Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/636/6
Document: 18
Jul 1, 1821
Crime

Glamorgan, Cardiff

Nuisance - building a bay window overhanging into Angel Street and darkening the same. more

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

Accused
Nathaniel French, Yeoman
Glamorgan, Cardiff
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Cardiff Street Commissioners
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

From file: 4/636/6
Document: 10
Sep 15, 1821
Crime

Glamorgan, Cardiff

Embezzling his employer - Joseph Davies, merchant. Prisoner aged 28. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Embezzling

Accused
Walter Williams, Merchant's clerk 1
Glamorgan, Cardiff
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Unspecified
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca., Ci

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/6
Document: 16
Jan 14, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Llandaf

Theft of a fishing net. Prisoner aged 34. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of tools (craft tools, agricultural implements, etc.,)

Accused
Morgan Howell, Labourer
Glamorgan, Llandaf
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edmund Ward, Cardiff, fisherman
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca., R

From file: 4/636/6
Document: 19
Feb 19, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Cardiff

Embezzling his employer. Prisoner aged 28. more

Offence type: Fraud
Specific offence: Embezzling

Accused
Walter Williams, Merchant's clerk 1
Glamorgan, Cardiff
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Joseph Davies, merchant
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
From file: 4/636/6
Document: 13
Jun 8, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Cardiff

Burglary of prosecutor's house and stealing household goods - silverware and pictures and personal goods - books. Prisoner aged 26. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Burglary

Accused
George Bainett, Labourer
aka George Brown
Glamorgan, Cardiff
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Mary Russell, Cardiff, widow
Result

Verdict:
Guilty of stealing to the value of

Punishment:
Transported for 7 years1

Other:
Ca., R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/636/6
Document: 11
Jul 31, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Neath

Uttering a counterfeit shilling to Mary Rees, prosecutor's wife. more

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

Accused
John David, Shoemaker
Carmarthen, Llandeilo Fawr
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
William Rees, Margam, labourer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment and bound over for two years1

Other:
R

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/636/6
Document: 15
Aug 7, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil

Theft of food - milk. Prisoner aged 50. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of food, including harvested crops

Accused
Nicholas Thomas, Labourer
Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Edward Davies, Merthyr Tydfil, gent.
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca., R

From file: 4/636/6
Document: 12
Aug 14, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil

Theft of sheep. Prisoner aged 44. more

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

Accused
William Morgan, Shepherd 1
Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Richard Williams, Gelli-gaer, farmer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death2

Other:
E, Ca, R

  • 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: 4/636/6
Document: 17
Aug 27, 1822
Crime

Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil

Infanticide of her male bastard child by throwing him into a canal. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Infanticide, i.e. new born child murder (including concealing birth)

Accused
Mary Abraham, Spinster
Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Thoams Burnell, Merthyr Tydfil, gent.
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
Ca., R