Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/395/3
Document: 7
Nov 17, 1818
Crime

Radnor, Glasbury

Theft of poultry - geese. Prisoner aged 22. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of poultry

Accused
William Davies, Labourer
Brecon, Bronllys
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Trovers
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 12d - partial verdic

Punishment:
1 month imprisonment

From file: 4/395/3
Document: 7
Nov 17, 1818
Crime

Radnor, Glasbury

Theft of poultry - geese. Prisoner aged 40. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of poultry

Accused
Mary Davies, Married
Brecon, Bronllys
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Trovers
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 12d - partial verdic

Punishment:
1 month imprisonment

From file: 4/535/7
Document: 11
Nov 21, 1818
Crime

Radnor, Cregrina

Theft of money. Prisoner aged 20. more

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

Accused
Hannah Gwynne, Widow
Radnor, Cregrina
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Middleton the younger, Cregrina, yeo
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, R, J

From file: 4/535/7
Document: 11
Nov 21, 1818
Crime

Radnor, Cregrina

Theft of money. Prisoner aged 50. more

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

Accused
Gwenny Gwynne, Singlewoman
aka Gwen Gwynne
Radnor, Cregrina
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Middleton the younger, Cregrina, yeo
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, R, J

From file: 4/834/3
Document: 7
Nov 30, 1818
Crime

Pembroke, Pembroke

Theft of a sheep. more

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

Accused
Willam James, Labourer
Pembroke, Mounton 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Terence Maclaughlin, Pembroke, butcher
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, 1 year imprisonment

Other:
Ca(in 4/835/1), R

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/834/3
Document: 7
Nov 30, 1818
Crime

Pembroke, Pembroke

Theft of a sheep. more

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

Accused
John Rees, Labourer
Pembroke, Pembroke
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Terence Maclaughlin, Pembroke, butcher
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R

From file: 4/834/1
Document: 8
Dec 1, 1818
Crime

Pembroke, St Brides

Theft of wool belonging to prosecutor and John Edmund Phillips Laugharne. more

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

Accused
John Edwards, Labourer
Pembroke, Hasguard 1
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Rowland Henry Phillips Laugharne
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/834/1
Document: 1000
Dec 1, 1818
Crime

Pembroke, St Brides

Receiving stolen goods - wool. Doct. no is notional, the charge is on the indictment against the principal - no. 8 in this file. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Receiving stolen goods (both felonies and larcenies)

Accused
William Edwards, Labourer
Pembroke, Marloes 1
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Rowland Henry Phillips Laugharne
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/71/5
Document: 24
Dec 7, 1818
Crime

Denbigh, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd

Murder of Patrick McAvon, an Irish pig dealer, by slitting his throat with a razor. According to recognizance deceased's name was James Meaghan. more

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

Accused
Person(s) u, Unspecified
Unspecified, Unspecified
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, Iq

From file: 4/635/5
Document: 52
Dec 9, 1818
Crime

Glamorgan, Llanrhidian

Theft of sheep. Prisoner aged 52, tracked from scene of crime to his house by footprints. Prisoner indicted twice for the fact - see no. 57 in this file. more

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

Accused
David Walter, Labourer
aka David Walters, David W
Glamorgan, Llanrhidian
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Evan Williams, Penmaen
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/635/5
Document: 57
Dec 9, 1818
Crime

Glamorgan, Llanrhidian

Theft of sheep. Prisoner aged 40. Prisoner indicted twice for the fact - see no. 52 in this file. more

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

Accused
David Walter, Labourer
aka David Walters, David W
Glamorgan, Llanrhidian
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Evan Williams, Penmaen
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca., R, d

From file: 4/913/5
Document: 59
Dec 25, 1818
Crime

Cardigan, Llandyfr

Theft of cut timber belonging to prosecutor, John, Lord Cawdor, and John Beynan. Prisoner aged 33. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of cut / growing timber

Accused
David Lewis, Labourer
Cardigan, Llandyfr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Evans
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 1/6d.1

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction2

Other:
Ca, J

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.