Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/1010/10
Document: 8
May 22, 1783
Crime

Flint, Hawarden

Infanticide of her female bastard child by drowning it in a coalpit filled with water. Prisoner employed by the prosecutor. more

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

Accused
Mary Jones, Servant 1
Flint, Mold 2
Plea:
Prosecutor
Benjamin Bithell, Hawarden, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution - at large.3

Punishment:

Other:
Iq, E, R

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 3 Verdict added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/1010/10
Document: 5
Jun 18, 1783
Crime

Flint, Ysgeifiog

Theft of sheep. more

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

Accused
John Morgan, Labourer
Flint, Ysgeifiog
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Peter Phillips, Caerwys
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
Ca, E, R, J

From file: 4/1010/10
Document: 5
Jun 18, 1783
Crime

Flint, Ysgeifiog

Theft of sheep. more

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

Accused
Robert Jones, Labourer
Flint, Ysgeifiog
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Peter Phillips, Caerwys
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
Ca, E, R, J

From file: 4/1010/10
Document: 9
Jul 15, 1783
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Theft of money. Prosecutor worked on board the 'Richmond' frigate and had come to Holywell in order to bathe in the well. He changed in a bathing house and left his clothes with the prisoner. Prisoner 'a lad'. more

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

Accused
John Parry, Labourer
Flint, Holywell
Plea:
Prosecutor
James Beaucannan, otherwise Bouchan, midshi
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
Ca, E, R

From file: 4/1010/10
Document: 7
Aug 1, 1783
Crime

Flint, Whitford

Burglary of prosecutor's house and stealing wearing apparel and cloth. Prisoner apprehended by the ferry at Parkgate, co. Chester. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
Frances Williams, Spinster
Flint, Whitford
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Moses Griffith, Whitford, painter
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, transported for 7 years1

Other:
Ca, E, R, J; Pa ( in 4/1011/2 )

  • 1 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/1010/10
Document: 6
Aug 15, 1783
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Theft from a standing at a market of stockings and handkerchiefs. Prosecutor had previously known the prisoner, but 'he never knew any harm of him'. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft from shops / standings in markets or fairs / from hawkers

Accused
James Davies, Labourer
Denbigh, 1 Wrexham 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John James, Chester, co. Chester, hosier
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
To be whipped twice and imprisonment for 1 year; remitted3

Other:
Ca, I, R, J; Rem ( in 4/1011/2 )

  • 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 a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.