Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/53/3
Document: 35
Sep 14, 1761
Crime

Outside Wales, Stokesay, co. Salop

Theft of a horse. more

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

Accused
Harry Richa Robert, Yeoman
aka Henry Roberts
Denbigh, Llangollen
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Prince, Stokesay, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

From file: 4/53/3
Document: 30
Sep 18, 1761
Crime

Outside Wales, Clungunford, co. Salop

Theft of a horse. more

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

Accused
Harry Richa Robert, Yeoman
aka Henry Roberts
Denbigh, Llangollen
Plea:
Prosecutor
Benjamin Meyrick, Clungunford, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
E, R

From file: 4/53/3
Document: 32
Sep 27, 1761
Crime

Montgomery, Church Stoke

Theft of a horse. more

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

Accused
Harry Richa Robert, Yeoman
aka Henry Roberts
Denbigh, Llangollen
Plea:
Prosecutor
Thomas Davies, Church Stoke, farmer
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
Advertisement, I/E, R

From file: 4/53/3
Document: 113 1
Sep 28, 1761
Crime

Montgomery, Montgomery

Theft of a horse. No indictment. more

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

Accused
Harry Richa Robert, Yeoman
aka Henry Roberts
Denbigh, Llangollen
Plea:
Prosecutor
Edward Pryce, Montgomery
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
Advertisement, Ce, I/A, 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: 4/619/3
Document: 14
Sep 29, 1761
Crime

Glamorgan, Neath

Murder of Thomas Hill, Neath, collier by stabbing him with a knife. Inquest records murder by person(s) unknown. more

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

Accused
Lionel Stibbs, Innholder
Glamorgan, Neath
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Thomeys, gent1
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
E, R, Iq, Ca

  • 1 Details added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/619/3
Document: 27
Oct 1, 1761
Crime

Glamorgan, Cadoxton juxta Neath

Theft of a horse. more

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

Accused
Catherine Watkin, Widow
Glamorgan, Llantrisant, co. Glam.
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Phillip Thomas, Cadoxton juxta Neath, yeoma
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Transported for 14 years1

Other:
R, Ca, J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/619/3
Document: 36 1
Oct 1, 1761
Crime

Glamorgan, Llanfihangel Aberbythy

Sacrilege. Theft of a silver chalice from the church chest. Accused allegedly tried to sell the same to a clock-maker from Swansea. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Sacrilege

Accused
David Stephen, Shoemaker
aka David Lewis
Carmarthen, Llandyb
Plea:
Prosecutor
Thomas William, parish clerk & John Perkin,
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
I, E, 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: 4/1007/7
Document: 8
Oct 1, 1761
Crime

Flint, Hawarden

Malicious cruelty to prosecutor's horse by driving it over a precipice so that the horse became sick, weak and distempered and of no use to the prosecutor. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Worrying animals

Accused
Robert Morris, Labourer
Flint, Hawarden
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Kendrick
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/1006/3
Document: 26
Oct 12, 1761
Crime

Flint, Newmarket

Murder of Robert Roberts, Llanasa, by strangulation following a scuffle in an alehouse. more

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

Accused
John Davies, Chandler 1
Flint, Diserth
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Roberts, Diserth, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of manslaughter

Punishment:
Branded2

Other:
R, Iq, I, J

  • 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) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/53/3
Document: 19
Oct 12, 1761
Crime

Radnor, Llanbadarn Fawr, co. R

Theft of a horse. more

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

Accused
Harry Richa Robert, Yeoman
aka Henry Roberts
Denbigh, Llangollen
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Palfrey, Llanbadarn Fawr, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death1

Other:
E, R, I

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/1006/3
Document: 25
Oct 16, 1761
Crime

Flint, Northop

Theft of a horse. more

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

Accused
William Roberts, Labourer
aka Billy Roberts
Flint, Worthenbury
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Lloyd, Northop, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pleads his pardon, transported for 7 years1

Other:
I, R, J

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/53/3
Document: 27
Oct 20, 1761
Crime

Montgomery, Montgomery

Theft of a horse. more

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

Accused
Harry Richa Robert, Yeoman
aka Henry Roberts
Denbigh, Llangollen
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Jones, Montgomery, yeoman
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:

Other:
E, R