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History of Stisted >> Stisted Court Cases

Stisted 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) Alfred Rogers 18 labourer
• (v) Frederick Hayward, John Hayward, Charles Richardson, Frances Emma Honywood
• Theft
• Stisted, Bocking and Marks Hall
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Joseph Purkis 57 carpenter
• (v) William May
• Theft
• Sisted
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) William Humphrey 43 labourer
• (v) John Carter
• Theft
• Stisted
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1865 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Frederick Matthews 14 hawker
• (v) Isaac Livermore, George Smith
• Theft
• Black Notley, Stisted
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1867 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
• For more on the criminal career of Matthews see Bocking snippets

• Case
• (d) David Sharpe 28 farm labourer
• (v) Sarah Simpson
• Theft
• Stisted
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 35 Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Edgar Brown 37 brush maker
• (v) James Walford
• Theft
• Stisted
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 41 Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) Walter Payne 16 labourer
• (v) George Jarvis
• Theft
• Stisted
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 44 Essex Record Office

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