... Robert Richardson, two young lads, were charged with committing wilful damage to property belonging to Ettrick by eathering blackberries. P.C. Fraser gave evidence as to the offence, and they were both fined 5s and costs. —Wm. Clark, brother of the first defendant ...

... often see a constable there, I observed no fewer than four before we reached the Boathouse. There they were as thick as blackberries* Indeed, the Superintendent seems to have been about with a strong body of men from an early hour in the morning waiting ...