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Llythyr oddi wrth y Cyrnol Trevor (Arglwydd Dinefwr) at [?William Chambers], 3 Ebrill 1844 [tudalen 1 o 3]

Disgrifiadau

Disgrifiad gan George Eyre Evans (cyfieithiad):

"David Evans [a sonir amdano yn y llythyr hwn] yn ôl pob tebyg, oedd ffarmwr 20 mlwydd oed, a gafodd ei gyhuddo ar y cyd â James Evans, 25, yn Mrawdlysoedd Gaeaf Caerfyrddin, ar 22 Rhagfyr 1843, o fod ar 30 Medi yn flaenorol wedi ymgynnull, gydag amryw o rai eraill, ym Mhantycerrig ac wedi ymosod ar Thomas Thomas, ac wedi defnyddio trais er mwyn hawlio swm o 40s oddi wrtho, gyda'r bwriad o ddwyn yr un faint. (Boddwyd Thomas wythnos cyn y Brawdlysoedd). Cafwyd y ddau yn euog ac fe'u hanfonwyd i'r carchar am ddeuddeg mis.

Roedd Giât Llandeilo Rhynis ynghlwm i bont o'r enw New Bridge, a oedd yn croesi Afon Tywi, a godwyd gan John Jones, A.S. o Ystrad, Caerfyrddin, er cyfleustra'r gymdogaeth a'i eiddo personol."

Adysgrif:

"Hyde Park Gardens,
3 April, 1844.

My dear Sir,

I sent, as I mentioned to you some time since, the Memorial you sent me in behalf of David Evans, to the Home Office, and his sentence is commuted from six to four months. This is not from any intrusion of mine, as I did not think the original sentence too great. What is said as to my having obtained the release of two of those confined is not correct. I made but one application besides that I am now writing about. It is possible, though I do not know it, that the application succeeded, as I desired the answer to be sent to Wales, the convict being so ill that Dr. Bowen and Mr. Jenkins thought him in some danger.

This was the man who endeavoured to persuade a witness not to give evidence in the case of Llandeilo Rhynis Bridge.

I am, very truly yours,
Geo. Rice Trevor."

[Ffynhonnell: George Eyre Evans, 'Rebecca Riots: Unpublished letters, 1843-44', Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Soceity and Field Club, cyfrol XXIII, tudalennau 75-76]

Owner:
Carmarthenshire Archives Service
Crëwr:
Trevor, George Rice
Gwybodaeth drwydded
Reproduced by permission of Gwasanaeth Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin
Copyright Details:
Gwasanaeth Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin 2003
Publisher Ref:
GTJ09528
Eitem wedi’i llwytho:
28/1/2010
Date originally created:
3/4/1843
Gwelediadau:
782
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