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The Accused
The Crime
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From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 9 1
Nov 30, 1733
Crime

Flint, Unspecified

Misbehaviour, thus losing his job as specified above. No indictment. more

Offence type: Marketing, labour and administrative offences
Specific offence: Neglect of duty

Accused
John Wynne, Master of House of Correction & crier
Flint, Unspecified
Plea:
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
Ci, O

  • 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: 4/1001/3
Document: 5
Apr 2, 1734
Crime

Flint, Hope

Murder of William Roberts, glover, otherwise William the glover, prosecutor's husband, by beating him about the head with a wooden club. Partisan feelings were running high in 1734 when Sir John Glynne and Sir George Wynne ran a bitter campaign to win votes for borough election to Parliament. According to Peter D. G. Thomas, 'Sir George Wynne and the First Borough Elections of 1727 to 1741', Flintshire Historical Society, vol 20, (1962), prisoner was 'a Wynne' prepared to kill 'a Glynne'. Indicted twice for the fact, the other - no. 15 in this file - for manslaughter. Robert Jones, Thomas Morris, John Lewis, implicated according to recognizances. The death followed an affray after neighbours had been drinking together. more

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

Accused
Edward Jones, Blacksmith
Flint, Hope
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Mary Roberts, Hope, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of manslaughter.

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

Other:
J, R, A, E, D

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 13
Apr 2, 1734
Crime

Flint, Hope

Riot and assault. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riot and assault

Accused
Thomas Brereton, Tailor
Flint, Hope
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Roberts
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 13
Apr 2, 1734
Crime

Flint, Hope

Riot and assault. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riot and assault

Accused
Edward Jones, Blacksmith
Flint, Hope
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Roberts
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 13
Apr 2, 1734
Crime

Flint, Hope

Riot and assault. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riot and assault

Accused
Robert Jones, Labourer
Flint, Hope
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Roberts
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 13
Apr 2, 1734
Crime

Flint, Hope

Riot and assault. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riot and assault

Accused
Thomas Morris, Labourer
Flint, Hope
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Roberts
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 13
Apr 2, 1734
Crime

Flint, Hope

Riot and assault. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riot and assault

Accused
Richard Davies, Yeoman
Flint, Mold
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Roberts
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 13
Apr 2, 1734
Crime

Flint, Hope

Riot and assault. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riot and assault

Accused
John Lewis, Labourer
Flint, Hope
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Roberts
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 15
Apr 2, 1734
Crime

Flint, Hope

Manslaughter of William Roberts, glover, otherwise William the glover, prosecutor's husband, by beating him on the head with a wooden club. Indicted twice for the fact, the other - no 5 in this file - for murder. The death followed an affray after neighbours had been drinking together. See no. 5 in this file for text. more

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

Accused
Edward Jones, Blacksmith
Flint, Hope
Plea:
Prosecutor
Mary Roberts, Hope, widow
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R, A, E, D

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 14
May 3, 1734
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Assault on Hannah Goffe, prosecutor's mother. Prosecutor aged 10. more

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

Accused
Mary Tuson, Singlewoman
Flint, Holywell
Plea:
Prosecutor
Thomas Goffe the younger, Holywell
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 2
May 16, 1734
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Assault on Hannah Goffe, prosecutor's wife. more

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

Accused
Martha Foulkes, Singlewoman
Flint, Holywell
Plea:
Prosecutor
Thomas Goffe, gent.
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/1001/3
Document: 4
May 16, 1734
Crime

Flint, Flint

Riotously breaking, pulling down and demolishing glass windows and walls of prosecutor's house. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riots, miscellaneous and unidentified

Accused
Ellis Bagnall, Maltster
Flint, Halkyn
Plea:
Prosecutor
Edward Richardson
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.1

Punishment:

Other:
A, M (in 4/1001/4 )

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.