Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/639/3
Document: 42
May 31, 1819
Crime

Outside Wales, Bristol, co. Glos.

Bigamy. married Gwenllian Jenkins at Sully on 6 Aug 1814 and Elizabeth Bennett at Bristol on 31 May 1819. Accused aged 37. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Bigamy

Accused
John Richards, Labourer
Glamorgan, Sully
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment with hard labour

Other:
Ca., C

From file: 4/71/6
Document: 21
May 31, 1819
Crime

Denbigh, Holt

Infanticide of her female bastard child. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Infanticide, i.e. new born child murder (including concealing birth)

Accused
Mary Jones, Singlewoman
Denbigh, Holt
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Robert Nicholls, coroner
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R

From file: 4/835/1
Document: 3
Jun 1, 1819
Crime

Pembroke, Llanddewi Velfrey

Theft of a watch later sold to a watchmaker from Pembroke. Prisoner aged 19. more

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

Accused
William Williams, Labourer
Pembroke, Llanddewi Velfrey
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Lewis John, Llanddewi Velfrey, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment with hard labour

Other:
Ca (in 4/835/2), E, R, Ca

From file: 4/396/2
Document: 17
Jun 3, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Llan-ddew

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing wearing apparel belonging to prosecutor and Phillip Vaughan. Prisoner aged 25. more

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

Accused
Morgan Thomas, Labourer
Brecon, Llan-ddew
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
David Vaughan, Llan-ddew, labourer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death

Other:
Ca, R

From file: 4/395/4
Document: 19
Jun 5, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Brecon

Uttering counterfeit half-crowns. Accused aged 28. A witness claimed to have met accused in Hereford and knew her to be a dealer in bad money. He was employed by prosecutor to detect such persons because prosecutor had received information about certain persons in Hereford, Abergavenny and neighbourhood uttering counterfeit coins and forged notes. more

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

Accused
Mary Duncan, Married
aka Mary Samuel, spinster
Brecon, Brecon
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Samuel Homfray the younger, Tredegar Ironwo
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, E, Ca

From file: 4/395/4
Document: 19
Jun 5, 1819
Crime

Brecon, Brecon

Uttering counterfeit half-crowns. Accused aged 25. A witness claimed to have met accused in Hereford and knew her to be a dealer in bad money. He was employed by prosecutor to detect such persons because prosecutor had received information about certain persons in Hereford, Abergavenny and neighbourhood uttering counterfeit coins and forged notes. more

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

Accused
Margaret Watkins, Spinster
aka Margaret Samuel
Brecon, Brecon
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Samuel Homfray the younger, Tredegar, Ironw
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, E, Ca

From file: 4/761/5
Document: 63
Jun 7, 1819
Crime

Carmarthen, Carmarthen

Assault. more

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

Accused
Spencer Musson, Labourer
Carmarthen, Carmarthen
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Aaron Israel
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/761/5
Document: 62
Jun 14, 1819
Crime

Carmarthen, Llandyfeisant

Attempted arson of a house in his possession, threatening the lives of others. Prisoner aged 46. Indicted twice for the fact, the other - no. 66 in this file with arson with intent to defraud prosecutor. more

Offence type: Malicous offences against property
Specific offence: Arson

Accused
Thomas Cobner, Labourer
Carmarthen, Llandyfeisant
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Davies
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.1

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
A, Ca, J

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/761/5
Document: 66
Jun 14, 1819
Crime

Carmarthen, Llandyfeisant

Arson with intent to defraud and injure prosecutor. Indicted twice for the fact, the other - no. 62 in this file - for arson. more

Offence type: Malicous offences against property
Specific offence: Arson

Accused
Thomas Cobner, Labourer
Carmarthen, Llandyfeisant
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Davies, Llandeilo Fawr
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.1

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
A, Ca, J

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/280/6
Document: 24
Jun 16, 1819
Crime

Caernarfon, Caernarfon

Possessing counterfeit money. Prisoner had been suspected of circulating counterfeit on a previous occasion. Prisoner tricked into exchanging counterfeit for legal money. Prisoner aged 36, born at Oaksey, co. Wilts., lived for a year and a half at Carmarthen. Lived with a woman from Tywyn, co. Mer.. more

Offence type: Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence: Possessing / procuring / disposing of counterfeit / forged coins or notes

Accused
Thomas Powell, Hawker 1
Unspecified, No fixed abode 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Evan Evans, Caernarfon, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment, fined 1/-

Other:
E, C, I

  • 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.
From file: 4/200/10
Document: 20
Jun 17, 1819
Crime

Montgomery, Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwyn

Rescue of livestock - cattle belonging to Mary Evans, Llanfihangel, widow, distrained by the prosecutor for depasturising his land. Pound breach. more

Offence type: Rescue, harbouring, escaping, returning from transportation
Specific offence: Rescue of livestock

Accused
Thomas Evans, Labourer
Montgomery, Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
David Davies
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/201/1
Document: 72
Jun 22, 1819
Crime

Montgomery, Mochdre

Conspiracy with others to aggrieve John Bywater by setting fire to stacks of oak bark. Part of the bark had been sold to Edward Williams, Newtown, innkeeper, the remainder being owned by Messrs Clarke and Williams, Ludlow, co. Salop, solicitors, who employed Edward Bluck, Mochdre, yeoman, to take care of the same. Evan Davies, bailiff, and William Brees, Llandinam, formerly of Aberhafesb, bailiff, implicated 'in the commission of the offence', but not indicted. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Conspiracy

Accused
Martha Jones, Married
Montgomery, Mochdre
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, Map, E, C