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History of Waltham Abbey >> Waltham Abbey Court Cases
Waltham Abbey Court Cases
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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) Daniel Cole labourer and Joshua Burling labourer
- (v) William Barrett
- Arson
- Waltham Abbey
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 13 July 1833
- Case
- (d) William Clark
- (v) Eleanor Jane Buer
- (w) Charles Buer and Philip White
- Assault
- Waltham Abbey
- Essex Assizes
- Caledonian Mercury 5 August 1802
- Case
- (d) James Head
- (v) Thomas Knight
- (w)
- Manslaughter
- Waltham Abbey
- Essex Assizes
- Caledonian Mercury 5 August 1802
- Case
- (d) George Rowe 32 innkeeper, John Cornish 29 ordnance servant, Charles Eves ordnance servant and Jesse Griffith 24 fish dealer
- (w) Henry Topping
- Burglary
- Waltham Abbey
- Waltham Abbey Petty Sessions and and Essex Assizes
- Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper 4 May 1851 and Daily News 24 July 1851
- Case
- (d) Benjamin Rolfe
- (v) Thomas Osborne
- Theft
- Waltham Abbey
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 13 March 1830
- Case
- (d) John Harris servant and James Gooch
- (v) John Upton
- Theft
- Waltham Abbey
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 24 March 1827
- Case
- (d) Alexander Clarke general dealer
- Perjury
- Waltham Abbey
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 18 January 1881
- Case
- (d) Robert Frank
- (v) Philip Tabor
- Assault
- Waltham Abbey
- Essex Assizes
- Morning Chronicle 25 July 1828
- Case
- (d) James Lawrence 21 labourer
- (v) Mary Ann Green 16
- (w) William Green farmer
- Abduction
- Waltham Abbey
- Essex Quarter Sessions
- Morning Chronicle 19 October 1839
- Case
- (d) Susannah Watson 23 servant
- (v) John Edecome Richards
- Theft
- Waltham Abbey
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Harriett Dikes 33 and Charles Dikes 30
- (v) John Cowell
- Theft
- Waltham Abbey
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Ruth Buckley alias Jones 35
- Perjury
- Waltham Abbey
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Harris 31 labourer and Isaac Phihipps alias Phillips 21 labourer
- (v) Louiga Palegrina
- Assault and theft
- Waltham Abbey
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) James Lane 23 labourer
- (v) William Paveley
- Burglary
- Waltham Abbey
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1860 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Paul
- (v) Mary Hunwick
- Theft
- Waltham Abbey
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) George Glasscock 23 carter
- (v) John Barber
- Theft
- Waltham Abbey
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Sarah Smith 15 chocolate packer
- (v) John Derbridge
- Theft
- Waltham Abbey
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
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