SHANNON STOCK CASE.

Shannon News, 19 September 1924, Page 2

SHANNON STOCK CASE.

DISMISSED ON TECHNICAL POINT. Reserved judgment was given in the case where the Shannon Borough Council proceeded against William Gardiner in respect of wandering stock. In dismissing the case the Magistrate stated that he would have to do so, on the ground that the copy of the hy-Jaw submitted as authority for the charges,, was not properly sealed. It certainly (had been sealed with something, in half a dozen places, but with just What it was inipossiole to say at the present time. He would therefore dismiss the informations under Section 3 of the justices’ Act without prejudice against them being brought again. He might say regarding the other points raised by Mr Rollings, that-there'was not much in them. I*t might be a good thing in future that in cases of the kind, the name of the street should be inserted, as also the fact that such street Was within the Borough of Shannon, but it was not really necessary. He did not hold that the by-law was unreasonable and unjustifiable, but would dismiss the case <?n the ground that the seal was indecipherable.