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History of Great Bromley >> Great Bromley Court Cases
Great Bromley 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) William Clary 22 sawyer
- (v) John Pilgrim farmer
- (w) John Marshall labourer and Thomas Osborne labourer
- Burglary
- Great Bromley and Elmstead
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 15 December 1855
- Case
- (d) John Thornton 23 labourer
- (v) Alfred Bloyce
- (w) Thomas Percy Taylor surgeon
- Assault
- Great Bromley
- Essex Quarter Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 2 July 1881
- Case
- (d) Charles Murrells drover, William Gaskin gipsy hawker, and Caleb Farran drover
- (v) Thomas Cole butcher
- (w)
- Burglary
- Great Bromley
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 18 January 1881
- Case
- (d) John Cracknell 28 labourer and Henry Sergeant 33 labourer
- (v) Nathaniel Wendon farmer and jobber
- Theft
- Great Bromley
- Essex Quarter Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 13 April 1833
- Case
- (d) George Kennedy 37 pig dealer
- (v) John Dawson
- False pretences
- Great Bromley
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) David Wale alias Wale 33 dealer
- (v) John Dawson
- False pretences
- Great Bromley
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Daniel Legget 53 labourer
- Theft
- Great Bromley
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Thomas Smith 22 horse dealer
- (v) Arthur Knowling
- Fraud
- Great Bromley
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Sparrow 10 labourer
- (v) George Wenden
- Arson
- Great Bromley
- 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 West 43 labourer
- (v) George Wenden
- Fraud
- Great Bromley
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 48 and page 50Essex Record Office
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