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Boxted Court Cases
For a full explanation of these court cases and how to further research them, please look at our Essex Court Cases page.
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 or archive reference.
- Case
- (d) William Phillips labourer 28 and Jesse Cole 33 labourer
- Theft
- Boxted
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 16 April 1864
- Case
- (d) Joseph Totman 23 labourer
- (v) Isaac Page
- Burglary
- Boxted
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 8 December 1856
- Case
- (d) George Leech 30 labourer
- (v) Charles Johnson
- Theft
- Boxted
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Robinson 48 labourer
- (v) William Fisher Hobbs
- Theft
- Boxted
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Phillips 28 labourer, Jesse Cole 33 labourer
- (v) Saddler Green Johnson
- Theft
- Boxted
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) David Hines 15 labourer, Natheniel Hines 45 labourer
- (v) Charles Isaac Johnson
- Theft and receiving
- Boxted
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Robert Johnson 36 labourer
- (v) James Halls
- Theft
- Boxted
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Alfred Stow 16 labourer, Benjamin Rogers 17 fish hawker
- (v) Joseph Beardwell, James Osborne
- Theft
- Boxted
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1872 Q/SMc 10, page 62 Essex Record Office
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