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History of High Ongar >> High Ongar Court Cases
High Ongar 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 source.
- Case
- (d) John Livings 26
- (v) Susan Livings
- (w) Susan Wood and Emma Cond
- Assault
- High Ongar
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 6 March 1850
- Case
- (d) James Rutland and Charles Hutton
- (v) Samuel Lambert
- Manslaughter
- High Ongar
- Essex Assizes
- Morning Chronicle 11 December 1823
- Case
- (d) Stephen Noakes
- (v) Mary Ann Collins
- Theft
- High Ongar
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 20 December 1828
- Case
- (d) Samuel Reed 45
- (v) William Ridley
- Arson
- High Ongar
- Essex Assizes
- The Northern Star 19 July 1845
- Case
- (d)Walton Burton and John Williams, farm labourers
- (v)John Butcher farm labourer
- (w)Mary Ann Monk and Charles Winger
- Murder
- Castle Farm, High Ongar
- Ongar Petty Sessions
- Lloyds Weekly Newspaper 4 July 1875
- Case
- (d) William Brown 26 labourer
- (v) William Ayley
- Theft
- High Ongar
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Babbs
- (v) John Bramston Stane
- Theft
- High Ongar
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Heard 35 forester
- (v) Richard Maryon
- (w) John Lightfoot Newall
- Embezzlement
- High Ongar
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Joseph Broyd alias Bride 50 labourer
- (v) Robert Glass
- Theft
- High Ongar
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Jonathan Oddy 40 labourer
- (v) John Gandy, Robert Glass
- Theft
- Stondon Massey, High Ongar
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1867 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Thomnas Pinnick
- (v) William Madle
- Theft
- High Ongar
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1868 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Watson 39 farm labourer, Thomas Strange
- (v) Frederick Brook
- Theft
- High Ongar
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Jeremiah Winger 46 farm labourer, Thomas Winger 23 farm labourer
- (v) John Lightfoot
- Theft
- High Ongar
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1870 Q/SMc 10, page 9 Essex Record Office
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