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Offline Welsh Jen

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Link: Crime and Punishment
« on: Thursday 21 October 04 13:02 BST (UK) »
The National Library of Wales has just launched "Trosedd a chosb / Crime and punishment", a database of the criminals, crimes and punishments in the gaol files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until its abolition in 1830:

http://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_c.htm

The Court of Great Sessions was Wales's equivalent to the English assizes. It also had part of the jurisdiction of the Kings Bench in Wales, and so could try all types of crimes, from petty thefts to high treason.

The records of the court do not include cases tried in Monmouthshire since that county formed part of the Oxford Assize circuit (the origin of the canard that Monmouthshire was part of England). There are, however, a number of cases of Monmouthshire, English and other foreign interest on the database.

There are just shy of 21,000 cases. Most of the fields are free-text, so there is no need for wild-cards. So for example, Ben in one of the names fields (accused and prosecutor) will return the forenames/surnames
Benjamin and Ebenezer, and the surnames Benion and Dolben.

(By Stephen Benham)

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Re: Link: Crime and Punishment
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 21 October 04 13:23 BST (UK) »
What an excellent site Jen!!! I haven't found any of mine yet but it is SO interesting!!
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Re: Link: Crime and Punishment
« Reply #2 on: Friday 10 January 14 13:22 GMT (UK) »
Just found this book which might be of interest to Welsh and Australian members:

Sentenced to Hell - The Story of Men and Women Transported from North Wales, 1730-1878 by J. Richard Williams

(I think it was published 2011 by Llygad Gwalch Cyf)

ISBN-10: 1845241754
ISBN-13: 978-1845241759

Link to Clwyd FHS : http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/publications/bookstall-books-3.htm

Also available from that very large online retailer which has everything!

and at Trove:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/155002166?q&versionId=169006034


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Re: Link: Crime and Punishment
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 02 March 22 14:38 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for sharing!