Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/72/3
Document: 45
Jan 14, 1821
Crime

Denbigh, Denbigh

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

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

Accused
George Johnson, Labourer
Denbigh, Wrexham 1
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Griffith Davies
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, E

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/72/3
Document: 45
Jan 14, 1821
Crime

Denbigh, Denbigh

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

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

Accused
Edward Rogers, Labourer
Denbigh, Wrexham 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Griffith Davies
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death2

Other:
R, E

  • 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: 4/536/3
Document: 37 1
Jan 15, 1821
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house. No indictment. more

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

Accused
John Jones, Labourer
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
John Evans, Presteigne, horsebreaker
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R

  • 1 Details about offence are given but there is no indictment. In such cases 'No indictment' will be included in the 'Crime' field.
From file: 4/536/5
Document: 7
Jan 15, 1821
Crime

Radnor, Whitton

Bestiality with a heifer. Prisoner aged 16 years. Second count of bestiality with a different animal. more

Offence type: Sexual offences
Specific offence: Bestiality / attempted bestiality

Accused
Samuel Woolley, Labourer
Radnor, Whitton
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
William Ingram, Whitton, labourer
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, R

From file: 4/1020/3
Document: 9
Jan 21, 1821
Crime

Flint, Hawarden

Poaching in a wood at night armed with a gun. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Poaching and other offences against the Game Laws

Accused
Jeremiah Hayes, Labourer
Flint, Hawarden
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Whittingham
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment1

Other:
J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1020/3
Document: 8
Jan 22, 1821
Crime

Flint, Tremeirchion

Poaching in a wood at night armed with a gun. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Poaching and other offences against the Game Laws

Accused
John Hops, Labourer
Flint, Tremeirchion
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, knt
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment1

Other:
J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1020/3
Document: 8
Jan 22, 1821
Crime

Flint, Tremeirchion

Poaching in a wood at night armed with a gun. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Poaching and other offences against the Game Laws

Accused
Robert Hops, Labourer
Flint, Tremeirchion
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury, knt
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment1

Other:
J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1020/3
Document: 11
Jan 25, 1821
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Theft of ribbon. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of cloth / wool

Accused
Mary Jones, Married
Flint, Holywell
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Dawson
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 month imprisonment1

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/636/3
Document: 1
Jan 27, 1821
Crime

Glamorgan, Cardiff

Forgery of a letter of attorney to enable persons to receive prize money due in respect of the service of Thomas Simpson, a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died Dec. 1811. more

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

Accused
John Chitty, Labourer
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 1
Plea: Guilty.
Prosecutor
Royal Hospital, Greenwich
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Death, free pardon, after turning King's evidence2

  • 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: 4/636/4
Document: 61
Jan 27, 1821
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to enable persons to receive prize money due in respect of the service of Thomas Simpson, a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died on Dec. 1811. See also 4/636/3/1. Prisoner aged 26. more

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

Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Death, commuted to 1 year imprisonment

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/4
Document: 61
Jan 27, 1821
Crime

Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel

Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to enable persons to receive prize money due in respect of the service of Thomas Simpson, a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died on Dec. 1811. See also 4/636/3/1. Prisoner aged 29. more

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

Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1
Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty,
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, Greenwi
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Death

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/72/3
Document: 42
Jan 27, 1821
Crime

Denbigh, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd

Theft of food - wheat. Indicted twice for the fact - see no. 46 in this file. more

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

Accused
William Anderton, Labourer
Denbigh, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Puleston & John Puleston
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy, 1 week's imprisonment1

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.