Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/54/4
Document: 5
Aug 12, 1765
Crime

Denbigh, Wrexham

Theft of wearing apparel, shoes, stolen at different times from prosecutor's dwelling house. See doc. no. 16 for accomplice's details. Anne Hughes of Wrexham also implicated but not indicted. more

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

Accused
Margaret Brown, Married
Denbigh, Wrexham
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Phillip Crosse, Wrexham, master shoemaker
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy, to be burned in the hand1

Other:
I, E, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/54/4
Document: 1000
Aug 12, 1765
Crime

Denbigh, Wrexham

Receiving stolen goods. Doc. no. is notional, the charge is on the indictment against the principal - no. 5 in this file. more

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

Accused
Mary Withington, Married
aka Mary Witherington, M
Denbigh, Wrexham
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Philip Crosse, Wrexham, master shoemaker
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy, to be burned in the hand1

Other:
I, E, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/55/1
Document: 9
Aug 14, 1765
Crime

Denbigh, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd

Theft of a horse. Removed by Habeus Corpus from co. Salop. more

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

Accused
RIchard Evans, Labourer
Denbigh, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Green
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, transported for 14 years1

Other:
Ca

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/301/3
Document: 58
Aug 16, 1765
Crime

Meirioneth, Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnio

Murder of Thomas Watkin, Llandrillo, labourer, by shooting him. Prisoner's brother, David Roberts of Brentford, co. Middx. and witnesses considered prisoner to be insane. more

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

Accused
Rev. Robert Roberts, Clergyman
Meirioneth, Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Watkin Evans
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, Iq, R, A

From file: 4/301/3
Document: 58
Aug 16, 1765
Crime

Meirioneth, Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnio

Aiding and abetting murder of Thomas Watkin, Llandrillo, labourer. more

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

Accused
Margaret Mathias, Spinster
Meirioneth, Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Watkin Evans
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
Iq, R

From file: 4/738/2
Document: 6
Aug 16, 1765
Crime

Carmarthen, Llangyndeyrn

Rescue of livestock. more

Offence type: Rescue, harbouring, escaping, returning from transportation
Specific offence: Rescue of livestock

Accused
Richard Williams, Unspecified
Carmarthen, Llangyndeyrn
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Gwynne, esq.
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/274/3
Document: 31
Aug 17, 1765
Crime

Caernarfon, Penmynydd

Assault. more

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

Accused
Griffith Roberts, Yeoman
Caernarfon, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, co. Caern.
Plea: Guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Roberts
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 6d

Other:
W(in4/274/3-4/274/4), Al(in 4/274/4)

From file: 4/383/11
Document: 14
Sep 2, 1765
Crime

Brecon, Talgarth

Infanticide of her male bastard child by strangulation. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Infanticide, i.e. new born child murder (including concealing birth)

Accused
Mary Prosser, Widow
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea:
Prosecutor
Lewis John, Talgarth, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
I, R

From file: 4/383/11
Document: 7
Sep 9, 1765
Crime

Brecon, Brecon

Assault and rescue of Rees Prichard, Talgarth, cordwainer, from custody of bailiffs. more

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

Accused
Roger Prichard, Yeoman
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Prichard
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/383/11
Document: 7
Sep 9, 1765
Crime

Brecon, Brecon

Assault and rescue of Rees Prichard, Talgarth, cordwainer, from custody of bailiffs. more

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

Accused
Rees Prichard, Cordwainer
Brecon, Talgarth
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Prichard
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/899/1
Document: 15
Sep 24, 1765
Crime

Cardigan, Tregaron

Burglary of prosecutor's house and stealing money and a handkerchief. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
John George, Labourer
Cardigan, Tregaron
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Williams esq.
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.1

Punishment:
Death2

  • 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: 4/620/5
Document: 23
Sep 28, 1765
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Theft from a stable of wearing apparel, drink and personal goods, including a gun, belonging to prosecutor from the stable of John Warner, Swansea. Prisoner had been employed to 'wall up the piece through which the thief had entered' on a previous occasion. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Theft from warehouses / storehouses / stables 5/- +

Accused
Richard Wills, Mason
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
George Lillington
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 5/- - partial verdic

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years

Other:
I, R, J