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Rayleigh 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) Charles Neville Syer draper 21 and Georgiana Neville Syer 20
- (v) James Bentall draper
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- Essex Quarter Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 6 July 1844
- Case
- (d) James Ewen
- (v) John Sach
- Arson
- Raleigh
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 18 December 1830
- Case
- (d) William May
- Arson
- Rayleigh
- Essex Assizes
- Jackson’s Oxford Journal 7 March 1840
- Case
- (d) Isaac Purkiss 67 labourer
- (v) Joshua Murray
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- 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 King 41 labourer, Stephen Nunn 40 carter
- (v) William Clemance
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Samuel Britton 37 labourer
- (v) William Dodd
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Henry Humphries 59 bricklayer
- (v) Francis Mountain
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Fitzjohn 38 labourer
- (v) Josiah Bloomfield, William Bloomfield
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Sulting alias Butcher 24 fitter and soldier 37th foot
- (v) Joseph Pease
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Dennis 24 sawyer
- (v) Zachariah Wilshere
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Stephen Nunn 60 carter
- (v) Thomas Dodd
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1868 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) William Wilson 20 farm labourer
- (v) John Edwards
- Theft
- Rayleigh
- 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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