The 'Cambrian' of 19th October 1860 contains several items from the 'Glamorgan Sessions' which seem to have taken place sometimes in Cardiff, sometimes in Swansea. Only items in Glamorgan Assizes referring toe West Glamorgan are normally extracted to the Index, but it is possible that there is an account in the 'Cambrian' of any interesting cases from Cardiff, Merthyr etc which were tried there. However it appears that the April and October Quarter Sessions were held in Swansea in 1860, January and July presumably being in Cardiff, and the October sessions started on 16th October. If I can I will have a look at the court report on 19th October 1860 and the following week to see if it is mentioned. My guess is that the justices concluded that the case against her was flawed or fabricated, and not only discharged her but also wanted the fact of her discharge made public. Magistrates discharged prisoners if their accusers failed to appear, or if they judged that the case should not have been brought, as far as I can tell. A search of the 'Cambrian' on Discharged Proclamation, all words yields 16 examples, from 1823 to 1841, all, as far as I can tell, at County Sessions or Assizes, rather than lower courts, and several where theft was alleged. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Alun Chick" <robertalunchick@aol.co.uk> To: <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:26 AM Subject: [GLA] Criminal Registers,DISCHARGED BY PROCLAMATION (PRICE MCJENNETT) > > England & Wales, Criminal Registers. > Name: SUSANNAH PRICE Otherwise [SUSANNAH MCJENNETT] > Date of Trial: 18 Oct 1860 > Trial Year: 1860 > Location of Trial: Cardiff Glamorgan, Wales > Sentence: Acquittal > Crime: Larceny > It then states under acquitted and discharged: DISCHARGED BY PROCLAMATION. > I have googled a “little” but what exactly does it mean? And why would it > be used? > I have Cardiff McJennett Family in my tree…..However I cannot fit Susannah > in …where could I find more info eg Her age at trial?…marriage to a PRICE > or McJENNETT if one did take place ? > ANYTHING CONSIDERED…..Thank You. > > > > Robert Alun Chick (Penarth) > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message