Illustration Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied The Norfolk Chronicle published on Saturday 9th April 1853, included a report of some of the recent cases heard at the Norfolk Quarter Sessions at The Shirehall in Norwich. Amongst the defendants is 18 year old…
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John Green fined for allowing his Cows & Mare to stray on the Highway
Illustration Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied The Norfolk Chronicle of the 10th July 1875 reports on several recent cases brought before the Magistrates at East Harling. This includes the case of farmer John Green of Great Ellingham. Police-constable Masters charged Green with…
Abraham Skipper Imprisoned for Wilful Damage to Glass Window
Illustration Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied The Norfolk Chronicle of the 28th August, 1880 included reports of several cases brought before the Magistrates at the East Harling Petty Sessions. This included the case against Abraham Skipper, a labourer, of Great Ellingham. It…
Elizabeth Peas guilty of stealing a pair of John Browne’s drawers!
Illustration Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied The Norwich Mercury of Saturday 27th June, 1863, reported on several recent cases at the East Harling Petty Sessions. The report included the case of Elizabeth Peas, a single woman, of Great Ellingham. Elizabeth was charged…
Labourer, William Carter Kerrison, charged with stealing a shirt
Illustration Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied The Eastern Evening News of the 8th January, 1906, included the following snippet: At an Occasional Court at Old Buckenham before Major E G Keppel, William Carter Kerrison, Great Ellingham, labourer, was charged by Police-Sergeant Parsley…
James Carter – a Drunk & Disorderly Baker
Illustration Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied Towards the end of July, 1874, Great Ellingham baker, James Carter, appeared before the Magistrates at East Harling. Police Constable Richard Hannant found Carter to be drunk and disorderly at Great Ellingham on the 9th July….
Skipper & Skipper caught up in ‘Wholesale Sheep-Stealing’
Illustration by Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied The edition of the Bury & Norwich Post of the 25th November, 1846, contained the following article: WHOLESALE SHEEP-STEALING – On Friday last, two men passed through Wymondham, driving 14 fat sheep, one of which…
Great Ellingham cattle dealer caught up in ‘daring robbery’ in Norwich
Illustration Christine Fuller The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied The following article was published in the Bury & Norwich Post on Wednesday 21st November, 1832: A daring robbery was committed on Saturday evening, about seven o’clock, in St Stephen’s Street, upon a cattle dealer from…
Emigration following a ‘Brush with the Law’
Jeremiah John Edwards. Courtesy Jane Sayliss Jeremiah John Edwards was born in Great Ellingham in 1904. He was the fourth child of George William Edwards and his wife Elizabeth nèe Lincoln. Tanyard Farm CottagesPhotograph courtesy Bryan Dye Tanyard Farm Cottages The 1911 census captures the Edwards family living at Tanyard Farm Cottages. Farm labourer George…
Lily Ayton accuses Daisy Dexter of stealing her Money
Illustration Christine FullerThe illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied In April 1916, Daisy Florence Dexter found herself ‘on the wrong side of the law’. News-vendor, Lily Ayton, accused her of stealing 14/- (fourteen shillings) together with a calico bag. Facts of the Case The case came…