WORC^ESTER COUNTY 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. D. 1890. 



ANNUAL UEPOllT OF THE SECRETAllY. 



To the Members of the 



Worcester County Horticultural Societt : 



At the annual meeting of the Society, A. D. 1889, it was 



Yoted : To " inemoriah"ze or petition the General Conrt for 

 such further legislation as will more effectually protect fruit- 

 growers from the depredations of juvenile trespassers or thieves." 



Pursuant to that vote application for relief from existing, cry- 

 ing evils was duly made. It was not granted as a matter of 

 course, because asked. It was not granted as a matter of proper 

 concession to the statement of facts, and testimony, submitted by 

 your committee and other parties in a common interest. To 

 illustrate, in some measure, the character and gravity of the evil 

 complained of, your Secretary recites a letter which he submitted 

 as a summary of evidence that he could not give, in person: 



February 21, A. D. 1890. 



Hon. Henry L. Parker, Chairman Judiciary Committee. 



My Dear Sir: 



As I have explained to you personally, it will be out of my 



power to attend the "hearing" appointed for the 26th, upon the 



petition of this Society, et als.^'va the matter of Juvenile Trespass 



and Theft. But I would like to impress upon the Committee the 



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