The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-09-03 00:00:00

CHARGE AGAINST A TRADESMAN.

At the Borough Police-wart yeettrday (Monday), Mr.
ClCii COL butcher sod dealer, of High Emt-strees, was
rho-grit tv,th haring 'on Thursday, the 217th of August,
had on his premises 469 u of meat intented for salt, and
oatit for the food of the man.
Mr. Weston sras for the defence; the Inspector of
N Meaner" (Mr Chick) proeecoted.
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Mr. Weston asked who wile —the complainms Port,,
which had not hems rt tied In the summon,. as in the case
crors heing awarded him he should like to know whom
t apple tr.
Mr. Henry Symonds said the Inswetor of Nuisances:
who woo then catie4..
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-Mr. William Click said hi inspected the defendant's
ur.csiaya, ail uAn in divh-stmet, on Thur.:lay, Amami,
9b. He weni into the cellar, ad Mere h• found SOM.
her/ in salt. There were 'even pivea Tbe defeadat
and ono of his men was with hint at the time. The
o 'edition of the ha( was very poor-eery low thin, sad
yellow. He told the defendant be should report it to the
medical °Myer of health, and ask him to ex aroma it, and
he accordingly did that. Among the plias of roast was
.use of eve rifts which he told Mr. DK be 'would like to
see divided that be might look at the Mold., and this wee
dote, thy result hying that it appeared very red.
The Mayor: Was awe anything unnatural in the
redoes., malt generally look, so does it not I
Witness: I believe it arca from the salt.
Dr. Good afterwards examined it, and pronounced it
mint for food, sad be told Cox sot to have it removed.
He aubieqpoptly bad it takes away, haring pre-
viously had it examined by throe siertietratee- Mr.
Gregory, the Mayor, and Dr. Oeruse-who all three caw
moaned It; and be awe took out • mamma aft.. Dr.
Good condemned the meat, the deleadaat mid be was
psefttir right in drag a
Croes-exundied He And watt to the they 'bat half.
ot cans is consequence of a commuslitalos be reesimad
fg-,z-wa Kg Onward (the supwinteadentk Cox theinsaY be
ono not swam the meat was there
'I he Mace t You did not mention that before.-
Witness N.
The Mayor You should have.
Groes-aaniaatlou osatinued : With that exception be
found paha' I. the seller but what MN good.
Dr. Jobs God, the medical °Mow fog the borough,
Inspected the meet. It wag ungasticastily anwholesogae
sad unfit for human food. The character and itonaraties
of the meet-exceasively this, pale, and flabby-could lied
to no other conclosioc. It wee total, devoid of fat, and
the brine had to a cattle event changed it. lab ; hot be
had no heed ition in condemalag it. Mr. Cz, although
be did not want his corroboratiou, aid be was quite right
In doing sit There was other meat in salt of a perfectly
dillerent character altogether, and be would mention that
bayou& the meat he saw nothing objectsaaahie In in.
Whir.
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Orameneimil : noes *sr of bad sin la=
themselves, sad evlisally cane Item the same
He dealt with Kr. Cox so eosi If be did sot Wok
be sold good meat be ceriedal7 &odd sot do so.
This was thanes.
la reply Kr. Wastes said ho bathe woo happy to gar. •
very limy caw to meet. Before, however, miring his
dame" be would remark that he wished Mr. Coward had
been coiled; became be this meld have spoken to • con-
vomitus which took place betweet hits sad the
&fro Mot, which coommarAca oecurred mate time
oceviuus t th. visit of the la•pecter, sad therefore had
he bed env wish to bays sot rid of the wow he could
have dose en Tbo Issr, he wraid r..ro,nd them.
• ed out Om if ni odour. "en.s, oie thero cialit he
so coaviotion. sod tberefore if Kr. Cox keyw be had dime
err as it es. the easiest thins in the world for his, to
hive prevented these roc.ediag.. He (Kr. Weldon)
would admit that Kr. Cuick sad Gr. God bed given their
