Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/636/5
Document: 11
Jan 3, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Ystradowen

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing household goods - teapot, butter basin, etc. - food - tea, sugar and butter - and a silver watch. Prisoner aged 34. more

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

Accused
John Obrum, Shipwright
aka John Abraham
Outside Wales, Stettin, Poland
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John William, Ystradowen, labourer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing only - partial verdict.

Punishment:
10 months imprisonment

Other:
Ca., R, & Ca(in 4/636/6)

From file: 4/636/5
Document: 11
Jan 3, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Ystradowen

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing household goods - teapot, butter basin, etc. - food - tea, sugar and butter - and a silver watch. Prisoner aged 24. more

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

Accused
Thomas Rogers, Cooper
Carmarthen, Llan-gain
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John William, Ystradowen, labourer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing only - partial verdict.

Punishment:
10 months imprisonment

Other:
Ca., R, & Ca(in 4/636/6)

From file: 4/835/5
Document: 4
Jan 4, 1822
Crime

Pembroke, Narberth

Assault. more

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

Accused
Thomas Phillips, Yeoman
Pembroke, Narberth
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
John Lewis
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/72/5
Document: 37
Jan 12, 1822
Crime

Denbigh, Gresford

Maliciously maiming a cow on the same day as he left prosecutor's employment. more

Offence type: Malicous offences against property
Specific offence: Maiming / killing animals

Accused
Samuel Hughes, Labourer
Denbigh, Gresford
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
William Phillips, Borras Hall, Gresford, fa
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R

From file: 4/763/2
Document: 4
Jan 13, 1822
Crime

Carmarthen, Carmarthen

Theft of a horse. Prisoner aged 30 years. Prisoner died in gaol. more

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

Accused
William Griffiths, Labourer
Carmarthen, Carmarthen
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
William Llewellyn, co. Glam.
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.1

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca; ?Iq (4/764/3)

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/636/6
Document: 16
Jan 14, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Llandaf

Theft of a fishing net. Prisoner aged 34. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of tools (craft tools, agricultural implements, etc.,)

Accused
Morgan Howell, Labourer
Glamorgan, Llandaf
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edmund Ward, Cardiff, fisherman
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca., R

From file: 4/72/5
Document: 45
Jan 17, 1822
Crime

Denbigh, Wrexham

Highway robbery - money, pocket book and a pistol. Prisoner aged 301. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Robbery

Accused
John Connor, Labourer
aka Thomas Edwards
Outside Wales, Unspecified, co. York.
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Whitfield & John Matthews, both of H
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death2

Other:
J, R

  • 1 Details added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/1020/5
Document: 44
Jan 25, 1822
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Theft from a shop of cloth on market day. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft from shops / standings in markets or fairs / from hawkers

Accused
Mary Rice, Married
Flint, Holywell
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Meredith Vickers, Holywell, shopkeeper/drap
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment1

Other:
D, J, R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1020/5
Document: 47
Jan 25, 1822
Crime

Flint, Holywell

Uttering a counterfeit shilling at Holywell market. more

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

Accused
Margaret Baker, Widow/cap seller 1
Outside Wales, Chester, co. Chester 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment3

Other:
D

  • 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) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/636/5
Document: 10
Jan 26, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Theft from a shop of cloth. Prisoner aged 31. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft from shops / standings in markets or fairs / from hawkers

Accused
Hannah Dainty, Singlewoman
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Mathew Voss, Swansea, draper
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
10 months imprisonment

Other:
Ca., R, & Ca(in 4/636/6)

From file: 4/536/8
Document: 4
Jan 26, 1822
Crime

Radnor, Presteigne

Cutting down trees belonging to Harriet Fencott. Prisoner aged 32. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Cutting down trees

Accused
Robert Corns, Wheelwright
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Cecil Parsons, gent.
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca, R

From file: 4/201/5
Document: 13
Jan 31, 1822
Crime

Montgomery, Welshpool

Theft of a horse. Prisoner aged 36. Apprehended in Northallerton, North Riding, co. Yorks. after the horse was recognized at a fair by John Bell, Manchester, co. Lancs, horse dealer, with whom some handbills, advertising the theft had been deposited a week previous to the horse's recovery. more

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

Accused
Robert Scott, Labourer
Montgomery, Welshpool
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Morris Jones, Welshpool, mercer/draper
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death1

Other:
R, Ca, I/Cp, E

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