Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/823/4
Document: 12
Oct 17, 1784
Crime

Pembroke, Begelly

Theft of a horse. more

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

Accused
Thomas Foley, Labourer
Pembroke, Begelly
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Ormond
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J

From file: 4/529/11
Document: 8
Oct 18, 1784
Crime

Outside Wales, Letton, co. Her.

Theft of cattle belonging to prosecutor from land of John Hughes, Letton, co. Her. Transported for life in Black Book. more

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

Accused
Daniel Williams, Yeoman
aka Daniel Jones
Cardigan, Llanbadarn Odwyn
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Samuel Davies, Llanddewibrefi, co. Card., y
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, transported for 7 years1

Other:
J, R; Pa(in 4/529/2)

  • 1 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/387/7
Document: 1
Oct 20, 1784
Crime

Unspecified, Llangynidr

Theft of horse. Tried August 17861. more

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

Accused
Thomas Edward, Labourer
Brecon, Llangatwg
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
James Watkin, Llangynidr, farmer
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
E, R, J

  • 1 Details added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/61/1
Document: 32
Oct 23, 1784
Crime

Denbigh, Gresford

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing cloth and money. Prosecutor had hired prisoner. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Breaking & entering

Accused
William Forstard, Journeyman tailor 1
aka William Fostard
Outside Wales, Doncaster, co. York 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Hughes, Gresford, tailor
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, reprieved3

Other:
R, E

  • 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 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/193/1
Document: 7
Oct 27, 1784
Crime

Montgomery, Manafon

Theft of a horse. See text for no. 9. more

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

Accused
John Astley, Labourer
Outside Wales, Bristol, co. Glos. 1
Plea:
Prosecutor
David Owen, Manafon, husbandman
Result

Verdict:

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: 4/903/1
Document: 56 1
Oct 30, 1784
Crime

Cardigan, Aberystwyth

Murder of Thomas Williams by poisoning him with arsenic in the house of Thomas Williams. Accused according to the coroner's inquest - no. 54 in this file - committed suicide in the same house on the same day. more

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

Accused
Mary Jones, Singlewoman
Cardigan, Llanafan
Plea:
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution - dead.

Punishment:

Other:
Iq

  • 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: 4/388/6
Document: 5
Oct 30, 1784
Crime

Brecon, Llanafan Fawr

Inciting to murder Thomas Price, Llanafan Fawr, yeoman, prosecutor's husband, who was strangled, beaten and struck by his son Lewis Lewis the younger. Another son, Thomas Lewis, turned King's evidence (see 4/388/8). Corpse thrown into pool; retrieved later. Prisoner and son 'drew the Corpse to Land...put corpse into a large Bag and brought it on a Horse to [son's] House and these burnt it'. 'Part of the Bones...were put...into a Sack' by prisoner, and two sons, burned and scattered in garden. Prisoner had promised sheep to his sons for carrying out the murder. Prisoner escaped/fled to Dolgellau, co. Mer.** more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Inciting

Accused
Lewis Lewis, Yeoman
aka Lewis Simon 1
Brecon, Llanafan Fawr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Gwenllian Price, Builth, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death2

Other:
R, C, E; J,P,Replication(in 4/388/8)

  • 1 Alias added from other related document(s) within the same Gaol File.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/388/6
Document: 5
Oct 31, 1784
Crime

Brecon, Llanafan Fawr

Murder of Thomas Price, Llanafan Fawr, yeoman, prosecutor's husband, by strangling, beating and striking him. Prisoner indicted with father; another brother implicated, Thomas Lewis, not indicted, who turned King's Evidence - see 4/388/8. Prisoner's father had promised sheep in return for carrying out the murder. Before the corpse was thrown 'in one of the two Varlen pools', prisoner took deceased's purse. Seven months later, prisoner's brother saw corpse 'about a foot under water'. Prisoner and father 'drew the corpse to Land...put corpse into a large Bag and brought it on a Horse to [prisoner's] House and there burnt it'. 'Part of the Bones...were put...into a Sack'. by prisoner, his father and brother, burned and scattered in garden. Prisoner also 'took up a Dog which belonged to the deceased and killed it' with the same cord. more

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

Accused
Lewis Lewis, Yeoman
Brecon, Llanafan Fawr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Gwenllian Price, Builth, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, body to be delivered to the surgeons to be dissected and anatomised1

Other:
J, R, C, E

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/388/6
Document: 5
Oct 31, 1784
Crime

Brecon, Llanafan Fawr

Murder of Thomas Price, Llanafan Fawr, yeoman, prosecutor's husband, by strangling, beating and striking him. Prisoner had 'complained of ill wage from Thomas Price and wished to be revenged of him'. Prisoner indicted with Lewis Lewis the younger, Llanafan Fawr, yeoman. Prisoner brought cord used to strangle deceased and 'gave [deceased] a blow on the pit of the stomach', then, with Lewis Lewis and his brother 'carried the corpse to the pool and threw him in'. Corpse later retrieved and burned. Prisoner had promised sheep to his sons for carrying out the murder. Prisoner escaped/fled to Dolgellau, co. Mer.** more

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

Accused
Evan Davies, Labourer
Brecon, Llanafan Fawr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Gwenllian Price, Builth, widow
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
R, C, E;

From file: 4/904/1
Document: 6
Nov 3, 1784
Crime

Cardigan, Llanllwchaearn

Murder of David Morgan, otherwise Thomas, of Llanina. more

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

Accused
Enos Evan, Shoemaker
Cardigan, Llanllwchaearn
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Elizabeth John
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
Iq (in 4/903/1), R (in 4/903/6); J, Ca

From file: 4/61/1
Document: 13
Nov 5, 1784
Crime

Flint, Caerwys

Theft of cloth from a bag at Caerwys fair. Recognizance implicates prisoner's husband. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of cloth / wool

Accused
Elizabeth Edwards, Married
Denbigh, St George
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Parry, Dyserth, dyer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy, 1 year imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correct

Other:
R, E

From file: 4/61/1
Document: 31
Nov 5, 1784
Crime

Denbigh, Llanelidan

Manslaughter of William Jones, 'an old man' by striking him with a stave and kicking him 'in the fury of his mind' following a dispute on borrowing and repaying money. more

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

Accused
Edward Hughes, Wheelwright
Denbigh, Llanelidan
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Roger Jones
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty against the form of the statute

Punishment:
Prays benefit of clergy, fined 1/-1

Other:
Iq, I, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.