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30. Complaints having been received of annoyance arising
Street from shouting in connection with the use of certain
Shouting. premises in the Borough as places of entertainment,
the Council on the 28th July, 1909, made the following ByeJaw
on the subject, viz.:—
"No person shall, for the purpose of announcing or advertising any
show or entertainment, shout in any street or public place to the annoyance
of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
"Any person who shall offend against the foregoing Bye-law shall be
liable for every such offence to a fine not exceeding forty shillings."
31. Complaint having been made by two ratepayers under the
MUSic and provisions of 25 Geo. II., ch. 26, that the King's
Licences. Hall, Tooting, was used for purposes of public
music without a license, proceedings were taken against the
owner of the premises as required by the statute. The case came
before a jury at Quarter Sessions, and the owner was convicted,
fined Is. and ordered to pay the Council's costs. There was no
complaint as to the suitability of the premises for the entertainment,
nor as to the class of entertainment. The Council were
obliged to take the proceedings upon receipt of the prescribed
notice and to pay each of the two informers £10. The Council
being of opinion that the law should be altered so as to allow of
proceedings being taken before a court of summary jurisdiction,
asked the London County Council to take the necessary steps to
obtain an amendment of the law accordingly. The County Council
has since promoted a Bill in Parliament, which will carry out the
suggestion, and will authorise that Council to grant music and
•dancing licenses at other times as well as at the Annual Licensing
Meeting.
32. Proceedings were taken by the Council in four cases with
Disorderly respect to disorderly houses, and the following conHouses.
victions obtained, viz. :—Fined £5, or one month's
hard. labour; fined 40s., or 14 days' hard labour; two months'
imprisonment with hard labour; and six months' imprisonment
with hard labour, respectively.
33. The Council had under consideration the unsatisfactory
and inadequate accommodation for the transaction
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of business at the Wandsworth County Court, and
in July, 1909, called the attention of the Lord Chancellor and the
Treasury to the matter and asked that steps should be taken for