Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/1002/6
Document: 19 1
May 23, 1740
Crime

Flint, Rhuddlan

Food riot. After meeting with other colliers at Mostyn Hall, Whitford, who were going to stop the corn from going 'to sea' : breaking the windows of the dwelling house of John Evans, Rhuddlan, parish clerk; breaking open and drinking a hogshead of bottled cider at a creek called Foryd; carrying away corn and powdered sugar from the nearby storehouse owned by George Colley, Rhuddlan, gent/agent/corn dealer/merchant. According to the information, the prisoner was one of five hundred armed persons from Llanasa and Newmarket. See also no. 6 in 4/1002/5. See text for no. 13 in this file. No indictment. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riots, food (but not theft during a food riot for which see 'theft of food')

Accused
William Jones, Collier
Flint, Whitford
Plea:
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
I, R

  • 1 Details about offence are given but there is no indictment. In such cases 'No indictment' will be included in the 'Crime' field.
From file: 4/1002/6
Document: 46 1
May 24, 1740
Crime

Flint, Cwm

Theft of wheat from prosecutor's granary in the company of 'about four score persons armed with swords, guns, and halberds' from Newmarket, who had 'forced him to go along with them to his house...to deliver them his wheat' having mistakenly seized Edward Hughes, Cwm, farmer, first. The 'mob' had been told that the prosecutor had sold the corn 'to sea'. Related to food riot. See text to doc. no. 13 in this file. No indictment. more

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

Accused
Dafydd Emanuel, Weaver
aka David Emanuel 2
Flint, Newmarket
Plea:
Prosecutor
Robert Morris, Cwm, farmer
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
E; R ( in 4/1002/5 )

  • 1 Details about offence are given but there is no indictment. In such cases 'No indictment' will be included in the 'Crime' field.
  • 2 Alias added from other related document(s) within the same Gaol File.
From file: 4/1002/6
Document: 46 1
May 24, 1740
Crime

Flint, Cwm

Theft of wheat from prosecutor's granary in the company of 'about four score persons armed with swords, guns, and halberds' from Newmarket, who had 'forced him to go along with them to his house...to deliver them his wheat' having mistakenly seized Edward Hughes, Cwm, farmer, first. The 'mob' had been told that the prosecutor had sold the corn 'to sea'. Related to food riot. See text to doc. no. 13 in this file. No indictment. Prisoner formerly from Diserth. more

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

Accused
Thomas Owens, Weaver
Flint, St Asaph, co. Flint
Plea:
Prosecutor
Robert Morris, Cwm, farmer
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
E, R, Ca

  • 1 Details about offence are given but there is no indictment. In such cases 'No indictment' will be included in the 'Crime' field.
From file: 4/1002/5
Document: 7
May 24, 1740
Crime

Flint, Rhuddlan

Theft of food - sugar. Food riot. See text for no. 13 in 4/1002/6. more

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

Accused
David Evans, Miner 1
Flint, Bagillt 2
Plea:
Prosecutor
George Colley, gent/agent/corn dealer
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, sentenced on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
R; I, E ( both in 4/1002/6 )

  • 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: 4/1002/5
Document: 10
May 24, 1740
Crime

Flint, Cwm

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing wheat, food and ale. Food riot. See text for no. 13 in 4/1002/6. more

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

Accused
Phillip Anderson, Collier/reeve 1
Flint, Whitford 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Robert Morris
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing to the value of

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years3

Other:
J, 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 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1002/5
Document: 10
May 24, 1740
Crime

Flint, Cwm

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing wheat, food and ale. Food riot. See text for no. 13 in 4/1002/6. more

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

Accused
David Evans, Miner 1
Flint, Bagillt 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Robert Morris
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing to the value of

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years3

Other:
J, 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 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1002/5
Document: 10
May 24, 1740
Crime

Flint, Cwm

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing wheat, food and ale. Food riot. See text for no. 13 in 4/1002/6. more

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

Accused
William Frumstone, Collier 1
Flint, Whitford 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Robert Morris
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing to the value of

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years3

Other:
J, 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 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1002/5
Document: 10
May 24, 1740
Crime

Flint, Cwm

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing wheat, food and ale. Food riot. See text for no. 13 in 4/1002/6. more

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

Accused
Joseph Gratton, Miner 1
Flint, Newmarket 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Robert Morris
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing to the value of

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years3

Other:
J, 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 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1002/5
Document: 10
May 24, 1740
Crime

Flint, Cwm

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing wheat, food and ale. Food riot. See text for no. 13 in 4/1002/6. more

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

Accused
Robert Lucas, Shoemaker 1
Flint, Newmarket 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Robert Morris
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing to the value of

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years3

Other:
J, 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 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1002/5
Document: 13
May 26, 1740
Crime

Flint, Diserth

Theft from the dwelling house of food and drink. Food riot. See text for no. 13 in 4/1002/6. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Theft from dwelling house

Accused
Phillip Anderson, Collier/reeve 1
Flint, Whitford 2
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Steventon, Diserth, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, sentenced on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
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.
From file: 4/1002/5
Document: 13
May 26, 1740
Crime

Flint, Diserth

Theft from the dwelling house of food and drink. Food riot. See text for no. 13 in 4/1002/6. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Theft from dwelling house

Accused
William Frumstone, Collier 1
Flint, Whitford 2
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Steventon, Diserth, yeoman
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
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.
From file: 4/1002/5
Document: 15
May 28, 1740
Crime

Flint, St Asaph, co. Flint

Burglary of prosecutor's house and stealing ale and spirits, wearing apparel, cloth, delft earthenware and pewter, and money. See text to no. 13 in 4/1002/6. Food riot. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
Thomas Roberts, Shoemaker
Denbigh, Denbigh 1
Plea:
Prosecutor
Edward Owen, St Asaph, shopkeeper
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
R; W ( in 4/1002/6 & 4/1003/10 )

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.