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Although he pleaded not guilty to , a charge of shooting with intent ] to maim, William Vandeberg, East Gwiliimbury, was fined $10 . and costs or 20 days in jail.Vincent Riddell, Baldwin, testi-fled that on the night of Oct. 31 ■ he had driven to Brownhill and picked up his two cousins and some others. From there they had driven past the Vandeberg home and turned back. He said that as they had passed the Vandeberg house again there was n rifle shot and tha* Lucille Sedore, Brownhill, who was a passenger in his car, was struck with a pellet from a gun. Ho further stated that the top of his car was dented and the mirror smashed. • .What time of the night was it that you drove past the Vandeberg house?” asked the crown. It was about 10 o’clock standard time, the witness answered.“Why did you drive to this place? Wc were just going for a little joy ride.”The witness further stated that he saw a flashlight come out of the house and that Ivan Hlllis, another passenger, turned his fln3h-Iight on the house.Who shot at the car? asked the crown. I do not know.” Cross-examined by Mr. Stiver. Mr. Riddell stated that his ear was in low gear, going at about six miles an hour as it passed the house. He denied stopping his car and letting any of the passengers out or having any ulterior motive: in passing the house on Hallowe'en night.Lucille Sedore. Brownhill. testl- i fled that she knew Mr. Vandeberg I by sight and that she saw him in the doorway before the shot. She said that she did not hear the shot, or see who did the shooting.Where did the pellet hit you?” asked Mr. Mathews. It hit me in the forehead just above the left eye.” She said that she went to see Hr. O. M. Beattie in Sutton but that the doctor said the wound was not serious.Muriel Hlllis said that she knew j Mr. Vandeberg to see him and that j she saw him standing in his door* • way with a shotgun when hei I brother played the flashlight on the house as they passed in the car. She denied that they had made any other trips past the house.Ivan Hillis. brother of the former witness, corioboratcd the testimony already given and added that lie had put the flashlight on the house to sec- if there had been anyone there. He dc-nied knowledge of Mr. Vandeborg's trouble with rowdies. until he had heard about it later.Constable Jardlno, who visited the Vandeberg house on Nov. 1, stated that Mrs. Ifoldcn told him that they hud “one hcck of a time on Hallowe’en night. She told him that her uncle had to fire a gun to scare the gang away. The officer stated that the defendant admitted filing the shot and said that lie did not know that he had hit anyone.Did you are any evidence of trouble that the accused might! have Imd? Mr. Stiver asked the' officer. j“There were stones and wood! thrown about.” '“When you got to lire house what was the condition of Mr. Van* debcrg?” Both Mis. Itoldcn and Mr. Vandeberg were nervous and in an excited condition.. In his defence Mr. Vandeberg stated that he saw a car with no tail-light and but one head-light pass bis house on four occasions that evening and that the occu-l pants of this car had been hurling stones at his house. He ’said that he heard Ids dog bark and went to the window. He saw two men at his clothesline, who shouted abuse but lie did not recognize them.“I went to the fiont of my house and got my gun.” he muted. 1 j aimed It towards the ground and shot. I didn’t know where the car was.”Mrs. Holden stated that she heard the car and saw It slow down. She said that the two people at the clothesline called her names and threw stones at the window. She did not see who these two were but recognized one of the voices to he that of Mr. Riddell.Magistrate Woodllffe told the defence counsel thut in the testimony given he could find no evidence that the people who were in the car driven ly Mr. Riddell were the same people who caused trouble at the Vandeberg house.”1 ant of tha opinion that you did aim at the car,” he told the defendant. “I know that you wum budgeted into it. hut that was on Jan. 31. I wilt do what I can to see that you do not have your gun. We don’t need guns in this country to protect ourselves. There are the police. If you had pointed at Onground you could not have missed the ground.”I am going to hind you two over in the sunt of $50 to keep the peace
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Newmarket Era
Newmarket, Ontario, CA
Thu, Nov 28, 1940
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