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Good Easter 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) George Ellis 22 labourer
- (v) William Shuker
- Theft
- Good Easter
- 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 Attridge 52 labourer
- (v) William Wilfred Shuker
- Theft
- Good Easter
- 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 Tyler 25 labourer
- (v) Thomas Robert Abbott
- Theft
- Good Easter
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Chapman 53 farm labourer
- (v) George Buck
- Theft
- Good Easter
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Ambrose Gibson 26 farm labourer, Frederick May 20 farm labourer
- (v) Nathaniel Bohannan
- Theft
- Good Easter
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1872 Q/SMc 10, page 62 Essex Record Office
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