The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24 00:00:00

CHARGE OF EXPOSING DI 3EASED MEAT FOR
8 ALE.

Dennis klawkes, butcher, of Birmingham, was charged
with exposing a quantity of diseased meat for sale in Bract.
icy Lull Marart, on the 3rd Met.
Mr. livibertuu appeaisa on the behalf of the Local
Board; au d air. bale, ot Walsall detenued.
Mr. kluibecton, in opening. said that the defendant ex-
popod a quau•ity of seal tor sale, which was unlit for
loud. A quantity of meat was *leo found in a
cart at ths .Bell liotol, belonging to the '6efendaut. it
was found to be tau, and Was slier uestroyed.
Josiah W. Beekley, .thspectur, said that on the day in
quostou. Gum ihfutinaetoh recsivad, he went to the de-
femiaut's shop, and saw a quantity of veal exposed for
aide. Ile called the attention of the.Madical %/Meer to it
who said it was unfit for human food, and seized it. It
was alterwarts destroyed, by an order from the Magis-
trate.

Gross-examined : Mr. Brown first directed his attention
to the meat. lie had not heard that there wad a dispute
betweeu defendant and Mr. Brown. In his opinion the
whole of the meat on the etad wee Dad and unlit for food
He did not seize what was left, because the medicai
oilleer advised that wily a few ptecea ahouid be taken.
The wuole of the meat was poor and impoveristied.
I.ney took Bow use Beil yard what they considered the
woree carcase Mr. hawked gave his proper name anti
&Amis. On Monday nioruieg co received a teiegram
hum Mr. Hawke*. it was before the telegram was re-
ceived that the meat wee ordereu to tie destroyed.
*Aiwa Mr. Freer save tee order toe meeistrates' clerk
was preeeut, but so eeeositious were Lidice. No person
weu ws preae to give leforeleteuu wee sworn. tie ditt
not tell Am Freer of the telegram. The magistrate put
questions as to the state of itee food„no doubt in-
tending to act ueou toe leformetion taus obtained. The
telegram steel, " Please keep the meat you took horn me
on haturday. A. smiati uring a doctor to examine it this
afternoon." Later in tut day defendant Came over from
liirmingeam with Dr. Hill. Dr. Hail appneu to inspees
the meat. It Was ;,,t destroyed tili the evening. tie
kept it till ualf-peet six amid then aeetroyed L.
Dr. thu had not teen arrived, lie aid not tell Dr. Hill
that the reason he had destroyed it Was because it wee
g,.).tag uad. He would nut swear he aid not say that.
dt aid Wit say he considered Mr. Hawkes could nut tell
geJoe meat at we price 114 cuarged. lie did nut consul;
wi.it anyone as to the propriety of keeping the meat till
Dr. hut nad examined IL on behalf of detendant. He
the not remember that uefenuaut denied the meat was
unsound, lie did not tell defendaut when th: meat
would be taken before a magistrate.
Air. hittaker. a retired Dutcher, said the meat was
pour, sod he never saw any worse offered for sale. It
was unfit for the food of man.
In croes-exa ululation, witness said he was not a sort of
" general retainer" to essist Air. Beckley. The meat
was very poor sad very amine as vveli as " sticky." Ties
meet could nut have been more than two or thiee days old
de aid nut know :here Was any fault, except teat tee
' meat Was poor, ennui, aLd sticky. He knew nothing
also against it. lie could not say there was any disease.
The cad would not weigh inure than forty pounds.
Mr. Falls (Other of Health) said the veal WAS =fit
for food fir the following reasons :—it Was very pow,
moist, aud wet, very soft consietaece, and had a 'link
congested appearance, as if it had been improperly bled.
He coestaered there was sumo uunaturaicoudition in the
veal. In waa probeom that the Veal was diseased, but a*
ad veeis it was uutvuolesume. It was void of nutrition,
sOdWUlaAti prt;babij cause diar•
woes exemilied : Lie ee.e.ai use LUC, and was present
tvaen Mr. free: ordered it to be deetreyed. He win.
there to guile the inegistrete in the order tie would make
destroy. The uses', remained iu the eels at the Police
atatlon from betuniay iiight tiil ionday murnlng.
the condttionr he hau Lameu wouid ha CollsiaLallt WWI
the cell being young and not properly lea. tie was nut
prepared to awear to the disease ennui the calf had.
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-Lit. Uuderbili tOlh,er of liea:to to the iiptun—Local
Board) rata I,he veal was unfit loud, and corroborated tbe
evidence of the p.eviuns oatuese. Ile would swear the/
.ne mei', was diseased, oat tic could not mention the
disease

