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Five summonses were taken out under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts:—
In one case for selling adulterated milk a fine of 20s. and
two shillings costs was imposed; and in two other milk cases
the summonses were dismissed, as the certificates of the
analyst were held to be invalid.
For the adulteration of coffee with 40 per cent, of chicory
a fine of £3 and 12s. 6d. costs was imposed, and in another
case the summons was dismissed.
Inspector MacNair.
Summonses were issued against the owners of the following
premises, viz.:—
20, Vincent-square, defective drains and w.c. Order made
and £3 3s. costs.
24, Moreton-street, defective drains. Order made and
£1 3s. costs.
157, Regency street, illegally occupied underground rooms.
Fine 5s. and £1 3s. costs.
36, Regency-street, defective w.c. Order made and £1 3s.
costs.
Dorset-mews, defective stable drainage and improper receptacle
for manure. Fine 40s. and £1 3s. costs.
33, Medway-street, defective drains. Order made.
26, Strutton-ground, defective drains. Order made and
£2 2s. costs.
50 & 52, Tufton-street, depositing offensive refuse. Prohibition
order made and lis. costs.
Chapter-street, depositing unsound fish. The fish was, by
order, destroyed. Summons withdrawn.
Bobbett's stables, Laundry-yard, premises without w.c.
Order made and £2 2s. costs.
56, Rochester-row, defective drains. Order made and
£1 3s. costs.
la, Griffith's-buildings, Ridley-place, house damp, dirty and
dilapidated. Closing order and £1 Is. costs.
Vacant land, corner of St. Ann's-lane and Great Peter-street.
Proceedings pending.
Attorney-General v. Tod-Heatly and Others.
This was ail action by the Attorney-General at the relation of the
united vestry of the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist,
Westminster, as plaintiffs, to restrain an alleged nuisance said to lie
existing on a piece of land at the corner of St. Ann's-lane and Great
Peter-street, Westminster, which formerly belonged to the defendant,
Mr. Tod-Heatly, but had since come into the possession, by purchase, of
Sir Henry Moore Brownrigg. The buildings formerly on the laud had