Illustration by Christine Fuller
The illustration is creative interpretation and intended for humour only. No offence is intended or implied
Great Ellingham farmer, William Robert Wick Green, appeared before the Magistrates at East Harling in the July of 1869.
James Tennant, a miller’s clerk of East Harling, charged William Green with assaulting him by knocking off his hat at Attleborough on the 21st June.
Green told the court that he “did it as a joke merely and not with the intention of assault or insult“. However, the Magistrates thought otherwise, and imposed a fine and costs amounting to £1 5s 9d.
Green was also charged by Police Constable Gooch with “assaulting him in a similar manner, at the same time and place“. For this offence, Green was ordered to pay £1 2s 9d.
Sources:
Norfolk Chronicle 31 July, 1869. Viewed via www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk 13 December 2020