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The Accused
The Crime
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From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 31
Nov 10, 1756
Crime

Flint, Hope

Theft of sheep. more

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

Accused
Edward Evans, Yeoman
Flint, Hope
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Bennet & John Meredith
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R

From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 35
Dec 15, 1756
Crime

Flint, Flint

Theft of cloth belonging to John Jones, Elizabeth Williams, widow and the prosecutor from the latter's walk mill or 'cloth or walking shop'. The cloth was sold at Liverpool, co. Lancs, where the prisoner was apprehended. more

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

Accused
Henry Williams, Yeoman
aka Henry Roberts? 1
Flint, Newmarket
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Edwards, Flint, walker
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years2

Other:
E/C, I, R

  • 1 Alias added from other related document(s) within the same Gaol File.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 35
Dec 15, 1756
Crime

Flint, Flint

Theft of cloth belonging to John Jones, Elizabeth Williams, widow and the prosecutor from the latter's walk mill or 'cloth or walking shop'. The cloth was sold by prisoner's accomplice at Liverpool, co. Lancs. Prisoner 'an idle person....a man of low stature and blind of one eye' more

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

Accused
Robert Vaughan, Unspecified
aka Robert Jones
Flint, Flint
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Edwards, Flint, walker
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years1

Other:
E/C, I, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 34
Dec 16, 1756
Crime

Flint, Ysgeifiog

Theft of a horse. The examination of the prosecutor was interpreted by Robert Roberts, Ysgeifiog, wheelwright. Prisoner about 40 years old and born at Abergele, co. Denb. Horse sold at Liverpool, co. Lancs, where the prisoner was apprehended. more

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

Accused
Henry Williams, Yeoman
aka Henry Roberts
Flint, Newmarket 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Peter Venables, Ysgeifiog, husbandman
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 40
Dec 29, 1756
Crime

Flint, Mold

Assault on prosecutor who was assisting a petty constable to apprehend the prisoner. more

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

Accused
Thomas Johnson, Butcher 1
Flint, Mold
Plea: Submitted. 2
Prosecutor
Emannuel Gollin, otherwise Golley, Holywell
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Plea added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 40
Dec 29, 1756
Crime

Flint, Mold

Assault on prosecutor who was assisting a petty constable to apprehend Thomas Johnson, Mold, butcher. more

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

Accused
David Ithell, Yeoman
Flint, Mold
Plea:
Prosecutor
Emannuel Gollin, otherwise Golley, Holywell
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 41
Dec 29, 1756
Crime

Flint, Mold

Assault on prosecutor in the execution of his duty in apprehending the prisoner. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Assault/ riots and assaults on law officers/ parish officials

Accused
Thomas Johnson, Butcher 1
Flint, Mold
Plea: Submitted. 2
Prosecutor
Joseph Davison, Holywell, constable
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Plea added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 41
Dec 29, 1756
Crime

Flint, Mold

Assault on prosecutor in the execution of his duty in apprehending Thomas Johnson, Mold, butcher. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Assault/ riots and assaults on law officers/ parish officials

Accused
David Ithell, Yeoman
Flint, Mold
Plea:
Prosecutor
Joseph Davison, Holywell, constable
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 42
Dec 29, 1756
Crime

Flint, Mold

Assault on prosecutor who was assisting a petty constable to apprehend the prisoner and inciting a dog, a 'bulldog or mastiff' to bite and worry him. more

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

Accused
Thomas Johnson, Butcher 1
Flint, Mold
Plea: Submitted. 2
Prosecutor
Jacob Hadfield, Holywell, miner
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Plea added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 32
Jan 18, 1757
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Theft of sheep belonging to the prosecutor and a person unknown. more

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

Accused
John Griffith, Tailor
aka John Griffiths
Flint, Holywell
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Margaret Thomas, widow
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
R

From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 39
Feb 10, 1757
Crime

Flint, Connah's Quay

Murder of Luce Griffith, his wife, by striking her on her head with a pair of iron tongs, the result of an on-going dispute between the deceased and the prisoner. The deceased on seeing her husband put dry bread in his pocket and asking their son, aged eleven years to warm some milk for him, wished the prisoner to rot in the roof, and not to return if he was going to work. more

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

Accused
Robert Griffith, Yeoman
Flint, Connah's Quay
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Williams, Hope, wheelwright
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of manslaughter.

Punishment:
Branded1

Other:
C, E, R, Iq

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/1005/6
Document: 33
Mar 1, 1757
Crime

Flint, Ysgeifiog

Theft of sheep. Prosecutor an infant. more

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

Accused
Edward Morris, Shepherd/miner 1
Flint, Ysgeifiog
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Jane Williams, Newmarket, spinster
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.