The New York herald., 1850-12-25
M PORT ANT MILK CASE,
TIE COW vs.. THE CR0TOx.
Court OF Com mo P,cas.


Before Judge Daily
EDWARD LAuGHMAS VS. DANL ID. HOWARD.
DEC Il The examination of DR.. Gardiner was ueu
milk in its purity. which were cheese sugar water
butter phsepbstes and chloridss post exam
nation sds soms COWS that died in this st
at which Dr. Griseomb aud witnsss attsad.i; III
witness then described the pesrsncs to
such rs he had stated ON the previous day that II
having plosted appearance, but possessing very little
Tat the lungs, teeth, Jaws and iest dis ased
the diseases OF children have spoken Of were
have no doubt by drinking the mis from ths-s
DR. Reed deposed that he i, chemist, and apaly1cd
nutritious parts OF milk are sugar choess butter wit
portion Of earthly and alkaline salts the n,
Ter nutritious rs 1t assists in forming the bone VI
children l apayzed i've samples In 1000 parts %,
country milk, 500 parts water 55 parts butter
parts Gazing or cheesy matter So parts sugar milk
80. 100 phosphate of lime, TO 100 phosphate OF nsgne
Ella cleo phosphate OF iron parts chorid OF pof.sb
90 lOO chloride OF sodium 90 100 soda
ton with the CHEESE; these form the ingredisnss
isr es have been able TO ascertaR Of pure country
milk; Of the swill milk in tour specimens the but
ter was 10 parts of 1000 in specimen Ia
IL in another. and 10 in another there WAS i.rxer
quantity OF the cheesy matter in the disti!ery mil
than In the country milk and less sugar one of IA,
the other two Al ana 40 the tour specimens OF sam
milk showed 500 parts OF loco water the other
$40 sss and sos 1000 parts.
The witness on cross. examination, said that ths
analysis did not thow anything deleterisus swil
milk 1t contains all the ances though In her
proportions which were In the country mis-. IN,
swiil milk is ind gsstble than the pure country
milk.
A witness was called te prove that the oder from
the stables WAS most offensive
Witnesses were called by the plaintiff to prove ths
the cows were fed Tn meal rs we'll Ms swl and that
the milk from cows fed at the distirsry stables vas
good and pure; and butchers, named b smith and
Gallagher deposed that they in the habit bay
ing cattle there and that the meat healthy and
tat.
The following rebutting testimony was taken this
morning on behalf OF defendant
Martin Flanagan examined-Suppies milk; has tried
the dstillery sw milk for three tried
Riders milk for year past
state What is the differences between the swill and
pure milk,
witnes.-Ths pure milk produces half as mush mors
butter as the swil milk ana the butter from the pure
milk is worth four or elk cents pound than
butter produce from the swl think that one quart
of pure milk is worth two aarts OF the swili mix
one feeds them on grain, and meal and hay he also
uses swill lost come cattle lately; lost short
died suddenly; witness buys milk from Rider h. puts
halt water In 1t, and sells IL for pure milk q Do
you put water In the ssil milk 2, A-Certaiply [ do.
"a laugb) Before began to purchase from Rider
never got ak cents quart for my milk; got
more than three and half for 1t. mix Riders milk
with mine and then put In the water; generally put
in to three put any other CON bustsSl.s
In IT chalk, Hour, or any hing else To Juror-I do
not take the cream OF before 1 sell h
Louis Pettelier sxamined-Is . confectionsr for df-
teen yesrswas In Mr. Howards employ ment confec-
tiontr Tor twenty three months about nine years ago.
piled In hotelri is acquainted with the quality
and value OF milk; has used swill and pure milk
third lees than the pure milk, that Is, when the
pure IL worth three cents the sv Is only worth one
witness is swi,s his father kept large dairy and
msnufsctured cheese witness got his experience
there witness lately tried experiment he got ons
quart Of pure milk to which he added quarts OF
water and used it for confectionery he then
got three quarts of swill milk to which he put no
water and applied the latter to the purpose aud
he found that the confectionery made from qusrs
of pure milk was much better than that made tom
the three quarts Of swill milk.
