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Series
Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Judgment Rolls
Catalogue reference: ASSI 74
What's it about?
ASSI 74
These North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division judgement rolls relate to criminal trials. They record the plea, verdict and sentence and give the names of jurors.The books cover only the years 1841 and 1842. They are the precursors of...
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ASSI 74
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Title (The name of the record)
- Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Judgment Rolls
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Date (When the record was created)
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1841-1842
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Description (What the record is about)
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These North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division judgement rolls relate to criminal trials. They record the plea, verdict and sentence and give the names of jurors.
The books cover only the years 1841 and 1842. They are the precursors of the crown minute books for the division, covering the period 1844-1943.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The Northern circuit uses similar terminology in its records where judgment books are the precursors of the civil minute books; see: ASSI 54 ASSI 55
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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No judgment rolls or crown minute books are known to survive for the period between 1830, when the circuit was created, and 1841, or for the year 1843.
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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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2 volume(s)
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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
- Legal
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2459/
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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: Judgment Rolls
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