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History of Billericay >> Billericay Court Cases
Billericay 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.
- Case
- (d) William Lindsell
- (v) George Ralph banker and dealer
- Burglary
- Billericay
- Essex Assizes
- Morning Chronicle 11 December 1824
- Case
- (d) William Walker 39 labourer
- (v) Julia Walson
- (w) William Carter surgeon
- Murder
- Great Burstead and Billericay
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 17 March 1838
- Case
- (d) William Wood 20
- (v) Robert Bamborough policeman
- Murder
- Billericay
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 15 March 1851
- Case
- (d) Henry Upson 35 blacksmith and Samuel Curtis 53 builder
- (v) George Cole
- Theft
- Billericay
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Richard Horne 62 shoemaker
- (v) John Smith
- Theft
- Billericay
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) David Scott alias John Burns 17 labourer, David Marshall alias Henry 26 labourer
- (v) William Moore
- Theft
- Billericay
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Joseph Gilby 28 groom
- (v) William Duffill
- Theft
- Billericay
- 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 Lawrence 33 labourer, Alfred Raven 18 labourer
- (v) Edward Woodard
- Theft
- Billericay
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1867 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Eggleton 37 tanner
- (v) William Offin
- Embezzlement
- Billericay
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1870 Q/SMc 10, page 28 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Walter Smith 24 linen draper's shopman
- (v) William Moore
- Burglary
- Billericay
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 38 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Bundick 23 labourer
- (v) James Buckell
- Theft
- Billericay
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 55 Essex Record Office
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