Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/397/6
Document: 17
May 30, 1825
Crime

Brecon, Vaynor

Forcible ejectment. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Forcible entry / ejectment and related offences

Accused
Morgan Walters, Labourer
Brecon, Vaynor
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
John Prosser
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca (in 4/397/2)

From file: 4/282/4
Document: 10
Jun 4, 1825
Crime

Caernarfon, Caernarfon

Embezzling his employer, the prosecutor. Prisoner was employed to make bills and collect money for medicines. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Embezzling

Accused
Henry Parry, Yeoman
Caernarfon, Caernarfon
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Owen Owen Roberts, Caernarfon, surgeon
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

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

Other:
B, J, R, E

From file: 4/638/2
Document: 24
Jun 12, 1825
Crime

Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil

Manslaughter of John Rees, prosecutor's son. Prisoner aged 23. more

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

Accused
John Morgan, Labourer
Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
David Rees
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca., R, I, E, Iq

From file: 4/1021/4
Document: 1
Jun 15, 1825
Crime

Flint, Hope

Manslaughter of Samuel Thomas by striking him. more

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

Accused
Edward Jones, Labourer
Flint, Hope
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Peter Parry, esq./coroner
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, J

From file: 4/73/6
Document: 39
Jun 21, 1825
Crime

Denbigh, Wrexham

Pickpocketing money - banknotes. The money stolen when prosecutor was riding on the coach on which prisoner sat behind the prosecutor. Prisoner tried to exchange the local bank notes for Bank of England notes at Liverpool. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Pickpocketing

Accused
William Yates, Coach guard or trumpeter
Denbigh, Wrexham
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Jones, Ruabon, draper
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing, but not from the person

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy, 6 months imprisonment with hard labour1

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/202/4
Document: 27
Jun 24, 1825
Crime

Radnor, St Harmon

Theft of wearing apparel, coats, waistcoat and a handkerchief from prosecutor's dwelling house. Apprehended at Trefeglwys, co. Mont. Indicted with his brother. Prisoner aged 21. more

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

Accused
Joseph Jones, Yeoman 1
Denbigh, 2 Llangollen 3
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Bennett the elder, St Harmon, yeoma
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy4, 1 year imprisonment5

Other:
R, J, E; Ca ( in 4/202/5 ); Retur

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Preferred parish in a different County from that given in the indictment.
  • 3 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 4 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
  • 5 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/202/4
Document: 27
Jun 24, 1825
Crime

Radnor, St Harmon

Theft of wearing apparel, coats, waistcoat and a handkerchief from prosecutor's dwelling house. Apprehended at Trefeglwys, co. Mont. Indicted with his brother. more

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

Accused
Abednego Jones, Yeoman 1
Denbigh, 2 Llangollen 3
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
William Bennett the elder, St Harmon, yeoma
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
E, R

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Preferred parish in a different County from that given in the indictment.
  • 3 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/915/6
Document: 2
Jun 26, 1825
Crime

Cardigan, Aberystwyth

Theft of a horse and bridle. Prisoner aged 20. more

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

Accused
Richard Morgan, Labourer
Cardigan, Aberystwyth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
James Morrice, Llansanffraid, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty, insane.1

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
J, R; Ca (in 4/915/7 & 916/1)

  • 1 Verdict added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/73/6
Document: 36
Jun 27, 1825
Crime

Denbigh, Wrexham

Assault. more

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

Accused
John Rogers, Labourer
Denbigh, Wrexham
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Robert Glynne Griffith
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/73/6
Document: 36
Jun 27, 1825
Crime

Denbigh, Wrexham

Assault. more

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

Accused
Edward Edwards, Labourer
Denbigh, Wrexham
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Robert Glynne Griffith
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/260/3
Document: 24
Jun 29, 1825
Crime

Anglesey, Amlwch

Assault. more

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

Accused
George Brad Roose, Gent.
Anglesey, Amlwch
Plea: Not guilty
Prosecutor
James Webster, esq.
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Bound over to keep the peace for 1 year

Other:
W, J

From file: 4/202/4
Document: 25
Jul 1, 1825
Crime

Montgomery, Trefeglwys

Poisoning with intent to murder the prosecutor with white arsenic and blue stone or sulphate of copper. Prisoner was the father of the prosecutor's bastard daughter, and had paid for her maintenance until an order of filiation was made against him. When he promised to marry the prosecutor he brought cake and cherries to give to his twenty two month old daughter. The prosecutor suspected they were contaminated after seeing a white substance on the cherries. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Attempted murder and related offences

Accused
William Cadman, Husbandman/servant 1
Montgomery, Llanidloes 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Elizabeth Davies, spinster
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Sentence postponed on a point of law 3

Other:
J, R, E

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