▪ not.. fairly m It Ives puss big • a earth io do so. The
rcomstanors of the cam "al simply them. A roan aimed
Legg purchiimd Om salami in novetion, and he bellowed
lent • portion of it to Lyndon. and with regard to that
which remised he west to the defeadaat's shop sad
asked Nis. Cox. Cox not betas at beam, U she had
is empty tab in which lie could salt einae
beef for himself. She toned round to sa siehesat,
nomad Shir,, sad be told bes then was on.. Pernikaka
woo then given to Legg to salt It in. The tab Ito might
mention contained some pkele, which had been mod for
malting hams, sad would copula • pm% deal of rat-pater
sad sugar, sod would thermion, possibly moterially
the appearsoos of the meet. But., however, that was no
part of hi. defenou. Yrs. Cix hermit did nit see the
moot. What dm did woo simply out of kindmas to the
man, who had been in the habit of ssel•ting her husband.
When Cx sro, spoken to by the mpg intendest, lon woo
with hint at the time, sad Gim positively denied having
my knowledge of It. being them, rind we; partial's:lY
Amoy with Legg for lava, dose it without his sanction.
Kr. Weston thou alluded to Um open plies—no weasel-
melt In which the sill stood, sod said he tislicred shirr
he evidence he should call the Bench would hairs no
difficulty in !Indio( that Yr. Cos knew nothing whatever
oft tr too.
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Henry Shire, in the employ of the defendant, rid he
knew a man named Emmanuel Legg, and recollected hie
coming to the shop last Saturday week. Co. wee not
there then, and tea., Mne Cox and asked her if ehe bad
Lsiga ggficekol tgle),..for some pieces of beet
wee one—on. that wee re (witness)
at
conspicuous Place in the cellar Legg then esti he mud
cut a piece off for hi. own dinner before be took It &wit
and, harin done this, be put it in the
(witness) di, not see the meat until Mr. Chicricasta, and
did not mention it until the Thursday, when—el he was it
work in the cellar—the defendant came to him and asked
him if he had any meat of I.ogi there. He mid 'Yes.
and pointed out the sill. This was about ten minutes
before Mr. Chick came. When he did come, at his
request he took it out into the shop for him to see it in the
light. To the best of hie bell f and honour Cox knew
nothing of It until just before Mr. Chick CAMS He con-
sidered it Legg's meet and not "ow
the Mayor: You would sot hare sold any of 11l
Cartainly
By Mr. armoire: Mr. One Ulm l meat to mit, bet
we don't always tell litim of it. He doer's trouhr shout
It, I think Mr. Co. hsis only been our is the cellar arse
1.,. been there—Ohne mouths.
By the Mayor: You had no snercias of the (41.11111161 ff
of the meet I—Certainly not when we heard him ry he
was going to hare • piece far dinner.
Mr. Werra rid he could eall corroborative riders if
rilse 4irekeich did not request this, and the Mayor mad re
ere srvidently showed or thing and that wr that Kra
Cox had ben guilty of • Tory injudicious tithed in alowing
meet to be pickled on tier premises without first learning
the character of It Elbe had andoubt.idly got him (the
dela:idea.) into a great deal of troubla At the rose time
from the evidence they did not think for or moment that
he eat cognisant it was there, although the pregumptson
wee that be malt to have done at, and under !breams
stances the ere would be dissaired. At the samelltso.•
they hoped he would take warning as if • similar car
"Mrs brought against hire it would be • serious matter.
Defendant said lie exereely err wished his cellar as
from the injuries be met with in his railway accident, he
was unable to get down there without greet pain
Two mammonism were withdrains Grupe &Barker
of Orr, Build AP. was summonsed for ae.eoltlng Tom
Carter, of Fordington ; and Iffinisse Aline, of lord
wee summoned by William Wirer, for allowing a
ferocious dog to go uncoured.

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