalo, New York. It is currently housed in that city at Canisius College. The original door from a prison cell used to house St. Oliver Plunkett in