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Lawford 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) William Hammond
- Theft
- Lawford
- Essex Quarter Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 22 December 1860
- Case
- (d)Edward Rolfe 35 labourer
- (v) Thomas Nunn
- Arson
- Lawford
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 21 July 1855
- Case
- (d) Robert Howard 17
- (v) George Thomas Radler
- Arson
- Lawford
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 21 July 1855
- Case
- (d) William Winney and James Bird
- (v) Robert Sizer
- Theft
- Lawford, Wix and Great Oakley
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 12 March 1825
- Case
- (d) David Steward and James Jocelyn
- Theft
- Lawford
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 12 March 1825
- Case
- (d) John Roberts 22 sailor
- (v) Rev. William Whitfield
- (w) Eleanor Whitfield, Henry William Strutt, Aaron Purkiss groom, Rachael Hawes, Sophia Emmerson, Charles Everett
- Burglary
- Lawford
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 18 March 1843
- Case
- (d) Robert Parker, labourer
- (w) James Fostrick, church clerk
- Disturbing church congregation
- Lawford
- Mistley Petty Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 26 August 1887
- Case
- (d) Solomon Howe, labourer; William Canham, labourer
- (v) Henry Leeks, beerhouse keeper
- Assault
- Ardleigh and Lawford
- Mistley Petty Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 26 August 1887
- Case
- (d) William Hammond 48 railway porter
- Theft
- Lawford
- 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 Bird 30 labourer
- (v) Samuel Johnson, Carrington Nunn
- Theft
- Lawford
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Robert Howard 33 labourer
- (v) Edward Howe
- Theft
- Lawford
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Israel John Leet alias Thorpe Leet 24 labourer
- (v) George Thomnas Sadler
- Theft
- Lawford
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Robert Howard 14 labourer
- (v) Thomas William Nunn
- Arson
- Lawford
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Webb 38 labourer
- (v) James May
- Theft
- Lawford
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Charles Jowers
- (v) John Howard Tovell
- Theft
- Lawford
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1870 Q/SMc 10, page 3 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Viall alias George Cauch Viall 55 truck maker, Isaac Green 55 sawyer
- (v) Francis Morgan Nichols
- Theft
- Lawford
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1870 Q/SMc 10, page 17 Essex Record Office
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