Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/1020/1
Document: 7
Dec 17, 1819
Crime

Flint, Hawarden

Receiving stolen goods - see no. 6 where prisoner also indicted. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Receiving stolen goods (both felonies and larcenies)

Accused
Hannah Peers, Married
Flint, Hawarden
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Moss Leach
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/636/1
Document: 32
Dec 18, 1819
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Highway robbery stealing money and personal goods - a silver watch. Prisoner, aged 26, tried at Cowbridge quarter sessions according to his own evidence for stealing handkerchiefs and acquitted. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Robbery

Accused
Joseph Cottle, Painter 1
aka Joseph Chissold, Josep
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Mathew, Llanrhidian, farmer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death2

Other:
I, Ca., R, R

  • 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.
From file: 4/636/1
Document: 32
Dec 18, 1819
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Highway robbery, stealing money and personal goods - a silver watch. Prisoner aged 19. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Robbery

Accused
George Hughes, Mariner
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Mathew, Llanrhidian, farmer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death

Other:
I, Ca., E, R

From file: 4/1020/2
Document: 4
Dec 19, 1819
Crime

Flint, St Asaph, co. Flint

Theft of wearing apparel - two pairs of shoes - belonging to the prosecutor and Joseph Williams. Prisoner's father indicted for receiving - see notional no. 1000. more

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

Accused
William Jones, Labourer
Flint, St Asaph, co. Flint
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Lloyd,esq.
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 month imprisonment1

Other:
Rn, J

  • 1 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/1020/2
Document: 4
Dec 19, 1819
Crime

Flint, St Asaph, co. Flint

Theft of wearing apparel - two pairs of shoes - belonging to the prosecutor and Joseph Williams. more

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

Accused
John Jones, Labourer
Flint, St Asaph, co. Flint
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Lloyd,esq.
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment1

Other:
J

  • 1 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/396/1
Document: 14
Dec 23, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Talgarth

Theft of sheep. Indicted with his sister. Aged 20. more

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

Accused
James Watkins, Labourer
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Joan Prosser, Talgarth, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death1

Other:
Ca ( & in 4/396/2), E, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/396/1
Document: 14
Dec 23, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Talgarth

Theft of sheep. Indicted with his sister. Aged 26. more

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

Accused
Ann Watkins, Spinster
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Joan Prosser, Talgarth, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, 1 year imprisonment1

Other:
Ca ( & in 4/396/2), E, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/396/1
Document: 14
Dec 23, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Talgarth

Theft of sheep. Indicted with his sister. Also indicted and convicted for killing the same sheep - see no. 16 in this file. Prisoner aged 20. more

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

Accused
James Watkins, Labourer
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Joan Prosser, widow
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, E, R

From file: 4/396/1
Document: 14
Dec 23, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Talgarth

Stealing sheep. Indicted with her brother. Also indicted and convicted of killing the same sheep - see no. 16 in this file. Prisoner aged 26. more

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

Accused
Ann Watkins, Spinster
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Joan Prosser, widow
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, E, R

From file: 4/396/1
Document: 16
Dec 23, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Talgarth

Killing sheep with intent to steal the caecass. Indicted with his sister. Also indicted for stealing the same sheep and acquitted - see no. 14 in this file. Prisoner aged 20. more

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

Accused
James Watkins, Yeoman
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Joan Prosser, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, 1 year imprisonment1

Other:
Ca, E, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/396/1
Document: 16
Dec 23, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Talgarth

Killing sheep with intent to steal the carcass. Indicted with her brother. Also indicted for stealing the same sheep and acquitted - see no. 14 this file. Prisoner aged 26. more

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

Accused
Ann Watkins, Spinster
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Joan Prosser, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, 1 year imprisonment

Other:
Ca, E, R

From file: 4/762/1
Document: 61
Dec 25, 1819
Crime

Carmarthen, Carmarthen

Murder of his wife, Margaret John, seven months pregnant, by strangulation. Inquest records murder by person(s) unknown. more

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

Accused
Theophilus John, Labourer
Carmarthen, Carmarthen
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Henry Harries
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.1

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Iq, R

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.