Crime
Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel
Accessories before the fact. Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to receive prize money due to William Willock, a commissioned officer on board HMS The Diligence. See no. 8 in 4/636/3. Prisoner, aged 29, removed from Newgate by habeas corpus. more
Offence type:
Fraud
Specific offence:
Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating
Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, GreenwiResult
Verdict:
Guilty.
Punishment:
Death3
Crime
Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel
Accessories before the fact. Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to receive prize money due to William Willock, a commissioned officer on board HMS The Diligence. See no. 8 in 4/636/3. Prisoner, aged 26, removed from Newgate by habeas corpus. more
Offence type:
Fraud
Specific offence:
Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating
Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, GreenwiResult
Verdict:
Guilty.
Punishment:
Death3
Crime
Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel
Procuring John Chitty to impersonate William Willock, a commissioned officer on board HMS The Diligence in order his prize money. See 4/636/3/2. Prisoner, aged 26, removed from Newgate by habeas corpus. more
Offence type:
Fraud
Specific offence:
Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating
Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, GreenwiResult
Verdict:
Not guilty.
Punishment:
None recorded
Crime
Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel
Procuring John Chitty to impersonate William Willock, a commissioned officer on board HMS The Diligence in order to obtain his prize money. See 4/636/3/2. Prisoner aged 29, removed from Newgate by habeas corpus. more
Offence type:
Fraud
Specific offence:
Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating
Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, GreenwiResult
Verdict:
Not guilty.
Punishment:
None recorded
Crime
Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel
Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to enable persons to receive prize money due in respect of the service of Thomas Simpson, a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died on Dec. 1811. See also 4/636/3/1. Prisoner aged 26. more
Offence type:
Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence:
Forgery
Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, GreenwiResult
Verdict:
None recorded
Punishment:
Death, commuted to 1 year imprisonment
Crime
Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel
Procuring John Chitty to forge a letter of attorney to enable persons to receive prize money due in respect of the service of Thomas Simpson, a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died on Dec. 1811. See also 4/636/3/1. Prisoner aged 29. more
Offence type:
Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence:
Forgery
Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty,
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, GreenwiResult
Verdict:
None recorded
Punishment:
Death
Crime
Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel
Procuring John Chitty to impersonate a brother of Thomas Simpson a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died in December 1811, in order to obtain his prize money. See 4/636/3/1 and no. 29 on this file. Prisoner, aged 29, removed from Newgate by habeus corpus. more
Offence type:
Fraud
Specific offence:
Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating
Accused
Charles Tho Millington, Prize money clerk 1Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, GreenwiResult
Verdict:
Not guilty.
Punishment:
None recorded
Crime
Outside Wales, St Martins in the Fiel
Procuring John Chitty to impersonate a brother of Thomas Simpson a warrant officer on board HMS Bucephalus who died in December 1811, in order to obtain his prize money. See 4/636/3/1 and no. 29 on this file. Prisoner, aged 29, removed from Newgate by habeus corpus. more
Offence type:
Fraud
Specific offence:
Fraud/ deceit/ false pretences/ impersonating
Accused
John Shannon, Prize money clerk 1Outside Wales, London, co. Mddx 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Smith, clerk of the cheque, GreenwiResult
Verdict:
Not guilty.
Punishment:
None recorded
Crime
Glamorgan, Swansea
Theft of wearing apparel stolen from an inn where prisoner was a lodger. The stolen article - a coat - pawned in Swansea. Prisoner aged 42. more
Offence type:
Larcenies
Specific offence:
Theft of personal goods (mainly wearing apparel, money and watches)
Accused
Griffith William, Slater 1Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
George Rees, SwanseaResult
Verdict:
No true bill.2
Punishment:
None recorded
Other:
Ca, R, E, I
Crime
Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil
Theft of money, promissory notes, belonging to prosecutor and his partners from their Merthyr Tydfil bank branch. Prisoner, aged 17, a prostitute. more
Offence type:
Larcenies
Specific offence:
Theft of personal goods (mainly wearing apparel, money and watches)
Accused
Mary Howell, SinglewomanGlamorgan, Cardiff 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Walter Wilkins the elder and others of BrecResult
Verdict:
Not guilty.
Punishment:
None recorded
Other:
Ca, R, E
Crime
Glamorgan, Aberavon
Theft of personal goods - a silver watch. Prisoner aged 15. more
Offence type:
Larcenies
Specific offence:
Theft of personal goods (mainly wearing apparel, money and watches)
Accused
John Burnett, YeomanGlamorgan, Newcastle
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John BamfordResult
Verdict:
Guilty.
Punishment:
3 months imprisonment with hard labour
Other:
Ca.
Crime
Glamorgan, Neath
Pickpocketing money and promissory notes. Prisoner aged 18. more
Offence type:
Capital offences against property
Specific offence:
Pickpocketing
Accused
Howell Baxter, Hawker 1Glamorgan, Neath
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Llewellyn WilliamsResult
Verdict:
Guilty.
Punishment:
Transported for life2
Other:
Ca.