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West Tilbury Court Cases

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The information is supplied in the following format:

(d) defendant’s name, age and occupation (when given)
(v) victim’s name, age and occupation (when given)
(w) witness names, age and occupation (when given)
Offence
Place offence committed and places mentioned where the (d), (v) or (w) lived. Some of the defendants may have been from neighbouring parishes not mentioned by name, or itinerant wanderers.
The court hearing the case.
The source newspaper.

Case
(d) James Harding 25 soldier, John Conolly 23 soldier and Felix McKeane 25 soldier
(v) Elizabeth Aldred
Rape
West Tilbury
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 7 March 1846