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London, England, 1818-05-21 00:00:00

L4W INTELLTGENCIL

COURT OF CHANCERY, LINCOLN'S-ISM
MAT 20.
BElure his Humour the Vice-Citioceettoe.
The Cou►t was occupied in hearing motions, of
no interest except to the parties concerned.
Ills flouone intimated to the Bar, in the course
of the thy, that he imuld hear Bankrupt Petitions
on Mondays and Tuesdays during the nest Term.

ADULTEKATING HUMAN FOOD.

BOARD OF EXCISE, MAY 20.

The following eases were beard sad determined this day,
before Lord George Seymour, Mr. Serjeant Moldy, and the
Mow Auguste• Phipps, Comnsistinwers of Excise.
They were instituted by the Word of Excise against the
parties. for hawing in their possession large qsautittes
of
fsbrinttud coffee, made of burnt horse-beans, pease, lit. and
fur selling the pante fur genuine coffee.

THE KISH V. SHAIE.
Mr". Elisabeth Snare, grocer, and dealer in tea and toffee,
Clare-street, Clare market, was charged with having a quan-
tity of imitation cofe in her posoessios, sod with being I.
the practice of selling the same.
Charles Henry Lord, an officer belonging to the Excise,
stated, that he went to the Defendant's honse on the 28th
of February last, and wpm' searehiag it he found 28
pound, of ham pease and beams, which were' armful, mai
had the appearance of ei•ff,e. He asked the LS•fcnitsni what
she did with it she said that she sold it, and that she milted
one pound of it with three pounds of coffee, and the POlll the
same for pare coffee. She did it in ronaefieenee of he?
neighbours underselling her in their sugars; and to be able
to &sinew of her ang irs at their priers, she wu compelled
10 adulterate other *Elicits. She odd him that it was she
practice of the principal grocers about her neighbourhood
to do the same.
The articles seized by the shove witaesa, were viewed by
the Commissioners, atid an Examiner belonging to the
Hoard ; she latter deposed, that it was chiefly burnt pram,
beans, and grail., and it was an imitation of coffee.
The Dsfrudaut was couvieted in the penalty of bO/.

TIIE RING r. PEARSON.

•
Mr. Pear!lon. grocer, and dealer in tee, entree, Ike le
IVelitminotrr-lbidge-road, near Lnmlwth Marsh Gate, was
charged as follows :
Charles Henry Lord, en officer belonging to the Eerier,
said, that on the 214 of April be went to the D..ferolaiit'a
Norte, and (111111,1 twenty six p panels of burned peal/ and
'wens which lied been ground, and resembled toffee The
Daintiest lipid him that be hail Fold it u cheap coffee for
clean) years. Ile oohed the Del...intent when hr first entered
his house. if he had any ouch thing es vegetable powder' he
that lie hail, and brought a drawer, eoniainiog seven
pounds of burins, beano, Are. ground. lle then infiwisied
him that he we. an Excise Officer,anil that be must seize all
he bad ; he declared upon his know that lie bail no more of
the veg. table powder in his linage. Upon hiog, how-
ever, br found nineseea pounds more of the burned beans in
bags. 'Elie lblendent told him that be was Orbit d to
mix the power with the toffee, or be should not be able to
sell with the grocers is his neighbourhood.
11* imitation coffee seised' by the enliven was produced,
and • xamierd by the proper officer, whip dvpipeeit that it
tunsioted of pease and brans and resembled coffee in its
appearance,
The Defendant was convicted in the penalty of Mi.

THE WINO V. SHF.RBY.

Robert Sher►y, dealer in coffee, Ser. residing at Rother.
Lithe, was charged with the same offence as the above
p►rsona.
Robert Pearson, an Excise officer, stated, that he went to
the house of the Defeadiust, and purchased an ounce of
coffee, fur which be paid three-halfpence (witness pro-
duced the stuff he purchased); he examined it, and
fonn.l it was part coffee and burnt beano. He asked
the Defendant is he bad any vegetable powder, sod he said
that he had, and *hewed about 16114 (which witness pro.
dared) of it, and said that he mixed it with coffee, to sell
to poor people at a low price.
The Defendant said, that be did not sell the burnt henna,
otherwise vegetable powder, for coffee, but merely as vege-
table powdev; Meseta' it for one penny an ounce, and he did
not mix it with coffee.
Cainamissioner--. How do you account fir the one ounce
of roffre purchased of you by Pearson, being adulterated
with burnt beans and pease?"
Defendant—" I sm in the practice of grinding the vege•
table powder in the same mill that I grind my coffer."
ennimissiourr—" And sometimes you ground them both
together ?"—(.4 laugh. )
Defendant—" Whets I ground the coffee for Mr. Pearson,
which I did while Mr. P. was in my shop; I suppose there
was some of the vegetable powder remaining in the mill.
I did not know that I was acting illegally by keeping we.
getable powder on my premises."
This Defendant was also convicted in the penalty of 50/.