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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1961), Saturday 4 February 1905, page 4
Damages to Property.
Oswald London and Dalziel McCabe were charged with wilfully destroying an orange tree at Kurrajong, the property of Mr. F. J. Norris, valued at 20/. Pleaded guilty. Frederick J. Norris deposed : The tree was 6 or 7 years old; he saw the tree cut and put the matter in the hands of the police. Constable Tait stated that the boys were returning from rabbiting, and they admitted to cutting the tree down. He gave McCabe a good character, but had heard many complaints against London. The Bench said if they had the power they would send them to the Sobraon. There had been too much of that going on, and they were determined to put it down. On this occasion they would let them off lightly, but cautioned them not to come before them again. Fined 10/ each, 10/ damage each, McCabe 5/10 costs of court, and London 8/ costs of court. Seven days allowed to pay.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1961), Saturday 23 February 1907, page 4
RICHMOND POLICE COURT.
Thursday, February 21.
Before Messrs C. S. Guest, A. Matheson, R. Skuthorp, H. Wood, D. Clemson, and J. R. Mitchell, Js P.
Oswald London and Edward London were charged with having on February 10, destroyed three water melons, the property of Frederick Norris. Plea not guilty.
Mr. R. B. Walker appeared for accused, and Senior-Constable Illingsworth conducted the prosecution.
William Turner, laborer, residing at Kurrajong, deposed: Remember Sunday, 10th inst; was with the two accused on the Slopes; was near Frederick Norris' place; Oswald London said he would go into Norris' and get some water melons; saw the two accused take three water melons; witness ate some of them; saw Clarence McMahon; he said he would go for water melons if they watched; the melons are worth 1/6.
By the Bench: Did not destroy any other melons.
By Mr Walker: Went on the melon bed the second time; carried one melon out of the bed; Edward London was also on the bed; he chased me up the road, and I thought he was Tom Norris with a gun; it was dusk; saw both accused on the melon bed; went back the second time to get the melons.
Clarence McMahon deposed: Heard someone laughing in the direction of the melon bed and ran down the road and saw William Turner, Oswald London and Ted London running through the paddock; Os. London asked Bill Turner how many he left in the bed, and he replied "about half-a-dozen"; Ted London wanted witness to go down on the bed.
By the Bench: Did not see any of the accused eating a melon or carrying one away.
Frederick Norris deposed that he examined his melon bed on the Monday after the melons were stolen; found over fifty melons broken; the bed was alright on Sunday morning; gave no one authority to take melons; found three or four melons about a quarter of a mile from the bed; both accused have been in my employ, and knew where the melon bed was.
By Mr Walker: There were over 50 melons broken; McCabe does not know to my knowledge whether there were any melons broken; he had no right to be near the melon bed.
Constable Tait deposed that he went through a portion of the melon bed and saw at least a dozen broken.
For the defence Edward London deposed: Was near Percy Norris on the 10th; went as far as Norris' slaughter yards; Clarence McMahon came down; Turner didn't say "How many melons did you leave"; swear he never destroyed or took any melons belonging to Fred Norris.
By Bench: Did not help to eat any melons that night.
By Senr-Constable Illingworth: Was never off the road that night; was not on Norris' premises.
Oswald London, deposed: On 10th inst Turner said to witness "What about a feed of melons, I have just had a b----- good feed, you had better go down and get some"; asked Turner how many melons he left in the bed, and he replied about half-a-dozen.
By Senr-Constable Illingworth: It was not correct that he and Tom Norris was after Turner with a gun.
William McCabe, deposed: Have been working for Fred Norris; have seen the melon bed; did not take much notice on the 11th; saw one melon destroyed; don't think there were fifty destroyed; don't think there are fifty melons on the place altogether.
By the Bench: Was fifty yards away and could see one melon destroyed.
By the police: The melon he saw was broken; the broken melon might have been 150 yards from the melon bed.
William Turner, re-called by Mr Walker, said he told Constable Tait he was on the bed; didn't tell anyone that morning that the Londons were not on the melon bed; did not say that he left six melons on the bed.
By the Bench: Saw the two Londons in the melon bed, and helped them eat the melons.
Accused were found guilty and each fined 3 pounds, with 7/6 costs of court, and 1/6 the price of the melons.
The bench remarked that they had inflicted a heavy fine, and the next case would not be a fine but imprisonment.
One month was allowed to pay.
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Saturday 21 October 1911, page 6
COMLEROY.
This district looks splendid, and there is plenty of bloom for next season. All hands admit this is about the best spring ever experienced about the Kurrajong. Messrs Percy Norris, Guy Hungerford, Fred Norris, W. Turner, and W. London each have a nice bit of citrus fruit left yet. There are also some nice crops of peas which were started on this week. Mr Percy Norris. has about 2 acres as good as could be looked at, and Mr Anthony Quinn has a few acres that will be fit to pull about a week hence. They are worth looking at. Labor in the district is very scarce indeed. Men that handle the plough and hoe are apparently more independent than the owners of orchards. There is to be a meeting of the promoters of the Woodtraders' picnic, at Mrs Phipps' Exchange Hotel, North Richmond, on Wednesday next, to see about the annual sports, the date of which is approaching. They usually have a good day's sports - bicycle racing, woodchopping, running, jumping, etc. Until the committee meets on Wednesday next they do not know what they will do this time.
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