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History of Epping >> Epping Court Cases
Epping 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) John Bruce publican
- (v) William Beetham and John Conyers
- Arson
- Epping
- Essex Assizes
- Morning Chronicle 10 December 1825
- Case
- (d) George Wright 16
- (v) Hester Wright
- Burglary
- Epping
- Essex Quarter Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 24 May 1879 reproduced here
- Case
- (d) William Frost 20 labourer
- (v) Arthur Whipps
- (w)
- Theft
- Essex Quarter Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 5 January 1888
- Case
- (d) Henry George King wholesale druggist
- Manslaughter
- Epping
- Epping Petty Sessions
- Birmingham Daily Post 8 June 1878
- Case
- (d) Abi Joan Barton
- Cruelty to children
- Epping
- Epping Petty Sessions
- Daily News 31 January 1891
- Case
- (d) John Wright labourer, Sarah Wright wife, James Shepherd, and Alice Shepherd
- (w) Emily Wright 11 and James Bowchell
- Theft
- Epping
- Epping Petty Sessions
- Illustrated Police News 3 March 1883
- Case
- (d) George Parker 15
- (v) Richard Fairchild
- Theft
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Harris 18 hawker and George Brown alias Lewiston 19 baker
- Uttering counterfeit coin
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Leeks 19 labourer
- (v) John Rose Gould
- Embezzlement
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Green 46 labourer
- (v) Charles Whipps
- Theft
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Bettis 38 hay binder, John Hills 30 hay carter
- (v) John Flowers
- Theft and receiving
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Henry Heath 68 labourer
- (v) William Marsh
- Theft
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Richard Pavitt 31 labourer
- (v) Charlotte Wright
- Fraud
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Benjamin Roberts 16 labourer, Richard Webb 19 labourer
- (v) George Armstrong
- Theft
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Parker 18 labourer
- (v) George Hine
- Theft
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Francis Rankin 14 baker
- (v) Edwin Richardson
- Theft
- Epping
- 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 Abrahart 21 labourer
- (v) Ray Rushbrook
- Assault and theft
- Epping
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
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