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Harwich 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.

Case
(d) Henry Moyse 50 labourer
(v) O.J. Williams
Theft
Harwich
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 16 April 1864

Case
(d) Charles Williams servant
(v) Mrs. Cox
Theft
Harwich
Essex Quarter Sessions
Ipswich Journal 19 October 1872

Case
(d) Hannah Boyce
(v) Alfred Seamans
Theft
Harwich
Essex Adjourned Sessions
Ipswich Journal 23 May 1846

Case
(d) Robert Brown 21 labourer
(v) John Bird
Burglary
Harwich
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 28 July 1866

Case
(d) Lydia Rackham and James Rackham
Theft
Harwich
Essex Quarter Sessions
Ipswich Journal 19 February 1848

Case
(d) John Mills 61 fisherman
(v) George Hines
Theft
Harwich
Essex Quarter Sessions
Ipswich Journal 4 January 1879

Case
(d) Samuel Clover 36 labourer
(v) James Barker
(w) William Carrington, Richard James Smith, John Butcher and William Reeve
Theft
Ramsey and Harwich
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 8 January 1848

Case
(d) Felix Reynolds soldier, Timothy Quilligan soldier, Francis Fitzpatrick soldier and John Butcher soldier
(v) Mary Totham 18 servant
Rape
Harwich
Essex Assizes
The Examiner 16 March 1823

Case
(d) Edward Cattermole sailor
(v) Samuel Robert Groom shipbroker
Theft
Harwich
Harwich Petty Sessions
Ipswich Journal 28 January 1893

Case
(d) Harold Sidney Smith 16
(v) Henry William Gould baker, David Gould baker and Harry George Everard tailor
Burglary
Harwich
Harwich Petty Sessions
Ipswich Journal 28 January 1893

Case
(d) Henry Allen soldier
(v) Emily Scarlett under 13
Indecent Assault
Harwich
Essex Quarter Sessions
Ipswich Journal 2 July 1881

Case
(d) Henry Rice
(v) Ada Pitt
Indecent assault
Harwich
Essex Quarter Sessions
Ipswich Journal 20 May 1882

Case
(d) Edward Siston marine store dealer and Thomas Denney marine store dealer
(w) William Cuthbert, Samuel Whiting, David Rosa fisherman, and John Forster porter
Theft
Harwich
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 5 March 1853

Case
(d) Peter Chisnall 41 labourer
(v) Thomas Ennels
Theft
Harwich
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 Franklin 54 fisherman
(v) John Thomas Morgan
Theft
Harwich
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 Gaw 25 seaman on HMS Pembroke
(v) Anne Payne Chisnall
Bigamy
Harwich
Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

Case
(d) Maria Ling 20 housemaid
(v) John Turner
Fraud
Harwich
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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