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Series
Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Criminal Depositions
Catalogue reference: ASSI 72
What's it about?
ASSI 72
Items in this North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division assizes series relate mainly to murder but also include riot and unlawful assembly. A high proportion of murder cases are infanticides. The twentieth century depositions are...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ASSI 72
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Criminal Depositions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Items in this North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division assizes series relate mainly to murder but also include riot and unlawful assembly. A high proportion of murder cases are infanticides. The twentieth century depositions are accompanied by lists of witnesses and exhibits and formal correspondence about the conduct of the trial and/or appeal. Documentary exhibits, mainly correspondence, photographs and medical reports are also included.
Notable cases include the prosecutions resulting from the Rebecca Riots of 1837 to 1843, riots at Tonypandy in 1920 and the acquittal of Harold Greenwood for murder in 1920.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For information on the outcome of these cases see: ASSI 71
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Justices of Assize, South Wales Circuit, 1830-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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90 bundles and papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Public disorder
- Legal
- Pardons
- Crime
- Medicine
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2457/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Within the department: ASSI
Records of Justices of Assize, Gaol Delivery, Oyer and Terminer, and Nisi Prius
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Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Criminal Depositions
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