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Councils of London will never get things right till they
one and all intimate that it is useless to prosecute until
the law is put into a reasonable shape in this matter.
I should like to add that the Vice-Chairman of the
Sessions, in giving his decisions, said the case resembled
that of a passenger who was not to be expected to look
after his luggage and see that it was safe in transit.
But I am afraid there is an analogy here which is
quite unsound, as the passenger does not warrant the
safety of the luggage, and if that is the ground of
the decision, although I shall follow it, I do not agree
with it.
Two cases, in which convictions had been obtained at the
Police Court, were appealed against, and the decisions were
reversed at Quarter Sessions, costs being given against the
Council amounting to £78 8s. 7d.
The following tables and report from the Public Analyst
give full information with regard to samples delivered to him
for analysis and report:—