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Lord Chief Justice and a special jury on the 18th July, when judgment
was given for the plaintiff for £55 damages. Although the Lord
Chief Justice declined to rule that there was no evidence of
negligence to go to the jury he expressed his disagreement with the
verdict, and under the circumstances the Council appealed against the
judgment. The appeal was heard before the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Justice Vaughan and Lord Justice Stirling, on the 18th January last,
and dismissed.
43. The Council had under consideration complaints as to the
obstruction and annoyance caused by costermongers
standing in Bedford Hill, representations made by a
deputation from residents at Bedford Hill, petition signed by 721
residents at Balham, asking the Council to take steps to clear Bedford
Hill of the costermongers' barrows, and thus relieve the congested
state of the road and remove a nuisance to the neighbourhood and a
danger to the public ; and a petition from residents in Hildreth
Street, asking that the costermongers might be transferred from
Bedford Hill to Hildreth Street. The Council forwarded a copy of
the before-mentioned petitions to the Commissioner of Police and
asked him to take steps for the removal of the costermongers from
Bedford Hill. In reply the Commissioner stated that in the event of
the Council deciding to institute proceedings against the costermongers
the Police would assist by taking their names and addresses. The
Council thereupon decided to accept the services of the Police, and to
take action to remove the costermongers from Bedford Hill.
Summonses were issued against costermongers for obstruction, and
the Magistrate being satisfied that the costermongers caused a nuisance
to the inhabitants and an obstruction to the traffic, fined one of the
defendants 5s. and 2s. costs, and adjourned the hearing of the other
summonses sine die on the understanding that the costermongers would
no longer stand in Bedford Hill. The costermongers now stand in
Hildreth Street and not in Bedford Hill.
Costermongers,
Bedford Hill.
44. No steps having been taken by the Local Government Board
with the view of obtaining an amendment of the law
relating to charges made under apportionments of the
cost of paving new streets upon which places of worship abut so as
to secure uniformity of treatment in the case of all churches, chapels,
or other buildings used exclusively or irrevocably for purposes of
religious worship, this Council asked the County Council to take the
Paving
Charges.