Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/830/2
Document: 12
Jul 7, 1807
Crime

Pembroke, Milford Haven

Theft of marine goods, a whale line and beef, belonging to person(s) unknown from a ship called the Ann belonging to the prosecutor. Indicted with a larceny and not theft from a ship. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of marine goods

Accused
Ann Bray, Widow
Pembroke, Milford Haven
Plea:
Prosecutor
Benjamin Rotch, merchant
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R, Ca

From file: 4/830/2
Document: 12
Jul 7, 1807
Crime

Pembroke, Milford Haven

Theft of marine goods, a whale line and beef, belonging to person(s) unknown from a ship called the Ann belonging to the prosecutor. Indicted with a larceny and not theft from a ship. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of marine goods

Accused
Sarah Tobin, Spinster
Pembroke, Milford Haven
Plea:
Prosecutor
Benjamin Rotch, merchant
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R, Ca

From file: 4/199/4
Document: 11
Jul 7, 1807
Crime

Denbigh, Chirk

Bigamy - marrying prosecutor at Meifod on 15 June 1791 and marrying Mary Jones, spinster, at Meifod on 7 July 1807. See also doc. no. 10. Prisoner, apprehended at Meifod, aged 43. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Bigamy

Accused
Thomas Hughes, Mason
Montgomery, Betws Cedewain
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Jane Hughes, alias Jane Oliver, Betws Cedew
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Sentenced on another indictment

Other:
R, Return of Prisoners, Ca, J

From file: 4/198/6
Document: 4
Jul 8, 1807
Crime

Montgomery, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnan

Manslaughter of Elizabeth Evans, prisoner's mother, both being at work at a mill, by striking her on the head with a wicket gate. more

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

Accused
Thomas Evans, Labourer
Montgomery, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, co. Mont.
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Hugh Evans
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
Inv, Iq, R, J

From file: 4/257/4
Document: 11
Jul 31, 1807
Crime

Anglesey, Llanrhuddlad

Theft of marine goods - a rope used as a mooring cable. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of marine goods

Accused
John Pritchard, Labourer
Anglesey, Llanfigael
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William John, Llanrhuddlad, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
B, J, D, R

From file: 4/257/4
Document: 14
Jul 31, 1807
Crime

Anglesey, Llanrhuddlad

Theft of marine goods - a rope used as a mooring cable. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of marine goods

Accused
John Pritchard, Labourer
Anglesey, Llanfigael
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William John, Llanrhuddlad, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
B, D, R

From file: 4/257/4
Document: 17
Jul 31, 1807
Crime

Anglesey, Llanrhuddlad

Theft of marine goods - a rope used as a mooring cable. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of marine goods

Accused
John Pritchard, Labourer
Anglesey, Llanfigael
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Thomas, Llanrhuddlad, yeoman & others
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
B, D, R

From file: 4/633/4
Document: 15
Aug 1, 1807
Crime

Glamorgan, Neath

Extortion. Demanding and receiving money from Solomon Bowen for a pretended fee due to accused as a JP for viewing a certain highway in Neath. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Extortion

Accused
Richard Bevan, Doctor
Glamorgan, Neath
Plea:
Prosecutor
Elias Jenkins
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/257/4
Document: 67
Aug 14, 1807
Crime

Anglesey, Beaumaris

Murder of John Thomas, apprentice nailer, prosecutor's son, by thrusting a red hot iron nail-rod between deceased's ribs following a quarrel over spilt milk. more

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

Accused
Richard Parry, Apprentice nailer 1
Anglesey, Beaumaris
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Thomas, Llan-faes, labourer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of manslaughter.

Punishment:
1 month imprisonment

Other:
B, R, Wa, I, J, Iq

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/632/5
Document: 13
Aug 15, 1807
Crime

Glamorgan, Merthyr Mawr

Embezzling his employer, the prosecutor. Prisoner aged 64. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Embezzling

Accused
William Heaton, Clerk 1
Glamorgan, Merthyr Mawr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Henry Wood, Merthyr Mawr, architect
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
A, Ca, D, R, Acc.

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/305/3
Document: 25
Aug 17, 1807
Crime

Meirioneth, Llandderfel

Forgery of a Bank of England note and disposing of same at Llandrillo fair. Prisoner not from Llandrillo, as in indictment, but described as a 'stranger from Montgomeryshire'. more

Offence type: Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence: Forgery

Accused
John Lewis Owen, Labourer
Unspecified, Unspecified 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Spurrier, Birmingham, solicitor's a
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death

Other:
E, J, R, D

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/1016/3
Document: 34
Aug 22, 1807
Crime

Flint, Ysgeifiog

Manslaughter of Joseph Parry, the deceased having challenged the prisoner to fight. more

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

Accused
John Edwards, Labourer
Flint, Ysgeifiog
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Robert Davies, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, Iq, Pe