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Mistley 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.

Case
(d) John James alias Rivers
(v) William Blythe
Theft
Mistley
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 8 December 1856

Case
(d) James Durrant 26 carpenter and Ann Durrant
(v) James Ainger shopkeeper
(w) George Ainger
Burglary
Mistley
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 6 March 1850

Case
(d) George March 55 shipwright
(v) Edward Norman
(w) Edward Fish
Burglary
Mistley
Essex Quarter Sessions
Ipswich Journal 22 October 1836

Case
(d) James Calthorpe railway porter
Theft
Mistley
Essex Quarter Sessions
Ipswich Journal 19 October 1872

Case
(d) James Durrant
(v) James Ainger
Theft
Mistley
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 16 March 1850

Case
(d) Lydia Simpson 19
(v) William Clark
Theft
Mistley
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 7 March 1846

Case
(d) Thomas Barrett 28 labourer
(v) James Frost
(w) John Munnings
Poaching and Affray
Mistley
Essex Assizes
Ipswich Journal 18 March 1843

Case
(d) George Taylor schoolmaster
(v) Annie Byford pupil
Assault
Mistley
Mistley Petty Sessions
Ipswich Journal 1 April 1887

Case
(d) Herbert Purkiss post office messenger
(w) Lucy Gooch, John Gooch thatcher, Ellen Gooch, Mahala Bacon
Theft of mail
Mistley, Bradfield
Mistley Petty Sessions
Ipswich Journal 22 April 1887

Case
(d) Charles Steward, landlord White Horse
After hours drinking
Mistley
Mistley Petty Sessions
Ipswich Journal 26 August 1887

Case
(d) Nathaniel Pickess 26 labourer
(v) George Peggs
Theft
Mistley
Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

Case
(d)
(v) Catherine Ann Parmenter, Francis Poole and William Cant (Trustees of the Stour Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows)
Theft
Mistley
Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

Case
(d) Harry Sampkon 15 cabin boy
(v) John Harvey (on ship Rainbow), William Totham
Theft
Mistley
Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

Case
(d) George Brown 21 sailor
(v) Elizabeth Burrell, Thomas Henry White
Theft
Mistley
Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

Case
(d) Walter Ward 43 mail cart driver
(v) Rosanna James
Burglary
Mistley
Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 47 Essex Record Office

Case
(d) Elizabeth Durrant
(v) Frederick Mouldon
Theft
Mistley
Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 54 Essex Record Office

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