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Debden 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) Henry Smith (a boy)
- (v) Rev. John Collin
- Arson
- Debden
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 13 July 1844
- Case
- (d) Charles Bunting 58 labourer
- (v) Richard Townsend
- Theft
- Debden
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Twin 24 labourer
- (v) William Eddington
- Embezzlement
- Debden
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Alfred Saunders 23 miller
- (v) Frederick Holland
- Theft
- Debden
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Daniel Lindsell 40 labourer
- (v) Mary Ann Rust
- Concealing birth
- Debden
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Philip Housden 39 labourer, William Seamer 31 labourer
- (v) Samuel Smith
- Theft
- Debden
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1867 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Joseph Freeman 18 labourer, John Hanchett 25 labourer
- (v) Frederick William Bigg
- Theft
- Debden
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1867 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Charles Monk 31 higgler
- (v) Susannah Mumford
- Theft
- Debden
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1868 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Holland
- (v) Alfred Hayden
- Maliciously bodily harm
- Debden
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
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