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Finchingfield 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) Thomas Mumford 12
- (v) William Freeman 12
- Assault
- Finchingfield
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 11 March 1854
- Case
- (d) Benjamin Williams 37 labourer, William Morris 34 publican
- (v) Samuel Brise Ruggles Brise
- Theft
- Finchingfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Faircloth 27 labourer
- (v) Robert Richbell Hutton and John Metson
- Theft
- Finchingfield and Great Yeldham
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Andrews 57 groom
- (v) George Darby Lindsell
- Theft
- Finchingfield
- 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 Stock 18 labourer, Elijah French 18 labourer
- (v) Charles Cracknell
- Theft
- Finchingfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Arthur Stock 17 labourer
- (v) Eliza Broyd
- Finchingfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Thomas Fewell 13 labourer
- Arson
- Finchingfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Coe 17 labourer, George Whiffen 22 labourer
- (v) Joseph Cowell
- Theft
- Finchingfield
- 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 Wiffen 24 labourer
- (v) James Shearman
- Theft
- Finchingfield
- 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 Rogers 39 innkeeper and publican
- (v) William Pawsey
- Theft
- Finchingfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1867 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Gibson 50 farm labourer
- (v) Rutland Beddall
- Theft
- Finchingfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1870 Q/SMc 10, page 5 Essex Record Office
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