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Manningtree 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) James Milner 23 draper’s foreman
- (v) Thomas Brooks, draper
- Theft
- Manningtree
- Essex Adjoined Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 4 December 1841
- Case
- (d) William Edwards, Thomas Bateman, John Sibley and William Wotten
- (v) Charles Moss constable
- Assault
- Manningtree
- Essex Quarter Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 18 December 1830
- Case
- (d) George Marsh 52 shipwright
- (v) Thomas Green
- Theft
- Manningtree
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 4 January 1834
- Case
- (d) George Viall shop keeper
- Fraud
- Manningtree
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 26 July 1851
- Case
- (d) John Hyde 27 labourer, Edward Jones 23 labourer
- (v) John Long
- Theft
- Manningtree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Byford 35 butcher
- (v) Richard Byford
- Theft
- Manningtree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Wigg 19 shoemaker
- (v) William Gowan
- Burglary
- Manningtree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Thomas Lambert 20 farm labourer
- Attempted suicide
- Manningtree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Joseph Fordham 21 miller
- (v) Oliver Prentice
- Forgery
- Manningtree
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 37 Essex Record Office
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