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History of St Osyth >> St Osyth Court Cases
St Osyth 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) John Williams 40 labourer
- (v) William Matson farmer
- (w) Robert Cole publican, Eliza Cook, and James Willett labourer
- Arson
- St. Osyth
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 17 December 1864
- Case
- (d) George Willoughby, Samuel Smith and John Shepherd
- (w) Isaac Wright parish clerk, Joseph Olive labourer, James White labourer, Joseph Dixon, James Majoram labourer, James Norman publican, Samuel Read carpenter, John Bacon carpenter, Frederick Burgess and John Thompson
- Sacrilege
- Great Bentley and St Osyth
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 27 March 1830
- Case
- (d) James Austin
- (v) James Vincent labourer
- Assault
- St Osyth
- Mistley Petty Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 15 March 1887
- Case
- (d) Jeremiah Vincent 24 labourer
- (v) Robert Cross and Mary Vince
- Theft
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Nathan Mills 22 labourer, Henry Clark 22 labourer, Henry Mills 24 labourer
- (v) Benjamin Jaggard jnr.
- Theft
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Williams 40 labourer, Robert Austin 54 labourer, Isaac Scarfe 35 labourer, George Doe 32 coachman
- (v) Susannah Dean
- Theft
- St Osyth
- 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 Bruce 22 labourer
- (v) Joseph Gilders, John Youngs, Edward Wright
- Embezzlement
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Williams 40 labourer
- (v) William Matson
- Arson
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Cross 13 farm labourer
- (v) John Gilders
- Arson
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1868 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Alfred Bickers 14 farm labourer
- (v) Robert Salmon
- Arson
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1869 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Ann Borley 20
- (v) William Chaplin
- Theft
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 48 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Isaac Bruce 49 farm labourer
- (v) William Herbert Dunnett
- Theft
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 48 Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Day Thrower 28 labourer
- (v) William Emens
- Theft
- St Osyth
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 55 Essex Record Office
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