Chennai Court March 1888 Judgments

The Municipal Corporation of Madura Vs. Sandlai Kon

Court: Chennai

Reported in: (1892)2MLJ206

1. This is an application for the revision of orders of acquittal made by the Joint Magistrate of Madura on the 24th February 1887. The accused in the 29 cases to which the application refers, are butchers, who occupy 8 stalls in what is known as the East Market in the town of Madura. It appears that for 4 years past the accused sold meat in that market and occupied stalls therein, paying fees in the nature of rent to the Municipality. It is the largest market in the town of Madura and contains a slaughter house with 52 butchers' stalls. That it is a public market and maintained out of the Municipal fund and that the property therein is vested in the Municipality, subject to the provisions of Act IV of 1884, are not disputed. That subsequently to the 1st April 1886, the accused slaughtered animals in that portion of the market, which is set apart for use as a slaughter house, and sold meat in the stalls therein, are also facts about which there is no dispute. The case for the prosecuti...