Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-15
The OIeomargarine Gases.


| INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS IN THE POLICE COURT
Richard T. Hudson and Hezekiah Waple COM
mission merchants, doing business on Louisiana
avenue, near 10th street, were called for trial fn
the Police Court to-day, to answer a charge Of
having In their possession, and exposing for sale,
ana on the 18th or last month selling to John
Douglass substance having a scmbl lnce or but
ter. called oeomargarine, the name OF "oleomar-
on the same, as required by ieH. Messrs Eppa
Hunton and +. Il. Fall appeared for the DEFEND
ants.
Mr.. Hunton made motion to quash the inform
atiOn Oh the ground that the statute under which
the charge was brought provides that the penalty
shall be recovered by 'fndictmenL" AS indict-
ments are found by grand juries, and th.re is no
grand jury in this court, therefore, the informa-
don should be quashed.
although the Statute reads that the penalty shall
be recovered by ''indictment," COngress-oi which
was member at the time the law was enacted
d1d not intend to enact an ambiguity, and as this
court has Jurisdiction In all lnisdemeanors, Of
OF which this case is one, it is plain that Congress
intended this case to come under the jurisdiction
OF this court Ar; Moore quoted several
authorities to sustain his position.
Mr. HuntOn replied that although he was q
member of Congress at the time this statute was
eGnac1sd, G, ne & would @ be the last man to say that
The court suggested that the defence could re-
serve their rights as to the point of Jurisdiction
ana let the case be tried, which was agreed to.
TESTIMONY IN THE CASE.
John Douglass was the flrst witness called and
| testified that he is q grocer at No. 446 street
northwest, and has been In the habit OF buying
butter from the Defendants, and on the 2sth of
Fenruary M ne bought seven pounds Of butter from
butter, and which turned out to be oleomargarine
Arthur Schatz testified to buying half pound
OF butter from MI. Douglass store and suspecting
that 1t was oleomargartne, and thinking that Mr..
Douglass had been imposed upon, took the article
swore out warrant against the Gefendants. .whom
| he knew sold the article to Douglass
Several other witnesses testified to buying oieo-
margarine from the defendants.
AT this point In the case the defence informed the
court that their clients had not been arraigned and
plea Of gS Be
| and the case proceed. DR.: E. J. DeSlnedt,
chemist for the District, was called as witness
and gave the results OF an analysis that he made
OF the alleged butter that was sent to him. by the
health officer for that purpose He stated that he
substance resembling lard: that it was what is
known as "butterine," and is not pure butter.
THE DEFENCE RAISED THE POINT
that the government had not proved that the
butter that the chemist analyzed was the but
ter sent to the health Office and the case was con-
unued until tomorrow morning, at 10 O'Clock, for
the government to produce witnesses through
whose hands the butter passed, to prove this fact
Commodore Glasson's Funeral.
NEW YORK, March 15-The funernal OF the late
Commodore John j. Glasson. U. S. Navy, took
place this morning from the Church OF ST John
the Evangelist, and was largely attended.
Philadelphia M. e. Conferences.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March l5.-The opening ses-
sion of the Philadelphia M. E conference Was be-
gun this morning In Paul street N. 4. church,
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