Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/272/2
Document: 37
May 16, 1747
Crime

Caernarfon, Pistyll

Forcible entry and ejectment of prosecutor from a rented messuage for non-payment of rent. more

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

Accused
Hugh Griffith, Yeoman
Caernarfon, Llannor
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Robert, Pistyll, yeoman
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
W

From file: 4/272/2
Document: 37
May 16, 1747
Crime

Caernarfon, Pistyll

Forcible entry and ejectment of prosecutor from a rented messuage for non-payment of rent. more

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

Accused
Thomas John Owen, Yeoman
Caernarfon, Llannor
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Robert, Pistyll, yeoman
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
W

From file: 4/272/2
Document: 37
May 16, 1747
Crime

Caernarfon, Pistyll

Forcible entry and ejectment of prosecutor from a rented messuage for non-payment of rent. more

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

Accused
John Griffith, Yeoman
Caernarfon, Llannor
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Robert, Pistyll, yeoman
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
W

From file: 4/182/5
Document: 7
May 19, 1747
Crime

Montgomery, Llangurig

Theft of sheep. more

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

Accused
John Lewis, Yeoman
Montgomery, Llangurig
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Evans, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, R, E

From file: 4/251/4
Document: 2
May 20, 1747
Crime

Anglesey, Bodedern

Theft of money and wearing apparel from her employer's dwelling house. more

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

Accused
Anne Williams, Spinster/servant 1
Anglesey, Bodedern
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Saunders, blacksmith
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, E, R

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/49/3
Document: 22
May 28, 1747
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 Jones, Esq.
Denbigh, Wrexham
Plea:
Prosecutor
Cuthbert Lockson
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/49/5
Document: 8
May 31, 1747
Crime

Denbigh, Llangollen

Theft of linen yarn. more

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

Accused
John Edwards, Weaver
Denbigh, Llangollen
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward ab Evan, Llangollen, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 4d - partial verdic

Punishment:

Other:
R, J

From file: 4/615/1
Document: 1000
Jun 1, 1747
Crime

Glamorgan, Cadoxton juxta Neath

Assault with intent to ravish Margaret Jenkin, prosecutor's wife. Trial abandoned because prosecutor bribed witnesses. Doct. no. is notional. The charge is recited in no. 7 in this file but the original indictment is no longer extant. more

Offence type: Sexual offences
Specific offence: Attempted rape (including assault with intent to ravish)

Accused
David Thoma Howell, Yeoman
Glamorgan, Cadoxton juxta Neath
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Jenkins, Cadoxton juxta Neath
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, prosecutor tried to bribe w

Punishment:

From file: 4/182/5
Document: 8
Jun 4, 1747
Crime

Montgomery, Dolanog

Theft of sheep. more

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

Accused
Evan Edward, Yeoman
Montgomery, Dolanog
Plea:
Prosecutor
Catherine Samuel, Llanfihangel, widow
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
J, R, E

From file: 4/49/4
Document: 39
Jun 7, 1747
Crime

Denbigh, Llansilin

Theft of a sheep. Sheep recovered at a fair in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. more

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

Accused
John Williams, Labourer
Denbigh, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, co. Denb.
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Jones, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, yeoma
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
R, E

From file: 4/182/5
Document: 4
Jun 7, 1747
Crime

Montgomery, Aston

Murder of Richard Gethin, Aston, by striking him in the head with a hedge bill after a quarrel between prisoner, a servant of Edward Breeze, and deceased, a former servant of the said Edward Breeze, when his maid asked deceased's assistance from prisoner's advances. more

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

Accused
John Price, Labourer
Montgomery, Aston
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death1

Other:
J, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/272/2
Document: 36
Jun 10, 1747
Crime

Caernarfon, Llanrug

Worrying animals belonging to prosecutor, John Jones, John William and John Rowlands, gent.. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Worrying animals

Accused
Owen Jones, Yeoman
Caernarfon, Llanrug
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Jones, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.

Punishment:

Other:
Al, R, W, No