CLOSE this window when you are done viewing. From: David Meredith Horncastle Bigamist -------------------------------------- Trial Summary: George Holmes - 04 Jun 1747. Crime(s): sexual offences : bigamy, Punishment Type: branding Verdict: Guilty, George HOLMES , indicted for Bigamy; and the Indictment sets forth, That he the said George HOLMES on the 10th of Feb. 1745, did feloniously marry Mary WALTERS , Widow, Mary WILLIAMSON , his first Wife, then being alive, against the Statute in that Case made and provided. Full transcript of trial appears on the website which reveals HOLMES had married Mary WILLIAMSON at HORNCASTLE, Lincs on 4 July 1742. (IGI corroborates these details) The transcripts also mention relatives and witnesses who possibly had connections with Horncastle. London:'Old Bailey Court Trial Transcripts' http://www.oldbaileyonline.org David Meredith - Nottingham -------------------------------------- *** Last revised: 26-November-2003 ***