Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/636/1
Document: 41
Jan 8, 1820
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Theft of wearing apparel - a handkerchief. See also no. 39 in this file. Prisoner aged 18. more

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

Accused
Margaret Lewis, Spinster
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Micha Williams, Pyle
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, E, Ca

From file: 4/307/1
Document: 19
Jan 10, 1820
Crime

Meirioneth, Corwen

Theft of wearing apparel. Prosecutor too ill to attend court. Prisoner 'boarded and lodged' with niece. more

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

Accused
Eleanor Lloyd, Servant 1
Meirioneth, Corwen
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Mary Owen, Corwen, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 1/- - partial verdic

Punishment:
2 years imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction

Other:
B, J, R, E

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/396/1
Document: 13
Jan 11, 1820
Crime

Brecon, Talgarth

Theft of food - wheat - from prosecutor's barn. Prisoner tracked by footsteps in the snow. Aged 60. more

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

Accused
Thomas Davies, Sawyer
aka Thomas Tobias
Brecon, Bronllys
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Havard, Talgarth, farmer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment in the House of Correction1

Other:
Ca ( & in 4/396/2), E, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/835/3
Document: 58
Jan 19, 1820
Crime

Pembroke, Uzmaston

Murder of William Davies of Boulston by shooting him. Indicted with his wife. Prisoner aged 50. more

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

Accused
William Roblin, Farmer 1
Pembroke, Uzmaston
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Perkin
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death - executed2

Other:
Iq, R, Ca

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/835/3
Document: 58
Jan 19, 1820
Crime

Pembroke, Uzmaston

Aiding and abetting her husband to murder William Davies. Prisoner aged 45. more

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

Accused
Margaret Roblin, Married
Pembroke, Uzmaston
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Thomas Perkin
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Iq, R, Ca

From file: 4/259/1
Document: 33
Jan 21, 1820
Crime

Anglesey, Aberffraw

Breaking and entering prosecutor's dwelling house and stealing wearing apparel. more

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

Accused
Catherine D Ellis, Singlewoman
aka Catherine Owens, widow
Anglesey, Beaumaris
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Jones, Aberffraw, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, transported for 14 years

Other:
B, J, O, Pa, E, R, Ca

From file: 4/835/1
Document: 5
Jan 23, 1820
Crime

Pembroke, St David's

Theft of culm. Prisoner aged 25. According to calendar one Anne Morse to be charged as well. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of household goods / fixtures (bedding, linen, etc.)

Accused
Ruth Lewis, Married
Pembroke, St David's
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Mary Jenkin, St David's, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 weeks' imprisonment1

Other:
I, Ca

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/762/1
Document: 3
Jan 23, 1820
Crime

Carmarthen, Llandeilo Fawr

Uttering a counterfeit half-crown to Matilda Evans, spinster, prosecutor's daughter who kept an inn called the Coach and Horses. more

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

Accused
Daniel McCarthy, Labourer
Carmarthen, Llandeilo Fawr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Elizabeth Evans, Llandeilo Fawr
Result

Verdict:
Guilty1

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment and then to find sureties2

Other:
R, J; Ca(in 4/762/2)

  • 1 Verdict added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
  • 2 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/762/1
Document: 3
Jan 23, 1820
Crime

Carmarthen, Llandeilo Fawr

Uttering a counterfeit half-crown to Matilda Evans, spinster, prosecutor's daughter who kept an inn called the Coach and Horses. more

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

Accused
Cornelius Leary, Labourer
Carmarthen, Llandeilo Fawr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Elizabeth Evans, Llandeilo Fawr
Result

Verdict:
Guilty1

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment and then to find sureties2

Other:
R, J; Ca(in 4/762/2)

  • 1 Verdict added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
  • 2 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/259/1
Document: 32
Jan 25, 1820
Crime

Caernarfon, Llanddeiniolen

Theft of wearing apparel. Prisoner had also stolen wearing appparel from the dwelling house of William Roberts at Caernarfon. more

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

Accused
Catherine D Ellis, Singlewoman
aka Catherine Owens, widow
Anglesey, Beaumaris 1
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Anne Rowland, Llanddeiniolen
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
B, J

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/1
Document: 34
Jan 25, 1820
Crime

Glamorgan, Cardiff

Theft of money and promissory notes. Prisoner, aged 46, lodged with prosecutor. Money stolen from a box in the prosecutor's dwelling house, but prisoner not charged with this capital offence. According to recognizance, one James Jones to be charged also. Prisoner bribed three prisoners to keep quiet about the robbery, one of whom - William Green - was, according to the calendar, to be charged with receiving. more

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

Accused
John Webb, Pipemaker
Glamorgan, Cardiff
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Lewis, Cardiff, labourer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty to the value of 1/- - partial verdic

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years1

Other:
I/Cp., Ca., R, E

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/835/2
Document: 13
Jan 26, 1820
Crime

Pembroke, Pembroke

Malicious damage to a ship called the Hope by cutting its mooring cable whereby the ship was cast adrift and run aground, accused being an apprentice on board the said ship. Prisoner aged 16. more

Offence type: Malicous offences against property
Specific offence: Malicious damage

Accused
John Harding, Apprentice sailor 1
Unspecified, Unspecified 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Mason, master mariner and captain o
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.3

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, R

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