Tuts was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Dais eutnuitted that no case was made out, and
said ne altunid offer certain objections. tie contended,
to the first p.aue, that the owe/ to prosecute was m.utti-
c.auL lor toe purposes of the c,,se. here ..au been two
summonaes, but not a separa..e authority for each, sun tz
had boeu Lain tiovni iu the superior Courts that there
must b., a separate autnoriil sur every proceeding that
was Laken, ot:,erwise the auLhority was invalid. Thera
Jiit tie an order wr.tiub .11 each case as to 1/2.cla prose-
=Lin. There (Algid, to have been a separate and defi-
nite autuo.ity. ale argued, 11l the second place, at Mr.
ireer, the magiatrate, h.-.d no jurimliction to make the
order wituout giving his client ae upportuni:l of showing
teat the in,at ought not, to be destrujed. Mr. Hawke',
who was a resp,ciabie tradesman of thrin.ngnam. ha
/hid in those preliminary proceedings no opportunity of
pruter.iug himself. 'ice whole :mug was ex parte *au
is c•;erit having iv., chauct: of c.)nv....cing
i•trig•lueut of t:te ..-:gistrate. lhib Wal all opposed to
toe wele•known m...xon that no man bhouat be con•
aeinned uuticard. 6ucii an order of a magistrate oui7:%-:
n.t to have iieen made without giving the defendant
opt.er‘unity '• to show ause."
Mr. Dale cited cases to bear out his argument, fold read
tt Opinions of Mr. Lumley anu li.6toue on the soc-
ton (It tao %Viler which ale ptoceedings were taken
to show that they entertained the view he held.
air. Hoiberton replied, and the magistrates (after con-
eUltatiOn) said they considered that the authority Wail
sufficient; Ana as to the other question, whether the pro-
ceettinge before Mr. Freer were ex parte, or wnether the
deftndant should have had notice to attend, they should
restrve fur consideration.

For the defence Mr. Dale called Mr. Charles Wright
de said he was a meat salesman in Birmingham. On
,he 2nd of the month he received ,a consignment of 147
calves from Bristol. They arrived on Friday. and they
killed them for 6,turday's maiket. The 'market was
giutted. Fredrick Preece, his man, slaughered the calves
~p•-,ctors cime evcry day to the slaughter-housJs.
Ta cadvai were huaitby, and perfectly sound. There
vrai uo disease in the c.ilves. He sold twenty to Mr.
tiawkes. lie helped to put them into the cart, and they
were all sound.
‘_ross-extuniued : He knew the calves were all good
They were no more than 40.ba. each in weight. He had
nevsr seen a calf witu a disease. Defendant took meat
to several inatkets in the district. there are some
ilves that 'lout set," althongh they might be perfectiy
wliolesvme. In hia• opinion yea'. that was poor, slimy,
awl sticky WAS fit for t fooU of 1:1!9m.
Frederick PrLece, slansbtermat, said be dressed all
the calves They were in a periectly heal.hy and sound
e,indition. The el4ughter house was open for the in-
spectors who came in that day. The place w..s in fast
open to the public. They were lean, and a little dark,
but go ..d to °A. There was a great deal of veal in Bir-
mingnam that day, and the market ROW glutted.
Jawes Smith, clerk in the meatimarket, said the calves
bouget by Mr. Hawkes, were Whotesuale. The twenty
calves weighed something over fifty score. They were
fair average weight and quality. He tasted some of the
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same quaiity of esti and diati't nava the diarrhcea—
(iaughter). He borkght it cheqper than 40. per lb.
hat VIAI the same price and quity that CArad to Brier.
Icy LLB. There wal plenty of good Teal in Birmingham
at that price.
Hum phrii, driver, said he brought the calves
te tie market, and they were the same as landed in Bir-
mingham.

This was Ihe case for the defence.
After a felt, minutes' consultstion, the Bench said
they had decLied to adjourn the case till the 10th of
May for the a;teadarico of an inspector from Burning.

CASH OF 'WITCHCRAFT.— Maria Templey, an elderly
woman, was charged with obtaining £2 lOs 6, of William
Kendall. From the evidence it appears that complain-
ant resides at Worcester, and in Fehruary last he was at
Bromsgrov,!, and lost his watch. Hearing of the defend •
ant,l went to consult her about him watch. She told
him she could recover it if he would pay her. On W.
13th February he guve her ss. He saw her again on the
27Lh She told him she had not yet found it, and began
to shuffle some cards. He then gave her 7s, when she
tJld him he should have the watch in a few days. He
saw her several times after, and paid her £2 lOs 6d alto-
gether. Prisoner had not given him the watch. Police-
constable Hollins proved appreheraling prisoner. On
chmrging him with the offence, she denied she had ob-
tained the money by false pretences. Prisoner was com-
mitted to Stafford Sessions.

SCHOOL Baann PnosEcunoNs. A.t the Police
Court, o Thursday, before Mr. I. Spooner, Sti-
pendiary, a number of persons were summoned
by Mr. V. Breton, for not sending ...their children
to school, and were fined ss.

ASSAULTING • WOMAN. Jesse Chance was
charged with assaulting Elizabeth Bolton, on the
17th inst.—Complainant, who lives in Mill-street,
said that about eleven o'clock she met the defend-
ant, who had been telling tales about her, and she
struck him on the face. Defendant theft struck
her twice and blackened her eye. Mr. Spooner
to defendant: Look at that woman's ,eye. You
have done that, and it is disgraceful for a woman
to go about like that.—Defendant: She struck me
first and was worse than I was.—Mr. Spooner: I
will not fine you this time, but shall order you to
find sureties to keep the peace and pay costs.
REFUSING TO QUIT. Samuel Shepherd was
charged with refusing to quit the Lion Inn, Words.
by, on the 10th inst.—Charles Beckley, manager,
proved:the case, and defendant was fined 10a and
costs; in default 14 days. William Wilson was
charged with a similar offence, and was fined 10s
6d said costs.

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ASSAULT CASlC.—Mary Ann Evans was charged
with assaulting Elizabeth Clarke, on the 10th
inst.—Complainant, who lives at the Delph, said
that between ten and eleven o'closk she was by
Horse Shoe public-honse, when the defendant
came up to her and struck her on the face, black.
ened ker eye, and made her nose bleed. The de-
ham TWA thot oho caught tho oomplainoat with