Cross-examined-rhe three quartz of sicp milk
spon which experimental was brought TO my estsb-
bshment by milk man 1 don't know his uams ms
goes about serving milk he did not tell me that 10
iIp or ss o fun 0a sh.a sa,
else II did not appear 10 me there any .ster IN
when 1 was with him Rs ssnsrsliy had good m,is,
but sometimes he used slop milk
George Martin recalled j Has been eonfsctiooer
sent has bad experience In milk witness thinks tbs
difference between the vslue OF pure milk aud that
served by Laug gomAn IL one-third 1 think the pure
milk would be worth three esnts when the sop milk
would not be worth one cent we often had TO send
out tor milk ss could not use Lauxhmsns milk It
Cross examined. I made several com plants about
the badness OF the milk maoe ali the complaints 70
the steward L never made any complaint TO Mr. or
Mrs Howard he was the proper person TO make
the complaint to the steward used sometimes to
laugh NJ me, and ray that it was my FAULT that
the pu ddings were 40 bad and not the fault of the
milk Mr Howard once threatened to discharge me.
james Reed exsmined- employed In the Irving
House, recolects when Laughmsn supplied the milk
there Met plaintiff gt the Irvisg IIouse he asked Wit
ness Tor Dir. Darrsk. the steward IIs then said he
supposed Mr Howard was going TO leave un taking
milk from him. and that 1t too bad that ne should
after be (pain i had got In additional stock but
,uppoted that when Mr. o~ard was up At his stables
he cav some feed before the cows wsieh he did not
like lie said that, In consequences OF the grass run
ming short At the time IL was possible Tor hin to
give the milk good a. he promised but he roulf be
sble to give IL in short time Has not talked with
any one about what he has told here to-day. except
with Mr. HowMds counsel; he talked to him about
Il in the nurses room aud told him what Laughman
had said TO witness Here deponent rested
Luke Pagan recalled on behalf Of plaintiff Witness
got milk occasionally IRON plaintiff, ss~ dn,reDee
bstwesn 1t and what he gets round about in the
nsighborhood. Keeps COWS himself and could saiy
ait ttinguish the milk be buys from that OF his
cows Has solo hundred. OF quarts Of cream raised
from swill milk. Mnk Of cOws fed ON hsy IL riobsr
sna plr.r than that of COWS ted swill; ssil mnx
when mixed l. OF course, det-riorated
Malcolm Mcdrsgor sworn on behalf Of plaintiff. 80
Takes plaintiffs milk, the quality Of Il good Its
quality Of the country milk, because there are dI,
fsreut kiIds Of country milk tor example country
to Amongst the grass, would not use it although
10 would be stin pure country milk. There are some
that give richer milk than others; don't think
there is much difference between the milk ge. from
Lsng hman and the country milk
CrOtr examined i am n distiller and a farmer;
think would prefer the milk produced from COWS fcd
in the country, upon timothy od clover to milk pro
duc ed from CO~s Ted on swl II would depend good
deal however on how The mix was hanoisd wnesner
clsanly otherwise; took milk from LauSh be-
cause though hts coss were kept clean sad the mik
clssbly handled.
rt M ham for thIee years; has al~ays found it salts
factory there s depot OF orange county milk neat
door TO US, We have gives this nka preferences We
have found IL very 'stisaetoryi consulted wth my
wife about a. during the cholera ard she preferred t
children have alsays been heslthy We took s~ih
milk nom another mas iSr four years before oon-
m.ncso tab ing from Laughaan
David Blair, examined for plaintiff -ls dstiileri
saw plaintiff milk several tunes; met him several
time in Wooster street. when he serving Dir nos
ard he stopped witness In the street aud showed him
a., nils witn.ss examined It and considered IL pure
witness thinks ~ ~Orth f01r cents quart Wit.
nsts took pa tieuar notice ofit what witne,s means
BY pure milk that shcb IL taken from the eow aud
strs ned ioto the Kettle without any mixture, aud
without rsferesce 70 What the Gov Il fed on.
Martin Laughnsn recalled and examined for plain-
tin. This Stiffness in reply to question as TO ths
quantity of to be produced by given quantity
OF milk that a. would depsnd TOod deal en
how close they skinmed the mik and In reply t. q
question ou his cross examination he sai that sbat
he undsrt TODD BY pure milk. vas milk which was
taken the and not sdplterated ~ith saer or
any other substance The tssnm0py ON both sides
here closed aud counsel summed mp, after which,