Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/822/5
Document: 86 1
Sep 12, 1784
Crime

Pembroke, St David's

Theft of money from prosecutor's dwelling house, whilst the family attended chuch, the 'preacher holding forth'. No indictment. more

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

Accused
Margaret Hugh, Married
Pembroke, St David's
Plea:
Prosecutor
Thomas Bowen, St David's, butcher
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
R, I

  • 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: 4/822/5
Document: 100
Sep 15, 1784
Crime

Pembroke, Dinas

Assault on William Davies, yeoman. For his rescue, see no. 9 in 4/822/6. more

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

Accused
Phillip Harry, Blacksmith
Pembroke, Dinas
Plea:
Prosecutor
Thomas Bateman, clergyman
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
Ci; Ep ( in 4/823/2 )

From file: 4/1011/3
Document: 11
Sep 20, 1784
Crime

Flint, Whitford

Theft of a cow. more

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

Accused
George Crew, Labourer
Flint, Whitford
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Hugh Edwards
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, 3 months imprisonmentin the House of Correction1

Other:
Ca, Pa, ( both in 4/1011/9 )

  • 1 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/746/1
Document: 29
Sep 20, 1784
Crime

Carmarthen, Pencarreg

Theft of sheep. more

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

Accused
Christmas Morgan, Yeoman
Carmarthen, Pencarreg
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas David
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
O, R, J

From file: 4/255/1
Document: 16
Sep 25, 1784
Crime

Anglesey, Beaumaris

Shoplifting money from prosecutor's shop. Prisoner claimed she stole because the parishioners of Llaniestyn, where she then lived, threatened to throw her out of the parish because she was pregnant and by obtaining the money she and her 'follower' might be able to leave Anglesey for some other county where they could travel unmolested. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Shoplifting 5/- +

Accused
Elizabeth Roberts, Singlewoman
Anglesey, Llangoed
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William William, Beaumaris, leather-cutter
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing only - partial verdict.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment and to be whipped

Other:
B

From file: 4/822/5
Document: 50
Sep 27, 1784
Crime

Pembroke, Nolton

Theft of barley from glebe. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of food, including harvested crops

Accused
David Howell, Yeoman
Pembroke, Nolton
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Moses Grant, Nolton, clerk to the grand jur
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, R

From file: 4/746/1
Document: 44
Oct 1, 1784
Crime

Carmarthen, Llan-non

Theft of a cow, later sold at Llangadog fair. more

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

Accused
Edward Rees, Yeoman
Carmarthen, Llan-non
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Samuel Evan
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death1

Other:
R, E, I, J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/529/2
Document: 7
Oct 6, 1784
Crime

Radnor, Knighton

Theft of food. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of food, including harvested crops

Accused
John Corbett, Yeoman
Radnor, Knighton
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Morgan
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/529/2
Document: 7
Oct 6, 1784
Crime

Radnor, Knighton

Theft of food. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of food, including harvested crops

Accused
Richard Corbett, Yeoman
Radnor, Knighton
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Morgan
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/193/1
Document: 6
Oct 9, 1784
Crime

Montgomery, Llangynyw

Theft from the tenter of Peter Davies, Welshpool, fuller, of cloth belonging to the prosecutor. Prisoner was 'sorry [the flannel] happened to belong to so poor a man'. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Theft from bleaching grounds / tenters

Accused
John Astley, Labourer
Outside Wales, Bristol, co. Glos.
Plea:
Prosecutor
James Gillet, Llanfair Caereinion, labourer
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
J, R, E, C

From file: 4/193/1
Document: 9
Oct 10, 1784
Crime

Montgomery, Llangynyw

Theft of a horse. Horse sold at Bristol. Prisoner confessed that he worked for/with a John Morris of 'the Ship and since the Three Crowns in Cheese Lane near the Three Glass Houses, Bristol' whose idea it was to steal horses from the Welsh Mountains. more

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

Accused
John Astley, Labourer
Outside Wales, Bristol, co. Glos. 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Rowlands, Llangynyw, husbandman
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, R, E, C

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/625/6
Document: 1 1
Oct 16, 1784
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Theft of food wheat. No indictment. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of food, including harvested crops

Accused
Henry Harry, Labourer
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea:
Prosecutor
Evan Walter?, Llanon, Carm., farmer
Result

Verdict:

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.