Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/74/4
Document: 44
Mar 29, 1828
Crime

Denbigh, Denbigh

Assault with intent to murder prosecutor. No true bill of the count of assault with intent to murder, but a true bill on other counts of assault with intent to maim , assault with intent to cause grevious bodily harm and assault. Prosecutor tried to stop prisoner and another man harrassing a young woman. more

Offence type: Offences against the person (excluding sexual offences)
Specific offence: Attempted murder and related offences

Accused
John Davies, Miner 1
Denbigh, Ysgeifiog 2
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Ellis Denbigh, stonecutter
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.3

Punishment:
6 months imprisonment4

Other:
D

  • 1 Occupation / Status given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over that given in the indictment.
  • 2 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.
  • 3 Verdict added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
  • 4 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/74/4
Document: 48
Jul 3, 1828
Crime

Denbigh, Llanfwrog

Conspiracy to defraud by exhibiting a counterfeit pass signed by two JPs from co. Durham and demanding to be relieved by prosecutor. Prisoner claimed to be a shipwrecked seaman and rescued by a ship bound for Stockton, co. Durham. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Conspiracy

Accused
John Smith, Sailor
Outside Wales, Baltimore, America 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Clubbe, Llanfwrog, assistant overseer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment2

Other:
J, E, A

  • 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) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/74/4
Document: 48
Jul 3, 1828
Crime

Denbigh, Llanfwrog

Conspiracy to defraud by exhibiting a counterfeit pass signed by two JPs from co. Durham and demanding to be relieved by prosecutor. Prisoner claimed to be a shipwrecked seaman and rescued by a ship bound for Stockton, co. Durham. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Conspiracy

Accused
George Morris, Sailor
Outside Wales, Baltimore, America 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Clubbe, Llanfwrog, assistant overseer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment2

Other:
J, E, A

  • 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) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/74/4
Document: 48
Jul 3, 1828
Crime

Denbigh, Llanfwrog

Conspiracy to defraud by exhibiting a counterfeit pass signed by two JPs from co. Durham and demanding to be relieved by prosecutor. Prisoner claimed to be a shipwrecked seaman and rescued by a ship bound for Stockton, co. Durham. more

Offence type: Others
Specific offence: Conspiracy

Accused
William Brown, Sailor
Outside Wales, Baltimore, America 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Clubbe, Llanfwrog, assistant overseer
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
1 year imprisonment2

Other:
J, E, A

  • 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) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/74/4
Document: 45
Jul 5, 1828
Crime

Montgomery, Newtown

Returning from transportation - see no. 1 in 4/74/3. more

Offence type: Rescue, harbouring, escaping, returning from transportation
Specific offence: Returning from transportation

Accused
Robert Owen, Labourer
Denbigh, Llangedwyn
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Robert Williams
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death recorded1

Other:
J, Ce

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.
From file: 4/74/4
Document: 46
Aug 3, 1828
Crime

Denbigh, Eglwys-bach, co. Denb.

Theft of oak bark from the quay at Tal y Cafn where it had been left overnight to be weighed. more

Offence type: Larcenies
Specific offence: Theft of cut / growing timber

Accused
Samuel Jones, Labourer
Denbigh, Eglwys-bach, co. Denb.
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
John Lloyd Wynne, Coed Coch, esq.
Result

Verdict:
Not guilty.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
J, E, R

From file: 4/74/4
Document: 47
Aug 12, 1828
Crime

Denbigh, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceir

Breaking and entering prosecutor's house and stealing money. more

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

Accused
John Evans, Labourer
Denbigh, Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch 1
Plea: Not guilty.
Prosecutor
Thomas Hughes, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, l
Result

Verdict:
Guilty.

Punishment:
Death recorded2

Other:
J, Cp, E, R

  • 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) within Great Sessions records other than Gaol Files.