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History of Great Dunmow >> Great Dunmow Court Cases

Great Dunmow 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) James Wilson 17 labourer
• (v) Solomon Young
• Arson
• Great Dumow
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 8 December 1856

• Case
• (d) John Turner
• (v) William Pavelin
• Robbery
• Dunmow
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 21 July 1855

• Case
• (d) Thomas Jones alias Lowe alias Lawrence
• (v) Jane Clapton
• (w) Mary Ann Robertson
• Burglary
• Great Dunmow
• Essex Assizes
• Morning Chronicle 11 December 1824

• Case
• (d) John Atkins 22 labourer
• (v) Charles Kirkham
• Arson
• Great Dunmow
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 17 July 1847

• Case
• (d) George Hobbs and Thomas Linton
• (v) John Fuller
• Theft
• Great Dunmow
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 12 March 1825

• Case
• (d) Ross Roster Scott 31
• (v) James Reed boot maker
• Theft
• Great Dunmow
• Essex Quarter Sessions
• Ipswich Journal 5 January 1888

• Case
• (d) Charles Drake 23 policeman
• (v) Francis Cates
• Arson
• Great Dunmow
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 21 July 1849

• Case
• (d) John Ackers and James Eldred
• (v) John Barnard
• Theft
• Great Dunmow
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 24 March 1827

• Case
• (d)John Haynes 30
• (v)Mary Ann Clayden
• Attempted Murder
• Great Dunmow
• Dunmow Petty Sessions
• Leeds Mercury 25 July 1877

• Case
• (d) William Bass 19 labourer
• (v) James Doe
• Theft
• Great Dunmow
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Ellen Franklin 11, William Franklin 36 labourer
• (v) Sarah Squirrell
• Theft and receiving
• Great Dunmow
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Ephraim Lodge 16 labourer, Joseph Cornell 20 labourer
• (v) John James Britton
• Burglary
• Great Dunmow
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Henry Eagle 24 labourer
• (v) James Barnard
• Murder
• Great Dunmow
• Ipswich Journal 15 March 1862
  Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Eliza Letchfield
• (v) Thomas Welch
• Theft
• Great Dunmow
• 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 Abbott 63 marine store dealer, Emma Sharp 11
• (v) Hannah Smith
• Theft
• Great Dunmow
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Philip Fossett 30 sweep
• (v) Mary Linsdale
• Theft
• Great Dunmow
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Frances Tredgett wife of Samuel Tredgett
• Concealing birth
• Great Dunmow
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

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