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The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/821/3
Document: 13
Jun 15, 1779
Crime

Pembroke, Robeston West

Assault with intent to ravish. more

Offence type: Sexual offences
Specific offence: Attempted rape (including assault with intent to ravish)

Accused
Francis Owen, Blacksmith
Pembroke, Robeston West
Plea:
Prosecutor
Elizabeth Williams
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.

Punishment:

Other:
R (in 4/821/2)

From file: 4/821/3
Document: 13
Jun 15, 1779
Crime

Pembroke, Robeston West

Assault with intent to ravish. more

Offence type: Sexual offences
Specific offence: Attempted rape (including assault with intent to ravish)

Accused
William Owen, Yeoman
Pembroke, Robeston Wathen
Plea:
Prosecutor
Elizabeth Williams
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.

Punishment:

Other:
R

From file: 4/821/3
Document: 23 1
Jul 27, 1779
Crime

Pembroke, Haverfordwest

Malicious false alarm by spreading a false report that an enemy's ship had arrived at Milford Haven. Indictment missing. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Miscellaneous

Accused
Isaac Phillip, Yeoman 2
Pembroke, Haverfordwest 3
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Barrett Bowen Jordan, esq.
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.4

Punishment:

Other:
A; J, Ep (both in 4/821/5)

  • 1 Details about offence are given but there is no indictment. In such cases 'No indictment' will be included in the 'Crime' field.
  • 2 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 3 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 4 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/821/3
Document: 32
Nov 20, 1779
Crime

Pembroke, Whitechurch

Theft of sheep. more

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

Accused
William Rees, Yeoman
Pembroke, Whitechurch
Plea:
Prosecutor
Henry Laugharne, Whitechurch, mason
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R, I

From file: 4/821/3
Document: 31
Jan 11, 1780
Crime

Pembroke, Narberth

Murder of John Rees, a private in the Pembrokeshire militia, by shooting him. Deceased and the prisoner had been drinking together. Outside an inn, the prisoner had wanted to shoot at the castle and borrowed the deceased's musket. The second shot penetrated the deceased's breast. The examinants' reports refer to 'great intimacy' between the accused and the deceased; Colonel Colby refers to the accused as 'one of the steadiest and most decent men in my company - remarkable for sobriety'. more

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

Accused
James John, Militiaman
Pembroke, Narberth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Abraham Rees
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
E, J, R, Iq