Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/526/7
Document: 4
Oct 1, 1773
Crime

Radnor, Rhaeadr

Assault on Thomas Clarke, bailiff, and rescue of Charles Davies. more

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

Accused
James Phillips, Yeoman
Radnor, Diserth
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Dakins, esq.
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.1

Punishment:

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/190/3
Document: 40
Oct 6, 1773
Crime

Montgomery, Llangynyw

Theft of cattle on Llanfyllin fair day. more

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

Accused
Martha Jones, Spinster
aka Bridget Jones
Montgomery, Llanfair Caereinion
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Morris Thomas, Llangynyw, butcher
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
R, I/D

From file: 4/254/1
Document: 66
Oct 6, 1773
Crime

Anglesey, Penmynydd

Attempted murder of a 3 month child by exposing her in a certain close. Recognizance refers to abandoning the same in a gorse bush. more

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

Accused
John Roberts, Shoemaker
Denbigh, Denbigh
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Henry Wynne & Moses Price
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Fined 6d

Other:
J; R(in 4/58/1)

From file: 4/623/1
Document: 27
Oct 11, 1773
Crime

Glamorgan, Pen-llin

Assault. more

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

Accused
Robert Richards, Clergyman
Glamorgan, Llantrisant, co. Glam.
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Bassett, gent.
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/275/2
Document: 91 1
Oct 12, 1773
Crime

Caernarfon, Aber

Assault on prosecutor by driving his carriage over him. No indictment. more

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

Accused
John Davies, Coachman
Caernarfon, Bangor
Plea:
Prosecutor
Robert Smallwood, Aber, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.

Punishment:

Other:
A, 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: 4/275/2
Document: 67
Oct 18, 1773
Crime

Caernarfon, Llannor

Murder of John Roberts, Llannor , labourer, prosecutor's husband. Prisoner and deceased had been drinking in an inn together before prisoner assaulted deceased. more

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

Accused
Robert Hughes, Miller
Caernarfon, Llannor
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Elinor Roberts, widow
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
B, I, J, Iq, R

From file: 4/275/2
Document: 70
Oct 18, 1773
Crime

Caernarfon, Llanllyfni

Theft of a sheep. more

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

Accused
John Griffi John, Butcher
aka John Griffith Jones, J
Caernarfon, Llanllyfni
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Morris Jones, labourer
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
B, J, R

From file: 4/190/3
Document: 33
Oct 19, 1773
Crime

Montgomery, Welshpool

Perjury - claiming that the prosecutor had been found in the possession of a dog killing rabbits on land belonging to the Earl of Powys. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Perjury / persuading / suborning to commit perjury

Accused
John Evans, Labourer
Montgomery, Buttington
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Colley
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1009/1
Document: 25
Oct 26, 1773
Crime

Flint, Overton

Highway robbery, wounding and stripping the prosecutor. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Robbery

Accused
Robert Jones, Labourer
aka Robert Williams
Denbigh, 1 Erbistock 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Alan Sadler, Overton, bricklayer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, body to be hung in chains3

Other:
J, R, E, I

  • 1 Preferred parish in a different County from 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.
From file: 4/385/5
Document: 4
Oct 31, 1773
Crime

Brecon, Llanfigon

Arson. more

Offence type: Malicous offences against property
Specific offence: Arson

Accused
Mary Prosser, Married
Brecon, Llanfigon
Plea:
Prosecutor
Morris Prosser, Llanfigon, blacksmith
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

From file: 4/623/1
Document: 24
Nov 1, 1773
Crime

Glamorgan, Llangynwyd

Assault. more

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

Accused
Elizabeth Jenkins, Married
Glamorgan, Llangynwyd
Plea:
Prosecutor
Thomas Thomas
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/623/1
Document: 28
Nov 1, 1773
Crime

Glamorgan, Llansamlet

Theft of industrial goods, iron belonging to John Freeman the elder, John Freeman the younger and others. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of industrial goods (coal, iron, machinery, plant fittings, etc.)

Accused
William Leyson, Labourer
Glamorgan, Llansamlet
Plea:
Prosecutor
Evan Edward
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment: