Newton Abbot: Petty Sessions: Tuesday, before W.J. Watts, ESq., C.J. Wade, Esq., G.B. Ellicombe, Esq., Dr., Atkinson and Admiral Wise: Mr. Charles Knowle, butcher and cattle dealer, of Kingsteignton, was summoned by Mr. John Whidborne, a gentleman residing there, for having a nuisance on his premises, arising from the slaughter of bullocks and other animals on the 10th and 11th, and 12th of June: Mr. Templer, Teignmouth appeared for the complainant and Mr. Fryer, Exeter for the defendant. Mr. Templer, in opening the case, asserted that the nuisances arising from the premises were continuous. He could not ask the bench to grant an order to stop the business, but he should ask for a prohibitory order, so as to compel the defendant to carry on his business so that it does not injure the health of residents in the neighbourhood … (discussion) … On Wednesday afternoon, the smell was quite as bad as on Monday. Defendant’s men were drawing away dung on the Wednesday. Mr. J. B. Pinsent passed on the 10th and 12th, when the smell was very bad. P.C. Gillard lived about seventy yards from the slaughterhouse, which is about ten or twelve feet wide by twelve or fourteen feet long. One door opens to the highway, the other into a yard at the back. There were no windows, but on one side was an open railing … Mr. Fryer, for the defence, submitted that Mr. Templer had not proved his case in not having called Mr. Whidborne to show he was an inhabitant of Kingsteignton … (other witness statements) … The bench considered there was sufficient evidence before them to show there was a nuisance on the defendants’ premises, but they would adjourn the case until the 30th July, to see if the premises were kept clear from nuisances, and clean in the meantime …
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901