Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/1018/1
Document: 2
Sep 18, 1813
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Theft of food - sugar. more

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

Accused
Samuel Turner, Labourer
Flint, Holywell
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Williams
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
2 years imprisonment with hard labour1

Other:
J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/634/1
Document: 11
Sep 20, 1813
Crime

Glamorgan, Cowbridge

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing money and wearing apparel. Prisoner aged 17. more

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

Accused
Mary Robert, Spinster
Glamorgan, Cowbridge
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Evan, Cowbridge
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing only - partial verdict.

Punishment:
3 years imprisonment in solitary confinement

Other:
Ca.

From file: 4/832/3
Document: 34
Sep 20, 1813
Crime

Pembroke, Ambleston

Theft of horses. Horses recovered and prisoner apprehended at Newcastle Emlyn, co. Carm. Prisoner aged 34. Prisoner had been in prosecutor's service. more

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

Accused
Samuel Watts, Clothier
Pembroke, Little Newcastle
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Evans, Ambleston
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of

Punishment:
Death, recommended to mercy1

Other:
A, R, J; Ca~~~

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/759/3
Document: 28
Sep 25, 1813
Crime

Carmarthen, Carmarthen

Pickpocketing whilst prosecutor was at an auction, of money and a purse. Prisoner apprehended at an inn called the Dolphin. Prisoner aged 17. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Pickpocketing

Accused
Mary Lewis, Singlewoman
Carmarthen, Carmarthen
Plea:
Prosecutor
Mary Davies, Cilrhedyn
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing the purse to the value o

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction1

Other:
J, I/Cp, E, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/759/3
Document: 111
Sep 26, 1813
Crime

Carmarthen, St Clears

Breach of peace. Prisoner 'of purpose did contemptiously come into a certain chapel at St Clears disturbing divine service' of dissenters. Second count of preventing the prosecutor from proceeding with the service. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Breach of the peace / disturbing the peace / threatening behaviour

Accused
David Beynon, Yeoman
Carmarthen, St Clears
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Davies, Nonconformist minister
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
Ci

From file: 4/199/10
Document: 2
Oct 1, 1813
Crime

Montgomery, Llanfyllin

Nuisance - obstructing the highway by erecting part of a house and smithy upon a part of it. more

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

Accused
Humphrey Jones, Labourer
Montgomery, Llanfyllin
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Thomas
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/634/1
Document: 19 1
Oct 15, 1813
Crime

Glamorgan, Llan-giwg

Theft of food - butter - from prosecutor's dwelling house. No indictment - missing. Prisoner aged 47. more

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

Accused
William John, Unspecified
Glamorgan, Neath
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Griffith, Llan-giwg, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
3 months imprisonment2

Other:
Ca., R

  • 1 Details about offence are given but there is no indictment. In such cases 'No indictment' will be included in the 'Crime' field.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/832/3
Document: 17
Oct 15, 1813
Crime

Pembroke, Hubberston

Malicious cutting with intent to cause bodily harm to Thomas Cooper, mariner, on the brig Britannia of Workington, co. Cumberland, to which both men belonged. Recognizance refers to attempted murder. Prisoner aged 18. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Malicious cutting / wounding

Accused
George Purday, Mariner
aka George Purdey
Pembroke, Hubberston
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Husband, Hubberston, constable
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
E, R; Ca~~~

From file: 4/199/9
Document: 4
Oct 15, 1813
Crime

Montgomery, Penstrowed

Theft of wearing apparel - gowns from a hedge. Prisoner aged 18. Recognizance bound the prosecutor to appear at Quarter Sessions. Her examination states that she travelled for two months in Radnorshire with Jeremiah Jones, Llanidloes. more

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

Accused
Elizabeth Jones, Spinster
Unspecified, No fixed abode 1
Plea:
Prosecutor
Mary Morgan, Penstrowed, servant
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution - convicted on another indic

Punishment:

Other:
Ca, R, E

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/199/9
Document: 5
Oct 15, 1813
Crime

Montgomery, Penstrowed

Theft of wearing apparel - stockings. Prisoner aged 18. Jeremiah Jones, Llanidloes, with whom she travelled for two months through Radnorshire, implicated but not indicted; the same also implicated in another theft, see no. 17 in 4/199/7. more

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

Accused
Elizabeth Jones, Spinster
Unspecified, No fixed abode 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Ann Price
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment as from the above date2

Other:
Ca, 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: 4/912/3
Document: 3
Oct 23, 1813
Crime

Cardigan, Llandyfr

Burglary of the house of prosecutor, Elinor and Elizabeth Lodwick, sisters, and stealing money and a seal. Indicted twice for the fact, the other - no. 12 in this file - for burglary and stealing prosecutor's money only; this was quashed. Prisoner aged 23. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
Evan Davies, Carpenter
Carmarthen, Cenarth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Rachel Lodwick, Llandyfr
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.1

Punishment:
Death2

Other:
R, Ca

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/393/5
Document: 20
Oct 27, 1813
Crime

Brecon, Brecon

Burglary of prosecutor's house with intent. Accused aged 23. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
Moses Bryant, Labourer
Brecon, Brecon
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Lloyd, Brecon, watchmaker
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R, Ca.