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Catalogue description Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Criminal Depositions
| Reference: | ASSI 72 |
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| Title: | Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Criminal Depositions |
| Description: |
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. |
| Note: | The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt. |
| Date: | 1837-1944 |
| Arrangement: |
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| Related material: |
For information on the outcome of these cases see: ASSI 71 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Justices of Assize, South Wales Circuit, 1830-1945 |
| Physical description: | 90 bundles and papers |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
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