Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/181/1
Document: 43 1
Dec 12, 1741
Crime

Montgomery, Meifod

Theft of a horse. Prisoner claimed to have an alibi - working in co. Denb. Prosecutor proclaimed the loss of his horse in Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Welshpool. No indictment. more

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

Accused
Samuel John Griffith, Sawyer
Montgomery, Meifod 2
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Evans, Meifod, farmer
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
R, E

  • 1 Details about offence are given but there is no indictment. In such cases 'No indictment' will be included in the 'Crime' field.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/181/1
Document: 12
May 25, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Aberhafesb

Riot and assault on prosecutor and Eleanor Thomas his wife, and unlawfully breaking and entering their house and expelling them from the same. more

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

Accused
Thomas Ruffe, Yeoman
Montgomery, Aberhafesb
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Thomas
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/181/1
Document: 12
May 25, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Aberhafesb

Riot and assault on prosecutor and Eleanor Thomas his wife, and unlawfully breaking and entering their house and expelling them from the same. more

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

Accused
Evan Ruffe, Yeoman
Montgomery, Aberhafesb
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Thomas
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/181/1
Document: 12
May 25, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Aberhafesb

Riot and assault on prosecutor and Eleanor Thomas his wife, and unlawfully breaking and entering their house and expelling them from the same. more

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

Accused
Evan Gravenor, Labourer
Montgomery, Aberhafesb
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Thomas
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/181/1
Document: 8
May 25, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Castell Caereinion

Theft of sheep belonging to Edward Parry, Welshpool, farmer. Prisoner sold the sheep to prosecutor but Edward Parry saw them for sale at Welshpool market. more

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

Accused
Morgan Jones, Labourer
Montgomery, Castell Caereinion
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Humphreys, Castell Caereinion, farm
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, reprieved, transported for 14 years1

Other:
E, R, J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/181/1
Document: 6
May 26, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Guilsfield

Burglary of prosecutor's house and stealing household goods - pewter dishes and plates. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
Edward Whittingham, Labourer
Montgomery, Guilsfield
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Owen Lewis, Guilsfield
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing to the value of 10d - pa

Punishment:

Other:
E/C, R, J

From file: 4/181/1
Document: 7
May 26, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Guilsfield

Burglary of prosecutor's house and stealing wearing apparel and money. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
Edward Whittingham, Labourer
Montgomery, Guilsfield
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Morris Lewis, Guilsfield
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
E, C, R, J

From file: 4/181/1
Document: 9
Jun 3, 1742
Crime

Meirioneth, Dolgellau

Theft of a horse. Prisoner apprehended at Llanidloes. The horse suspected to have been stolen because prisoner rode the same without a saddle. Prisoner had been employed by a Thomas Thomas, Carmarthen, tanner, whose business had failed. Prosecutor a cousin of prisoner. more

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

Accused
David Edwards, Yeoman
Meirioneth, Dolgellau 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Howell Lewis, Dolgellau, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, reprieved, transported for 14 years2

Other:
E, R, J

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/181/1
Document: 61 1
Jun 5, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Assault on Nathaniel Humphreys, Abergavenny, co. Mon. apothecary, and his brother Jonathan Humphreys, Kerry. No indictment. more

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

Accused
John Jones, Unspecified
aka John Sawey
Montgomery, Newtown
Plea:
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.

Punishment:

Other:
R, E

  • 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: 4/181/1
Document: 61 1
Jun 5, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Assault on Nathaniel Humphreys, Abergavenny, co. Mon. apothecary, and his brother Jonathan Humphreys, Kerry. No indictment. more

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

Accused
Edward Morgan, Unspecified
Montgomery, Newtown
Plea:
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.

Punishment:

Other:
R, E

  • 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: 4/181/1
Document: 10
Jun 17, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Llanfyllin

Theft from a shop of cloth. Prisoner and her husband were travellers, buying and selling rags. more

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

Accused
Elizabeth Pritchard, Married
Denbigh, 1 Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Quarrel, Llanfyllin, mercer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 11d - partial verdic

Punishment:
To be whipped3

Other:
E, R, J, C

  • 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: 4/181/1
Document: 63 1
Jun 18, 1742
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Neglect of duty. Not executing a warrant dated 7 July 1742 until 18 Aug. 1742, employing one John Jones at the hay harvest, he being one of the persons against whom the warrant was granted and allowing him to escape instead of apprehending him. No indictment. Two persons bound separately for the same fact - see no. 65 in this file. more

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

Accused
Evan Evans, Glover
Montgomery, Newtown
Plea:
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.

Punishment:

Other:
R

  • 1 Details about offence are given but there is no indictment. In such cases 'No indictment' will be included in the 'Crime' field.