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History of Rettendon >> Rettendon Court Cases

Rettendon 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) Isaiah Paine aka Isaiah Payne
• (v) George Payne
• Refusing to supply medical aid
• Rettendon
• Chelmsford Petty Sessions
• Daily News 30 September 1875

• Case
• (d) Henry Gilbert
• (v) William Smith
• Burglary
• Rettendon
• Essex Assizes
• The Morning Chronicle August 7 1829

• Case
• (d)Edward Maurice Higgins
• (v)George Neale
• (w)Eliza Neale, Alfred Lazell baker
• Burglary
• Rettendon, Woodham Ferrers
• Chelmsford Petty Sessions
• Lloyds Weekly Newspaper 26 August 1883

• Case
• (d) Eliza Kirby
• (v) William Lawrence Pitts
• False pretences
• Rettendon
• 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 Swann alias Chaplain
• (v) James Claxton
• Attempted murder
• Rettendon
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1866 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) William Hammond 56 farm labourer
• (v) Thomas Savill, William Smith
• Theft
• Rettendon, Downham
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

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