Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/68/8
Document: 6
Aug 1, 1809
Crime

Denbigh, Holt

Assault. more

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

Accused
Samuel Jones, Gent.
Denbigh, Holt
Plea:
Prosecutor
Samuel Davies, Holt, yeoman
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/305/4
Document: 10
Aug 1, 1809
Crime

Meirioneth, Dolgellau

Obstructing the highway - placing dirt and other filth on the road. more

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

Accused
Anne Humphrey, Widow
Meirioneth, Dolgellau
Plea: Guilty.
Prosecutor
Grand jury presentment
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-

Other:
W, R

From file: 4/305/4
Document: 10
Aug 1, 1809
Crime

Meirioneth, Dolgellau

Obstructing the highway - placing dirt and other filth on the road. more

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

Accused
Griffith Griffiths, Labourer
Meirioneth, Dolgellau
Plea: Guilty.
Prosecutor
Grand jury presentment
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-

Other:
W, R

From file: 4/757/2
Document: 4
Aug 7, 1809
Crime

Carmarthen, Llangyndeyrn

Uttering a forged promissory note. more

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

Accused
Thomas Hillbourne, Yeoman
Carmarthen, Llangyndeyrn
Plea:
Prosecutor
David Walter, pigdrover
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/392/6
Document: 3
Aug 12, 1809
Crime

Brecon, Hay

Nuisance - allowing pigs to roam on the streets and highways. more

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

Accused
Thomas Gittoes, Cordwainer
Brecon, Hay
Plea:
Prosecutor
James Spencer [clerk to the Hay Railroad Co
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/392/6
Document: 9
Aug 12, 1809
Crime

Brecon, Hay

Nuisance - allowing pigs to roam on the streets and highways. more

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

Accused
Richard Watkins, Blacksmith
Brecon, Hay
Plea:
Prosecutor
James Spencer [clerk to the Hay Railroad Co
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/392/6
Document: 10
Aug 12, 1809
Crime

Unspecified, Hay

Nuisance - allowing pigs to roam on the streets and highways. more

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

Accused
James Williams, Esq.
Brecon, Hay
Plea:
Prosecutor
Benjamin Evans
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/533/6
Document: 1
Aug 14, 1809
Crime

Radnor, Llanbadarn Fawr, co. R

Infanticide of her male bastard child by dislocating its neck. more

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

Accused
Ann Price, Spinster
Radnor, Llanbadarn Fawr, co. Rad.
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Lewis & John Thomas
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
R, J

From file: 4/633/1
Document: 11
Aug 25, 1809
Crime

Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil

Theft of a horse. Prisoner aged 28. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Horse-stealing

Accused
Richard Jones, Yeoman
Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Evans, Kerry, co.Mont., farmer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty..1

Punishment:
Sentenced on another indictment

Other:
R, Ca.

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/1016/7
Document: 12
Aug 31, 1809
Crime

Flint, Hawarden

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing cloth, wearing apparel and money. more

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

Accused
Catherine Evans, Married
aka Catherine Griffith
Outside Wales, Chester, co. Chester 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Joseph Jones, Hawarden, shoemaker
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death3 respited2

Other:
Wa, R, 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) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
  • 3 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/633/1
Document: 16
Aug 31, 1809
Crime

Glamorgan, Tythegston

Theft of sheep. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Sheep-stealing

Accused
John Thomas, Yeoman
Glamorgan, Bishopston
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Jenkin Powell, Tythegston, farmer
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
R, E, E/Cp

From file: 4/392/6
Document: 6
Sep 1, 1809
Crime

Brecon, Builth

Nuisance - fencing in and thus diverting a common highway. more

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

Accused
David Jones, Timber merchant
Brecon, Builth
Plea:
Prosecutor
Rev. Benjamin Jones, clergyman
Result

Verdict:

Punishment: