The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-06
Judge Heacook Inquiring Into
the Case Against Inspeo-
tor Dockery.
No Seals on the Packages Of Favored
Corn Spirits When Dockery
Bored Them.

Such was the mixture labeled "Pure
California Grape Brandy" which Chief
Food Inspector Dockery attempted to de-
stroy before it was shipped out of this
State on May q of this year.
There were eight blends of this mixture,
amounting to 105 barrels. or 1915 16 tax
the way to London. Added to this were
2400 gallons OF water, gallons OF colorng
matter and 14S gallons of syrup, on which
there is no internal revenue tax. AT 81 so
per gallon. the price at which the stuff
was sold there would be 2400 gallons of
water, which. at 81 &c. would give $432O
for the water alone.
These were the interesting facts pro-
duced Yesterday at the examination of
Chief Food Inspector James P. DocKery
before United States Commissioner Hea-
cock. p J. Dunno appeared ms coun-
sci for the inspector and Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Schlesinger for the Govern
ment. The charge against Mr.. Dockery
was interfering with John II. Wise, Col
lector of the Port, ON the Dist of May of
this year.
Naval Officer Irish and Oscar Lewis
were present, on behalf OF the Manufac-
turers' Association. and took ID UGH inter-
est IN the proceedings. The testimony
did not bring out anything new so far as
Mr.. Dockerv's action in the matter was
concerned. The most intere sting point
in the proceedings was the filing of an ex.
hibit OF the report made by L. Osborne,
storekeeper for the Manufacturers bonde d
warehouse No. l, to DEPUTY Collector
John J. Tobin, dated May IA. The report
states that Orborne had delivered to the
proprietors for manufacture fifteen bar
H.l hra,,
five barrels of spirits from Willow Springs
Colorado. The report then states:
"After the delivery of the goods to the
proprietors on May ii. 1897, they pro-
ceeded to blend or mix the same in a tub
with a capacity OF about 1000 gallons,
using the different ingredients in about
the following proportions:
"l0X bbls. spirits, about sos gals, at 1879
PROOF.
80 bb!s. brandy, about so gals, at 1o4
proof.
'2 quarts coloring-burnt sugar.
"lS% gals. syrup.
'3Oo gals. water.
There were eight blends made produc-
ing los bbis. (S3l5. Is tax gals.). The bar
rels were branded on the heads with stem
Gil and brush as follows:
PURE CALIFORNIA GRAPE BRANDY. U. s.
BONDED MFG WAREHOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO
7 h +. F. ID. 81 B., LONDON, ENGLAND
1.-THE mixture was reported TO me as be-
ing la proof, and is TO be shipped to Lon
don. England, as shown"
The defense took the ground that when
Dockery inserted his auger into the bar
rels of this fake brandy in the Southern
Pacific freight cars the seals of the United
States Custom house had not been placed
on the cars and there was nothing visible
10 show that the goods" were in bond.
This fact Mr.. Dunno succeeded in prov
ing. The other point relied upon is that
the statutes of the United States require
that the signature of the Naval Officer
must be added to that of the Collector of
the Port before any goods can be shipped
from this State to place outside and
that no power, except Congress, has au-
thority to suspend the law, and then only
by suspendlng or repeating it.
The examination will be resumed at 10
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