The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-27
IMPURE MILK
Dealer Denies Alleged
AduIteration.
Driver lanbo of Star barry Charged
With Mixing Irish Moss With
LacteaI Fluid.

OeIOfe Judge WILCOX occupied the en-
tire forenoon yesterday and will be
continued again this morning IN the
hnal hearing of the last witnesses for
the defence. At noon yesterday j. A.
counsel for the defendant,
asked that the case be continued until
the defense had an opportunity to en-
ploy competent chemist to make an
analysis of the milk remaining from
DR.. ShOrey's experiments. The sample
Of milk in question was contained in a
small bottle. and was offered as an eX-
hibit by the prosecution, and was al
legged to contain a solution of Irish
moss used by milk dealers for thick
ening the milk in the containers.
Judge Wilcox replied that he did
lOt see his way clear to grant the mo-
tiCn, as the defense had had sufficient
time TO prepare, while the prosecu
ton argued that after the testimony
was all in. and the case ready to go to
the Judge for his decision, it was not
within the Courts province to grant
counsel an opportunity to prepare a
new defense.
II am not going to grant continu-
ances to enable defendants to get up
defenses," said Judge Wilcox. 1T isn't
right. You said you were ready for
trial when We started in on this case
The prosecution has put up it's whole
case. No, 1t isn't right to grant you a
to go off on a fishing ex-
cursion to see what evidence you can
get, or make up a defense, for any
thing l know"
Attorney Magoon asked for a con-
tinuance until this morning in order
that the defendant could make his reg
ular rounds with the afternoon milk.
as there was no other driver Consid-
cradle argument was occasioned by
the request, ending with its being
granted. The manager of the Star
Dairy, who employed Lanbo, together
with all his employees, will be placed
on the witness stand today, and says
he will show that the adulterating SOL
id. commonly called Irish moss, could
not have been used in the milk.
The principal testimony for the
prosecution came from DIR. Shorey. the
Government food inspector, and MS as
sistant, Mr.. Myhre, the latter being the
official who collects samples of milk
upon the formers order.
Mr.. Myhre testified that on the
morning of April goth he had obtained
a sample from a can of milk as the
driver was about to deliver il TO a
Chinese restaurant at the corner OF
Alakea and Queen streets. The process
was illustrated by the exhibition of
the tubes used. The milk thus obtain
ell was placed in a small glass jar in
the presence OF the driver and a glass
lid placed over it. 4 tag giving the
name of the driver, dairy and restaur-
ant, and the time and place, was in
serted under a wire clasp on the jar,
and within an hour and a half the jar
was in the hands OF DR.. Shorey. Mr..
Magoon endeavored to chow that the
long tube used in obtaining samples
from the large milk containers was in
a dirty condition and that the impuri-
ties might have come into the milk by
passage through this tube. He also
tried to show that the assistant in
spector may have gotten the jars and
labels mixed and that the Star Dairy
was therefore not the one which should
have been charged with the dfense.
DR.. Shorey's evidence was to the eff
feet that in the sample given him, pur-
porting to be Star Dairy milk, a solu-
ton originating from Irish moss had
been found. The moss is for the pur-
pose Of thickening the fluid and giving
ii a rich appearance when diluted with
water. He stated that the sample also
showed that il was below the stan
dard of milk which is II per cent pure,
while the sample showed only about
lib. Tubes containing 10 per cent
solution of water and Irish moss and
a similar quantity containing filtered
water, together with a tube containing
the sample as analysed, were produced
by the prosecution to show the thick
ening quality of the moss.
The Star Dairy was not alone In the
use of Irish moss, DR.. Shorey emphat-
ically stated. But in his analyses OF
other dairy milk he had not sufficient
evidence to bring the cases into Court.
All the diaries had been advised by
letter not to make use of the moss.
The Star Dairy was the first he had
obtained sufficient evidence against to
make a clear case. A sample taken
ON April 10 was unsatisfactory, and
therefore a second one was obtained on
the morning of the goth, with a re-
sulting summons for arrest of the
driver who delivered the milk.
Driver Lanbo's testimony had little
weight in the defense, except to bring
out the statement that he personally
knew nothing of the adulteration
charged nor OF any appliances TOT
making the moss solution.
Magoon denied that any evidence
had been produced to show that Irish
moss had been used to adulterate the
milk. And Deputy Marshal Chilling
worth said that no evidence had been
brought out to show that moss had not
been used, except as to witness Lanbo,
who testified he did not put it personal
ly in the milk. Magoon he claimed, as
a director of the Star company, was de-
Tending the case from personal stand
point. Magoon replied that he was en-
deavoring to shield the reputation of
the dairy company and his denial was
made on that ground.
Judge Wilcox allowed the case to be
continued until this morning on motion
of Magoon in order to allow driver
Lanbo to deliver his afternoon supply
of milk which would take him from !