… four … boys … appeared in answer to the charge of breaking into the orchard of Great House Farm, on Sunday morning, and [taking] therefrom a number of apples, the property of John Williams … P.C. Herbert Evans said … with the assistance of Mr John Williams, junior, caught three of the offenders … The boys got into the orchard over the hedge from the railway … John Williams, junior, corroborated the evidence of the constable, and added that about half the apples in his father’s orchard had been [taken].
Source
Barry Dock News, 16 August 1889, p.2. Legal Wiki EV-0279.
Archive note: Before the Penarth magistrates (Messrs J. S. Corbett and V. Trayes); each boy was fined 10s and costs. Library OCR; gaps marked ….
Words in [square brackets] are the archive’s: neutral words in place of the original’s, or gaps filled. Quotes from named people appear as their comments, word for word.
Swine fever has broken out at Llandough and Rhoose this week. Five pigs belonging to Mr Williams, Great House, have been slaughtered. On Tuesday morning, one of a herd of 23 was reported as being affected, and it was feared that the whole would have to be slaughtered.
Source
Barry Dock News, 3 August 1894 (the Glamorgan Gazette gives the herd as 22). Legal Wiki EV-0247.
The annual court leet and court baron of the lordship of Bute was held on Thursday week last at the Merry Harriers Hotel, Llandough … A vote of sympathy was passed with the family of the late Mr. John Williams, Great House, Llandough, for many years a juror of the court. In accordance with historic tradition, the presentments were signed by the deputy steward and jury.
Source
Barry Dock News, 23 October 1908, p.3. Legal Wiki EV-0243.
