Cymraeg
The Accused
The Crime
The Details
From file: 4/914/1
Document: 8
Feb 19, 1820
Crime

Cardigan, Aberystwyth

Disposing and putting away forged notes. See no. 9 for an indictment for possessing the same. more

Offence type: Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence: Possessing / procuring / disposing of counterfeit / forged coins or notes

Accused
Morris Evans, Yeoman
Cardigan, Aberystwyth
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Governors and directors of Bank of England
Result

Verdict:
No prosecution, sentenced on another indict

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
E, R

From file: 4/914/1
Document: 9
Feb 19, 1820
Crime

Cardigan, Aberystwyth

Possessing forged notes, - see no. 8 for an indictment for disposing and putting away the same. more

Offence type: Offences against the State and against the currency
Specific offence: Possessing / procuring / disposing of counterfeit / forged coins or notes

Accused
Morris Evans, Yeoman
Cardigan, Aberystwyth
Plea: Guilty.
Prosecutor
Governors and directors of Bank of England
Result

Verdict:
None recorded

Punishment:
Transported for 14 years1

Other:
E

  • 1 Sentence added from related document(s) outside the records of the Great Sessions, usually the Criminal Registers in the National Archives.
From file: 4/914/1
Document: 7
Mar 16, 1820
Crime

Cardigan, Tregaron

Pickpocketing money at Tregaron fair. Prisoner "a suspicious character", who had been apprehended at Llangyfelach fair, co. Glam. for a similar offence. Prisoner's father kept a house of ill-fame near Swansea. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Pickpocketing

Accused
John Sprigg, Mason
Glamorgan, 1 Swansea 2
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Thomas Jones, Tregaron, farmer
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, I/Cp, E

  • 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: 4/914/1
Document: 7
Mar 16, 1820
Crime

Cardigan, Tregaron

Aiding and abetting pickpocketing money. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Pickpocketing

Accused
Howell Baxter, Pedlar 1
aka Howell Walker
Outside Wales, Kington, co. Worcs. 2
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Thomas Jones, Tregaron, farmer
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, I/Cp, E

  • 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.
From file: 4/914/1
Document: 7
Mar 16, 1820
Crime

Cardigan, Tregaron

Aiding and abetting pickpocketing. more

Offence type: Capital offences against property
Specific offence: Pickpocketing

Accused
John Richards, Pedlar
Outside Wales, Bewdley, co. Worcs. 1
Plea: None recorded
Prosecutor
Thomas Jones, Tregaron, farmer
Result

Verdict:
No true bill.

Punishment:
None recorded

Other:
R, I/Cp, E

  • 1 Parish given in related documents within the same Gaol File preferred over parish given in the indictment.