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Wethersfield 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) Frederick Metson 30 farmer
- Theft
- Wethersfield
- Essex Assizes
- Ipswich Journal 18 July 1874
- Case
- (d) Walter Everitt labourer
- (v) C.W. Tabor
- (w) Thomas Grubb labourer
- Theft
- Wethersfield
- Braintree Petty Sessions
- Ipswich Journal 3 May 1888
- Case
- (d) Samuel Smith 46 labourer
- (v) Benjamin French
- Theft
- Wethersfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1862 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Alfred Passfield
- (v) Thomas Hall
- Arson
- Wethersfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1863 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) John Crawford 49 brush maker
- (v) Sarah Ann Robertson
- Indecent assault
- Wethersfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1864 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Edward Isborne 18 labourer
- (v) John Tyrell
- Theft
- Wethersfield
- Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1867 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office
- Case
- (d) Samuel Coates 21 painter
- (v) Charles Metson
- Theft
- Wethersfield
- 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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