Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/196/7
Document: 2
Mar 27, 1799
Crime

Montgomery, Llanmerewig

Nuisance - obstructing the highway by erecting a hedge across it. more

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

Accused
George Smout, Yeoman
Montgomery, Llanmerewig
Plea: Guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Jones
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

From file: 4/196/7
Document: 6
Aug 10, 1799
Crime

Montgomery, Montgomery

Murder of Salusbury Davies, a convicted prisoner - see no. 2 in 4/194/8 - with a hatchet in gaol. The prisoner had been indicted with another murder - see no. 5 in 4/196/6 for text. Prisoner aged 26. Another calendar records his age as being 31. more

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

Accused
Aaron Bywater, Labourer
Montgomery, Montgomery 1
Plea:
Prosecutor
Charles Thomas Jones, treasurer of the coun
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
Return of prisoners ( in 4/198/1 & 4/199/4

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/196/7
Document: 12
Nov 13, 1799
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Theft of cattle. Prisoner aged 40. more

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

Accused
John Pryce, Labourer
Montgomery, Llanidloes 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Ashford, Newtown, innkeeper
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death, pardoned, transported for 14 years2

Other:
R, Ca ( & in 4/196/8 & 4/197/2 ); Pa ( i

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 2 Sentence added from a document in a Gaol File other than the Gaol File which contains the indictment.
From file: 4/196/7
Document: 1
Nov 30, 1799
Crime

Montgomery, Llanidloes

Perjury, claiming that the prosecutor had been poaching - spearing salmon in the river Severn, on land belonging to Pryce Davies. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Perjury / persuading / suborning to commit perjury

Accused
John Tanner, Farmer
Montgomery, Llanidloes
Plea:
Prosecutor
Richard Owen
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

From file: 4/196/7
Document: 4
Jan 15, 1800
Crime

Montgomery, Montgomery

Assault. more

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

Accused
Charles Gar Humphreys, Esq.
Montgomery, Montgomery
Plea:
Prosecutor
William Jones, Montgomery, gent.
Result

Verdict:

Punishment:

Other:
R

From file: 4/196/7
Document: 13
Feb 20, 1800
Crime

Montgomery, Montgomery

Theft of a horse. Prisoner aged 45. more

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

Accused
Thomas Thomas, Labourer
Montgomery, Forden 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Charles Thomas Jones
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
R, Ca

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
From file: 4/196/7
Document: 5
Feb 26, 1800
Crime

Montgomery, Llangadfan

Theft of wearing apparel, a ruffle. Prisoner aged 21. more

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

Accused
Jane Evans, Singlewoman
Montgomery, Llangadfan
Plea:
Prosecutor
Leonard Baugh
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:

Other:
Ca

From file: 4/196/7
Document: 3
Mar 10, 1800
Crime

Montgomery, Welshpool

Forgery of five pound bank notes. Prisoner aged 39. more

Offence type: Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence: Forgery

Accused
James Taylor, Labourer
Montgomery, Welshpool
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Winter, solicitor to the Bank of Engla
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of uttering

Punishment:

Other:
Ca

From file: 4/196/7
Document: 10
Mar 10, 1800
Crime

Montgomery, Welshpool

Theft of cloth belonging to the prosecutors, which had been left with John Jones, carrier, to be taken by him to Welshpool fair. Prisoner, aged 24, apprehended by prosecutor in Oswestry. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of cloth / wool

Accused
John Jones, Labourer
Denbigh, 1 Denbigh 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Abraham Owen & John Owen, Llanidloes, drape
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
I, R, Ca

  • 1 Preferred parish in a different County from 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: 4/196/7
Document: 11
Mar 10, 1800
Crime

Montgomery, Welshpool

Theft of cloth at Welshpool fair. Prisoner aged 24. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft from shops / standings in markets or fairs / from hawkers

Accused
John Jones, Labourer
Montgomery, Welshpool
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Morris Evans, Carno, flannel maker
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:

Other:
R, Ca