Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-08-28

MYSTERIES or THE SAUSAGE TRAnr.-At a
/ London police court. Edward \ Cousins.
/ described as wholesale manufacturer of
| sauSases. carrying on hu~ine~- at Duncan
/ Steam Works, Duncan road. Broadway.
| Hackney. attended before Mr. Blshhy upon
| q summons charging linn wiki hayiag in his
| possession and intending u sell for human
/ food a quantity Of unwhole-omc meat. Mr..
Ellis. yeStrv clerk for Hackney parish. sup
/ ported tie summons Mr.. Eicsett- defend
cd. William Lewis, chief sanitary iu~pec-
tor Cor Hackney parish, said that on the =
instant be visited the premises Of the de-
ienGant, large mandatory. with boiler
and steam machines tar the manufacture Of
sau~ageS, ~lyeloys, etc. lie found a guam
tity of beef on the boards and men engaged
in cutting it up and putting it in cans for
the boilers before being sent 10 the chopin.
machines. The meat -melt strongly of ply
sic. and the men said it wa- not fit 10 be
made up for food. The defendant. when
asked atout it, said that witness could do
what be liked with it. The medical officer
was sent Tor. the meat was examined. and
twenty pieces were seized and condemned by
Mr.. iianuay AZ this court The twenty
pieces consisted OF what was known a.
''clo1~" and ''stickins~" and tie flank parts
of the body. There was go or 80 pieces on
the boards. bat not all aS bad Us the meat
seized. One OF the latter pieces when cut
into disclosed large ahses-. la cross-ex-
examination the witness said that the meat
was II the hack Of the premises, and any
person entering would not see much of it,
lie could not sly what ''physic' the meat
-meit Of. Witues, had never seen meat in
such condition before The ulcer might
not have been seen before it wa, cut into.
but he thought that veterinary surgeon
mast have known Of its existence. William
Thomas, sanitary inspector, gave corroblra-
tive evidence. and in Dissemination said
that the meat. even If it mad been packed
for some time in the hot san. would not
have presented the appearance il dId. Ii
WIS Wet and illhhy. and -me.i most dread
folly. Witness had had no previous know
ledge Of meat. Mr.. John William IriTc.
meiica. officer of health for Hackney di~-
trict, dcpo~cl, that az a quarter-pI~t five ON
the evening ot the l~t instant. BE went up
% inspect the meat. The smell WIS 50 hor-
rih.e that he became quite III. It was said
hy the men that if hco'Hcer- had NOT come
20 the place the whole of II would in few
minutes have leen pat into the machines.
The witnc~- hal never experienced 50 hor-
rihlr "a smell james Peak. butcher of
High street, Breu-iorl. was them called.
Nr. Eli- informed the magistrate that It
WAS understood thi- witness had kept ont
Of the way. and had come % the c1ar, for
thc defence. The witness. in answer 10 the
question. said he Thought the meat was only
''iiah'y' through hcin. packed. All the
smell IL emitted was in consequence Of tie
heat. and could have been washed away in
salt and water. lie admitted that the
had an ulcer. but said that if
that bad been cleanly eat away the rest of
the meat would have been fit u eat. In re-
ply to Mr.. Ba~hby. he Sad that was the cu.-
tom of his trade. and if II were not done a
good many Joints would be thrown away. /
Nr. Ricketts,. for the defence, said the ul-
Ger was not seen externally. and the hut /
weather accounted for the "muc.y'' and /
'.illlhy" state of the meat nIountcdly :
the meat waS inferior, but Che price of the /.
forbade the idea that they were
made of the best material. Two witnesses |
were called. one icing the defendant car /
man. the other the market porter who I
carried the meat Both Of them said that /
they had tasted the meat. The defendant
was intoxicated before he arrived home. bat /
was sober when in the market. Mr.. Rick |
etts then proposed to call the salesman in
the market and sanitary inspector. for which |
purpose he asked an adjournment. Alter /
some discussion the case was adjourned for /
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