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Ohabgbd with Maintaining a- Nui-8AN0JC Yeeterdftri Jo {lie Court of Quarter Sessions,boforo Judge Ahfsoa, an Pma?«trial, in which Hanee Hamilton was charged with mam*taiJDiDga nuisance fu the ehaje of a factory for themanufacture of coal oil, located at Jffeohanlc and Car-center etreeia* The evidence for the Commonwealth was four neighbors, and they testifiedthatiheodor from the, factory was very offensive, and,the members of.tbelrfa-mily sufftted from headache, tfeo., la answer the defendant called the workmen engaged in the factory, whotestified that# although they bad been working in theestablishment for a long tin# they- never enjoyed betterhealth, r. Twophyelcians werecalledto show that the health of the neighborhood was not affected by this factory, One of the^ physicians also testified, thafc yap?r;arising from the oil was fr«hnehtly used ia pulmonary complaints, *In regard to the allegation that the oil was dangerous, inasmuch as it was inflammable, 'and the numerous firesi occurring in coal oil factories, the defendant called a witness who had been at the fire at Christlan-street wharf,mod who saw, after the fire had bee a extinguished, thi* the staves of a barrel had been charred without igniting theoll.lv • ,In charging the jury, dudge i Allison,, artor citing the principles applicable to nuisances at common law, instructed the jury that If they found that the establishment kept by Hanse Hamilton ia either injurious to the health of the neighborhood, or that the establishment ofitself interferes seriously with the icomfort of the people residing there, or the people who have the right \o pass along the highway, by reason of the; smell, it is: a nuisance. H they found that vapors are not unbiMthy, butthat they do interfere with the comfort of the people, it is ; a nuisance. ■ : v -;;;i.'v V:’ -■:K%*•A verdict of- guilty was rendered by the jury. Thisdecision is a very important one, and this is the first case .of the kind tried. :•• •'’ 1.:'I' 1 *•••;;U*T TrtTAni3 A MMtirPBtfAuV A n
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Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Sep 25, 1862
Page 4
Full Page
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Kimberly A.
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