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Braintree Court Cases
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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) Charles Tokeley 30 weaver
- (v) Charles Tokeley snr.
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Robert Marsh 51 hawker
- Possessing counterfeit coins
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Nash 17 labourer
- (v) John Fenns Shearcroft
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Edward Mortier 29 labourer, George Hunnable alias Hunnible 35 labourer
- (v) Ann Cunnington
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Thomas Chubb 50 labourer
- (v) John Goodwin
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Spooner 22 hawker
- (v) Joseph Clark
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Dean 38 labourer
- (v) John Bowtell
- Burglary
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Cornelius Kavanagh 37 labourer, George Bruce 23 labourer
- (v) Sarah Turner
- Burglary
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Davis 30 labourer, George Phillips 37 sailor
- (v) Charles Gray
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Spooner 23 hawker, Joseph Attwood 24 labourer
- (v) Honor Karons
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Smith alias Sealey 50 clock and watch maker
- (v) James Brewster
- Fraud
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Elizabeth Thorpe 38 tailoress
- (v) Joseph Edward Attwood
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Hale 16 labourer, Daniel Hart 16 labourer
- (v) Ann Frost
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Jane Nichol alias Nicholas 31 hawker
- (v) John Digby
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Ambrose 48 shoemaker
- (v) Golden Spencer
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Garrad 18, Henry Guy 18 carpenter, James Rudland 22 carpenter
- (v) William Franklin
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Charles Taylor 16 groom
- (v) William Johnson
- Theft
- Braintree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
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