Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/527/7
Document: 6
Dec 14, 1778
Crime

Radnor, Knighton

Shoplifting personal goods and wearing apparel. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Shoplifting 5/- +

Accused
Joseph Bennett, Yeoman
Radnor, Knighton
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Mary Mathews, Knighton, spinster
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
R, J

From file: 4/821/1
Document: 20
Dec 18, 1778
Crime

Pembroke, St Issells

Burglary of the house of Elizabeth Stevens and stealing money including a dollar, a watch with silver cases, wearing apparel and silver buttons. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
Morgan Phillip, Labourer
Pembroke, St Issells
Plea:
Prosecutor
John Evan
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, convicted on another indict

Punishment:

From file: 4/743/1
Document: 91
Dec 20, 1778
Crime

Carmarthen, Carmarthen

Theft of money. Recognizance refers to highway robbery. more

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

Accused
David Lewis, Labourer
aka David Thomas
Carmarthen, Carmarthen
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Lewis
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R

From file: 4/743/1
Document: 91
Dec 20, 1778
Crime

Carmarthen, Carmarthen

Theft of money. Recognizance refers to highway robbery. more

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

Accused
Thomas Morris, Labourer
Carmarthen, Carmarthen
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Lewis
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
R

From file: 4/743/1
Document: 91
Dec 20, 1778
Crime

Carmarthen, Carmarthen

Theft of money. Recognizance refers to highway robbery. more

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

Accused
David Morris, Labourer
Carmarthen, Carmarthen
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Lewis
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
R

From file: 4/821/1
Document: 23
Dec 21, 1778
Crime

Pembroke, Lampeter Velfrey

Murder of Dinah alias Diana Thomas, Lampeter Velfrey, servant, by striking her with a sword after breaking open her house and then setting it on fire. Recognizance refers to four murders in all; not indicted for the murders of John Thomas and Isaac Harry, both of Lampeter Velfrey, yeomen. See also no. 25 in this file. more

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

Accused
Morgan Phillip, Labourer
Pembroke, St Issells
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Thomas, Narberth, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, body to be dissected and anatomised [by surgeons]1

Other:
J, R, Iq

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/821/1
Document: 23
Dec 21, 1778
Crime

Pembroke, Lampeter Velfrey

Aiding and abetting the murder of Dinah alias Diana Thomas, Lampeter Velfrey, servant. Recognizance refers to four murders in all; not indicted for the murders of John Thomas and Isaac Harry, both of Lampeter Velfrey, yeomen. See also no. 25 in this file. more

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

Accused
Lewis Smith, Yeoman
Pembroke, Ludchurch
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Thomas, Narberth, gent.,
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, R

From file: 4/821/1
Document: 23
Dec 21, 1778
Crime

Pembroke, Lampeter Velfrey

Aiding and abetting the murder of Dinah alias Diana Thomas, Lampeter Velfrey, servant. more

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

Accused
George Prout, Yeoman
Pembroke, St Florence
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Thomas, Narberth, gent.,
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/821/1
Document: 25
Dec 21, 1778
Crime

Pembroke, Lampeter Velfrey

Murder of Mary Thomas alias David, Lampeter Velfrey, spinster, by striking her with a sword after breaking open her house and then setting it on fire. See also no. 23 in this file. more

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

Accused
Morgan Phillip, Labourer
Pembroke, St Issells
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Thomas, Narberth, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, R, Iq

From file: 4/821/1
Document: 25
Dec 21, 1778
Crime

Pembroke, Lampeter Velfrey

Aiding and abetting the murder of Mary Thomas, alias David, Lampeter Velfrey, spinster. more

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

Accused
George Prout, Butcher
Pembroke, St Florence
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Thomas, Narberth, gent.
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/821/1
Document: 25
Dec 21, 1778
Crime

Pembroke, Lampeter Velfrey

Aiding and abetting the murder of Mary Thomas, alias David, Lampeter Velfrey, spinster. See also no. 23 in this file. more

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

Accused
Lewis Smith, Yeoman
Pembroke, Ludchurch
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Thomas, Narberth, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J, R, Iq

From file: 4/1010/1
Document: 39
Dec 26, 1778
Crime

Flint, Gresford

Receiving stolen goods, sugar and rum from John Warburton, cooper, Mark Bage, paper maker, and William Chrimes, labourer, all of St, Mary upon the Hill, in the city of Chester, and who were convicted of stealing the same at Chester, on 11 Jan 1779. Indicted with her husband. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Receiving stolen goods (both felonies and larcenies)

Accused
Elizabeth Davies, Married
Flint, Marford and Hosely
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Roberts
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
J