Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/528/7
Document: 9
Mar 19, 1783
Crime

Radnor, St Harmon

Forcible entry and ejectment. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Forcible entry / ejectment and related offences

Accused
Thomas James, Yeoman
Radnor, Rhaeadr
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Edwards
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/528/7
Document: 9
Mar 19, 1783
Crime

Radnor, St Harmon

Forcible entry and ejectment. Indicted with his son. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Forcible entry / ejectment and related offences

Accused
Edward Davies, Yeoman
Radnor, St Harmon
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Edwards
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/822/1
Document: 17
Mar 23, 1783
Crime

Pembroke, Robeston Wathen

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing money whilst he attended church. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Breaking & entering

Accused
Benjamin Thomas, Gardener 1
Pembroke, Robeston Wathen
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Thomas, Robeston Wathen, labourer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, transported for 7 years2

Other:
I/Cp, R, J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/60/3
Document: 26
Mar 24, 1783
Crime

Denbigh, Wrexham

Shoplifting handkerchiefs during Wrexham fair week. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Shoplifting 5/- +

Accused
John Jones, Blacksmith
Unspecified, Unspecified, co. Flint. 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Gilbert Goodier, Wrexham, handkerchief manu
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 4/- - partial verdi

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy, to be whipped and imprisonment for 6 months2

Other:
R, E, J

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/903/1
Document: 28
Mar 26, 1783
Crime

Cardigan, Aberystwyth

Assault. more

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

Accused
Rice Williams, Surgeon
Cardigan, Aberystwyth
Plea:
Prosecutor
David Morgan
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-1

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/276/2
Document: 44
Mar 28, 1783
Crime

Caernarfon, Gyffin

Theft of food. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of food, including harvested crops

Accused
Thomas Hughes, Yeoman
Caernarfon, Gyffin
Plea:
Prosecutor
Robert Thomas
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, not brought to trial.

Punishment:

Other:
W(in 4/276/2-4/278/2 passim)

From file: 4/902/3
Document: 19
Mar 29, 1783
Crime

Cardigan, Llanddewibrefi

Murder of Martha David by strangling her with a woollen neckcloth. more

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

Accused
William Ajax, Labourer
aka William Morgan
Cardigan, Llanddewibrefi
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Morgan Rees
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, body to be delivered to the surgeons to be dissected and anatomised1

Other:
J, R, Iq

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/60/3
Document: 5
Apr 1, 1783
Crime

Denbigh, Wrexham

Seditious libel by publishing a pamphlet entitled 'The principles of Government in a Dialogue between a Gentleman and a Farmer', thereby inciting subjects to make alterations in the government and the constitution. See also no. 6 in 4/60/4 for documents referring to Rev. William Davies, Shipley, Dean of St Asaph, and NLW MSS 2598C. more

Offence type: Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence: Sedition (including seditious intent to incite)

Accused
Richard Marsh, Bookseller
Denbigh, Wrexham
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Jones, Ruthin, attorney/under sheri
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
P in ( 4/60/4 )

From file: 4/902/3
Document: 28
Apr 1, 1783
Crime

Cardigan, Llandysul, co. Card.

Common barrator more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Common barrator / scold

Accused
Thomas Jones, Gent. 1
Cardigan, Llandysul, co. Card.
Plea:
Prosecutor
David James
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/528/7
Document: 1
Apr 1, 1783
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Neglect of duty in allowing John Luter, New Radnor, carpenter to escape from gaol. more

Offence type: Marketing, labour and administrative offences
Specific offence: Neglect of duty

Accused
William Thomas, Gaoler
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
David Jenkins, esq.
Result

Verdict:
Discharged.1

Punishment:

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/528/7
Document: 6
Apr 1, 1783
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 Woodcock, Yeoman
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Davies the younger
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/528/7
Document: 7
Apr 1, 1783
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Assault. Indicted with his son. more

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

Accused
William Davies, Yeoman
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Woodcock
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment: