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Great Holland 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) Louis Parmenter labourer
• Assualt
• Great Holland
• Essex Quarter Sessions
• Ipswich Journal 24 May 1888

• Case
• (d) Charles Dunnett 43 labourer, Henry Baker 35 labourer and John Webb 32 labourer
• (v) William Scott
• Machine breaking
• Great Holland
• Essex Assizes
• Ipswich Journal 18 December 1830

• Case
• (d) James Porter 32 labourer
• (v) William Porter, George Blackingborow
• Burglary and theft
• Great Holland
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1861 Q/SMc 9, Essex Record Office

• Case
• (d) David Waller alias David Wooley 27 farm labourer
• (v) William Thompson junior
• Arson
• Great Holland
• Calendars of prisoners for Essex Quarter Sessions, Essex Assizes and Special Sessions of Gaol Delivery, 1871 Q/SMc 10, page 60 Essex Record Office

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