Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/525/3
Document: 17
Apr 2, 1767
Crime

Radnor, Knighton

Assault. more

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

Accused
William Taylor, Yeoman
Radnor, Presteigne
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Pinches
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution.1

Punishment:

  • 1 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/384/1
Document: 1
Apr 4, 1767
Crime

Brecon, Brecon

Theft of personal goods, silver tea tongs. According to the captains of the [Breconshire] militia, prisoner was a deserter. Prisoner absconded to London, Bristol and Bath. George Devereux, alderman, who took prisoner's recognizance advertised in the Gloucester Journal, 12 May 1767 with a description of the deserter offering a guinea reward as well as what was allowed by Act of Parliament for apprehending deserters. A copy of the newspaper was sent to London and shown via Walter Jeffreys, London, esq. to Sir John Fielding, requesting him to set his people to apprehend him. George Devereux stated that when the Breconshire Militia were discharged he thought the said Sir John Fielding would drop pursuing the prisoner as a deserter. more

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

Accused
Thomas Williams, Tailor
aka Thomas Gibbon
Brecon, Brecon
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Mary Thomas, widow/innkeeper
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
Ca, J; A(in 4/384/2)

From file: 4/384/1
Document: 6
Apr 4, 1767
Crime

Brecon, Penderyn

Assault. more

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

Accused
David Griffith, Yeoman
aka David Rees
Brecon, Penderyn
Plea:
Prosecutor
Evan Lewis
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/621/3
Document: 10
Apr 6, 1767
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Riotous assembly and digging up soil on wasteland in Goat Street. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riotous / unlawful assembly

Accused
John Daniel, Labourer
Glamorgan, Llangyfelach
Plea: Guilty 1
Prosecutor
Burgesses of Swansea borough
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-2

Other:
Ci, J

  • 1 Plea 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: 4/621/3
Document: 10
Apr 6, 1767
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Riotous assembly and digging up soil on wasteland in Goat Street. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riotous / unlawful assembly

Accused
Amas Glanville, Labourer
Glamorgan, Llangyfelach
Plea: Guilty 1
Prosecutor
Burgesses of Swansea borough
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-2

Other:
Ci, J

  • 1 Plea 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: 4/621/3
Document: 10
Apr 6, 1767
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Riotous assembly and digging up soil on wasteland in Goat Street. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riotous / unlawful assembly

Accused
John Thomas, Labourer
Glamorgan, Llangyfelach
Plea: Guilty 1
Prosecutor
Burgesses of Swansea borough
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-2

Other:
Ci, J

  • 1 Plea 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: 4/621/3
Document: 10
Apr 6, 1767
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Riotous assembly and digging up soil on wasteland in Goat Street. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riotous / unlawful assembly

Accused
Morgan John, Labourer
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: Guilty 1
Prosecutor
Burgesses of Swansea borough
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-2

Other:
Ci, J

  • 1 Plea 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: 4/621/3
Document: 10
Apr 6, 1767
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Riotous assembly and digging up soil on wasteland in Goat Street. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riotous / unlawful assembly

Accused
Robert Harry, Labourer
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: Guilty 1
Prosecutor
Burgesses of Swansea borough
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-2

Other:
Ci, J

  • 1 Plea 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: 4/621/3
Document: 10
Apr 6, 1767
Crime

Glamorgan, Swansea

Riotous assembly and digging up soil on wasteland in Goat Street. more

Offence type: Riots and other public order offences
Specific offence: Riotous / unlawful assembly

Accused
Calvert Ric Jones, Esq.
Glamorgan, Swansea
Plea: Guilty 1
Prosecutor
Burgesses of Swansea borough
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:
Fined 1/-

Other:
Ci, J

  • 1 Plea added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/188/6
Document: 21
Apr 7, 1767
Crime

Montgomery, Llanfechain

Theft of money in the dwelling house of their employer belonging to the prosecutor, prisoner's fellow servant. Recognizance also refers to Elizabeth William, prisoner's mother, for receiving the same. more

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

Accused
Griffith William, Servant 1
Montgomery, Llanfechain
Plea:
Prosecutor
Robert Jones
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R, C

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/1007/5
Document: 9
Apr 8, 1767
Crime

Flint, Mold

Assault. more

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

Accused
Griffith Williams, Gent.
Flint, Mold
Plea:
Prosecutor
Edward Hughes
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
P ( in 4/1007/6 )

From file: 4/738/5
Document: 9
Apr 10, 1767
Crime

Carmarthen, Cenarth

Murder of Elizabeth James, spinster by stabbing her with a knife. more

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

Accused
Phillip Phillip, Yeoman
aka Phillip David
Carmarthen, Cilrhedyn
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
James John
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
A, J, Iq