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Mountnessing 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) Thomas Crush 23 and Thomas Bastick 30
- (v) William Green gamekeeper
- Poaching
- Mountnessing
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 15 March 1845
- Case
- (d) Abraham Hilliard 32 labourer
- (v) Susannah Playl beer-shop keeper
- Murder
- Mountnessing
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 9 March 1839 and The Newcastle Courant 22 March 1839
- Case
- (d) Thomas Crow, Charles Stubbs, James Suckling and Charles Samuel
- (v) Thomas Staines
- Arson
- Mountnessing
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 13 July 1833
- Case
- (d) John Bennett and James Woodley
- (v) James Bannister
- Theft
- Mountnessing
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 20 December 1828
- Case
- (d) Samuel Marriage
- Unnatural Offence
- Mountnessing
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 4 March 1837
- Case
- (d) Charles Speller
- (v) Robert Eve
- Theft
- Mountnessing
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 24 March 1827
- Case
- (d) John Dalton
- (v) Alice Chatters 13
- Assault
- Mountnessing
- Brentwood Petty Sessions
- Reynold's Newspaper 13 August 1893
- Case
- (d) William Clark alias Baker 26 dealer, Edward Evans alias Guess 19 hawker
- (v) Alfred Nicholas
- Theft
- Mountnessing
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Burton 18 baker
- (v) Thomas Cast, William Peagram, George Sitch
- Theft
- Shenfield, Mountnessing
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Harvey 43 steward, John Jones 23 seaman
- (v) John Cross
- Burglary
- Mountnessing
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1870 Q/SMc 10, page 21 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Luke Clarke
- (v) Susannah Tunbridge
- Rape
- Mountnessing
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1870 Q/SMc 10, page 22 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Philip Balls 33 labourer
- (v) John Crush
- Burglary
- Mountnessing
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 34 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Daniel Turner 62 farm labourer, James Watts
- (v) Alfred Thorogood
- Theft and receiving
- Mountnessing
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1872 Q/SMc 10, page 63 Essex Record Office
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