Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 31
Nov 6, 1820
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Accessories before the fact. Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to receive prize money due to William Willock, a commissioned officer on board HMS The Diligence. See no. 8 in 4/636/3. Prisoner, aged 29, removed from Newgate by habeas corpus. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating

Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death3

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 3 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 31
Nov 6, 1820
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Accessories before the fact. Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to receive prize money due to William Willock, a commissioned officer on board HMS The Diligence. See no. 8 in 4/636/3. Prisoner, aged 26, removed from Newgate by habeas corpus. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating

Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death3

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 3 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 37
Nov 6, 1820
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Procuring John Chitty to impersonate William Willock, a commissioned officer on board HMS The Diligence in order his prize money. See 4/636/3/2. Prisoner, aged 26, removed from Newgate by habeas corpus. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating

Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 37
Nov 6, 1820
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Procuring John Chitty to impersonate William Willock, a commissioned officer on board HMS The Diligence in order to obtain his prize money. See 4/636/3/2. Prisoner aged 29, removed from Newgate by habeas corpus. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating

Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 61
Jan 27, 1821
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to enable persons to receive prize money due in respect of the service of Thomas Simpson, a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died on Dec. 1811. See also 4/636/3/1. Prisoner aged 26. more

Offence type: Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence: Forgery

Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Death, commuted to 1 year imprisonment

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 61
Jan 27, 1821
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to enable persons to receive prize money due in respect of the service of Thomas Simpson, a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died on Dec. 1811. See also 4/636/3/1. Prisoner aged 29. more

Offence type: Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence: Forgery

Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty,
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Death

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 32
Feb 2, 1821
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Procuring John Chitty to impersonate a brother of Thomas Simpson a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died in December 1811, in order to obtain his prize money. See 4/636/3/1 and no. 29 on this file. Prisoner, aged 29, removed from Newgate by habeus corpus. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating

Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 32
Feb 2, 1821
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Procuring John Chitty to impersonate a brother of Thomas Simpson a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died in December 1811, in order to obtain his prize money. See 4/636/3/1 and no. 29 on this file. Prisoner, aged 29, removed from Newgate by habeus corpus. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating

Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 39
Apr 25, 1821
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Theft of wearing apparel stolen from an inn where prisoner was a lodger. The stolen article - a coat - pawned in Swansea. Prisoner aged 42. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of personal goods (mainly wearing apparel, money and watches)

Accused
Griffith William, Slater 1
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
George Rees, Swansea
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.2

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, R, E, I

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 35
Apr 26, 1821
Crime

Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil

Theft of money, promissory notes, belonging to prosecutor and his partners from their Merthyr Tydfil bank branch. Prisoner, aged 17, a prostitute. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of personal goods (mainly wearing apparel, money and watches)

Accused
Mary Howell, Singlewoman
Glamorgan, Cardiff 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Walter Wilkins the elder and others of Brec
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, R, E

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 38
Jun 5, 1821
Crime

Glamorgan, Aberavon

Theft of personal goods - a silver watch. Prisoner aged 15. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of personal goods (mainly wearing apparel, money and watches)

Accused
John Burnett, Yeoman
Glamorgan, Newcastle
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Bamford
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
3 months imprisonment with hard labour

Other:
Ca.

From file: 4/636/4
Document: 40
Jun 21, 1821
Crime

Glamorgan, Neath

Pickpocketing money and promissory notes. Prisoner aged 18. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Pickpocketing

Accused
Howell Baxter, Hawker 1
Glamorgan, Neath
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Llewellyn Williams
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Transported for life2

Other:
Ca.

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.