Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/1016/7
Document: 6
Dec 8, 1808
Crime

Flint, Hawarden

Nuisance - by not cleansing and repairing a ditch. more

Offence type: Marketing, labour and administrative offences
Specific offence: Nuisance (mainly obstructing the highway or pollution)

Accused
William Gaman, Unspecified
Flint, Hawarden
Plea:
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
W

From file: 4/1016/7
Document: 4
Jan 31, 1809
Crime

Flint, Hawarden

Theft of household goods - tablecloths. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of household goods / fixtures (bedding, linen, etc.)

Accused
James Pemberton, Labourer
Flint, Hawarden
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Hughes
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
3 months imprisonment1

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/1016/7
Document: 12
Aug 31, 1809
Crime

Flint, Hawarden

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing cloth, wearing apparel and money. more

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

Accused
Catherine Evans, Married
aka Catherine Griffith
Outside Wales, Chester, co. Chester 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Joseph Jones, Hawarden, shoemaker
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death3 respited2

Other:
Wa, R, J

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 2 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
  • 3 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/1016/7
Document: 5
Feb 21, 1810
Crime

Flint, Hope

Murder of John Lewis by beating him on the head with an iron poker. Prisoner, the deceased and others had been drinking at the same inn. The deceased, and 'honest, industrious and particularly inoffensive' man was 'intoxicated - but not much so'. He had been 'employed to pay the men' as superintendent 'of some lime works' and had been given five promissory notes by his employer which he was to change into silver coins. When the deceased was found at the bottom of a lime kiln, the promissory notes/money were missing. Indicted twice for the fact - see no. 17 in 4/1016/8 and indicted also for a robbery from the deceased - see no. 21 in 4/1016/8. more

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

Accused
John Jones, Blacksmith 1
aka Jack the smith 2
Flint, Hope
Plea:
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
Iq, E, D

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Alias added from other related document(s) within the same Gaol File.