Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/396/8
Document: 1
Jun 8, 1823
Crime

Brecon, Llanigon

Assault on Mary Price more

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

Accused
Rees Walter, Yeoman
Brecon, Llanigon
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Thomas Lewis
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/201/8
Document: 1
Jun 12, 1823
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Assault on the prosecutor and challenging him to a fight. more

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

Accused
John Williams, Woollen manufacturer
Montgomery, Newtown
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Nicholas Miles, Newtown, innkeeper
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.1

Punishment:
Fined 1/-2

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/536/8
Document: 3
Jun 12, 1823
Crime

Radnor, Llanstephan

Theft of sheep. Indicted with her daughter. Prisoner aged 40. more

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

Accused
Ann Price, Widow
Radnor, Llanstephan
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Elizabeth Walker
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, transported for 7 years

Other:
R, Ca, J

From file: 4/536/8
Document: 3
Jun 12, 1823
Crime

Radnor, Llanstephan

Theft of sheep. Indicted with her mother. Prisoner aged 15. more

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

Accused
Mary Ann Price, Spinster
Radnor, Llanstephan
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Elizabeth Walker
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, R

From file: 4/763/3
Document: 4
Jun 17, 1823
Crime

Carmarthen, Llandeilo Fawr

Pickpocketing money. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Pickpocketing

Accused
John Morris, Labourer
Carmarthen, Llandeilo Fawr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Robert Evans
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.1

Punishment:
None recorded

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/536/8
Document: 1
Jun 25, 1823
Crime

Radnor, Rhaeadr

Manslaughter of Edward Bowen by striking and kicking him. Prisoner aged 17. more

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

Accused
John Wozencraft, Cordwainer
aka John Wosencraft
Radnor, Rhaeadr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Gwen Price
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, J

From file: 4/73/2
Document: 22
Jul 6, 1823
Crime

Denbigh, Holt

Manslaughter of William Moody, Holt, shoemaker. more

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

Accused
Samuel Hughes, Blacksmith 1
Denbigh, Holt
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Robert Nicholls, coroner
Result

Verdict:
No true bill, attorney general produced no

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/836/2
Document: 7
Jul 7, 1823
Crime

Pembroke, Milford Haven

Burglary of prosecutor's house and stealing food - bread, milk and butter. Prisoner aged 21. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
William Allen, Labourer
Pembroke, Milford Haven
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Sarah Thomas, Coalpit Park, Steynton
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment1

Other:
R, 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: 4/201/8
Document: 2
Jul 9, 1823
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Skimmington. Conspiring with others to vilify the prosecutor and cause a riot by setting on fire an effigy of the same outside his dwelling house. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riots, ceffyl pren / skimmington / charivari

Accused
Nicholas Jones, Spinner
Montgomery, Newtown
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Nicholas Miles, Newtown, innkeeper
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/201/8
Document: 2
Jul 9, 1823
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Skimmington. Conspiring with others to vilify the prosecutor and cause a riot by setting on fire an effigy of the same outside his dwelling house. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riots, ceffyl pren / skimmington / charivari

Accused
William Jones, Weaver
Montgomery, Newtown
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Nicholas Miles, Newtown, innkeeper
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/201/8
Document: 2
Jul 9, 1823
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Skimmington. Conspiring with others to vilify the prosecutor and cause a riot by setting on fire an effigy of the same outside his dwelling house. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riots, ceffyl pren / skimmington / charivari

Accused
Richard Thomas, Shoemaker
Montgomery, Llanllwchaearn
Plea: Not guilty,
Prosecutor
Nicholas Miles, Newtown, innkeeper
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Fined 1/-1

Other:
R ( in 4/202/1 )

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/201/8
Document: 2
Jul 9, 1823
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Skimmington. Conspiring with others to vilify the prosecutor and cause a riot by setting on fire an effigy of the same outside his dwelling house. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riots, ceffyl pren / skimmington / charivari

Accused
John Brick, Slubber
Montgomery, Newtown
Plea: Not guilty,
Prosecutor
Nicholas Miles, Newtown, innkeeper
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Fined 1/-1

Other:
R ( in 4/202/1 )

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