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From file: 4/1010/8
Document: 1
Jul 18, 1782
Crime

Flint, Bangor-on-Dee, co. Fli

Manslaughter of John Reeves, Hanmer, slater, prisoner's husband? following a fight between the two men. Indicted twice for the fact, the other - no. 5 in this file - for murder. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Manslaughter

Accused
William Bradley, Fisherman
Flint, Bangor-on-Dee, co. Flint
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Mary Reeves, Willington, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy, branded in court and imprisonment for 1 month

Other:
R, E

From file: 4/1010/8
Document: 5
Jul 18, 1782
Crime

Flint, Bangor-on-Dee, co. Fli

Murder of John Reeves, Hanmer, slater, prisoner's husband? following a fight between the two men. Indicted twice for the fact, the other - no. 1 in this file - for manslaughter. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Murder

Accused
William Bradley, Fisherman
Flint, Bangor-on-Dee, co. Flint
Plea:
Prosecutor
Mary Reeves
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
E

From file: 4/822/3
Document: 17
Jul 20, 1782
Crime

Pembroke, Whitechurch

Erecting a privy and house of office next to a river, into which the privy drain emptied itself, causing the river to be unfit for use. more

Offence type: Marketing, labour and administrative offences
Specific offence: Nuisance (mainly obstructing the highway or pollution)

Accused
Michael Reymond, Gent.
Pembroke, Whitechurch
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Bateman
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/528/6
Document: 2
Jul 22, 1782
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Assault. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Assault (including wounding, but not malicious wounding)

Accused
William Dunn, Yeoman
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Weaver the younger
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/528/6
Document: 5
Jul 22, 1782
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Assault. Indicted with his wife. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Assault (including wounding, but not malicious wounding)

Accused
Thomas Weaver, Yeoman
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Dunn
Result

Verdict:
Discharged.1

Punishment:

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/528/6
Document: 5
Jul 22, 1782
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Assault. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Assault (including wounding, but not malicious wounding)

Accused
Henry Patte Pyefinch, Gent.
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Dunn
Result

Verdict:
Discharged.1

Punishment:

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/528/6
Document: 8
Jul 22, 1782
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Assault. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Assault (including wounding, but not malicious wounding)

Accused
John Weaver, Yeoman
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Dunn
Result

Verdict:
Discharged.1

Punishment:

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/528/6
Document: 5
Jul 22, 1782
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Assault. Indicted with her husband. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Assault (including wounding, but not malicious wounding)

Accused
Susan Weaver, Married
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Dunn
Result

Verdict:
Discharged.1

Punishment:

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/745/2
Document: 34
Jul 31, 1782
Crime

Carmarthen, Llandovery

Extortion of money by colour of his office by demanding a fee of more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Extortion

Accused
Thomas Griffith, Constable
Carmarthen, Llandovery
Plea:
Prosecutor
Thomas Rees
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/745/2
Document: 35
Jul 31, 1782
Crime

Carmarthen, Llandovery

Extortion of money from prosecutor and his wife, Elizabeth William, by colour of his office by demanding 18/- for executing a writ. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Extortion

Accused
Thomas Griffith, Constable
Carmarthen, Llandovery
Plea:
Prosecutor
Joshua William
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/745/1
Document: 64
Jul 31, 1782
Crime

Carmarthen, Llangathen

Infanticide of her female bastard child by strangulation. Prisoner had been 'with child by her reputed father', John Lloyd, with whom she lay whilst her mother slept in the workshop. Two bodies excavated in their garden the following November, both children of prisoner and John Lloyd. Recognizance refers to two murders committed by prisoner and John Lloyd. He was 'deprived of speech by a stroke of the palsy' but John Lloyd not indicted. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Infanticide, i.e. new born child murder (including concealing birth)

Accused
Mary Lloyd, Spinster
Carmarthen, Llangathen
Plea:
Prosecutor
John David, Llangathen, miller
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
A, I, Iq, R

From file: 4/625/2
Document: 3
Aug 2, 1782
Crime

Glamorgan, St Athan

Assault and rescue of sheep of Robert Jones, Fonmon, esq., distrained for a debt of more

Offence type: Rescue, harbouring, escaping, returning from transportation
Specific offence: Rescue of livestock

Accused
Leyson Thomas, Yeoman
Glamorgan, St Athan
Plea:
Prosecutor
Hopkin Llywelyn, deputy sheriff
Result

Verdict:

Punishment: