The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-12
PLEA GUILTY.
FINED $4,000
Burlington Rendering Com
pany Sold Bad Meat
"a DIFFERENT COUNTS
In Imposing Sentence Judge Hall Stated
That He Is in Favor Of Vigorous
Enforcement Of the Pure
Food Laws.

Burlington, March 12-The eases
against the Consolidated Rendering com
pany, growing out of the four indict.
ments found against the corporation by
the grand jury at the September term II
Chittenden county court, came up yester.
day afternoon when the session Of court
was resumed The company was rep
resented by R. n. Brown and j.. j. En-
right. A plea Of guilty to the four IN
dictments was made and fines agrregat-
ing $4,000 and costs were imposed.
Attarney General G. G. Fits, who was
in court, said the company had asked
HIM what the probable penalties wouIl
be in case pleas Of guilty were entered.
Mr.. Fits indicated that the state would
be satisfied with the imposition Of sub.
stantial penalties MIR. Fits further
stated that the indictments against L. Il.
Brigham were identical with the Others
and he suggested that the cases against
Mr.. Brigham BE- mol pressed ii the court
accepted the pleas OF guilty.
Attorney Brown, for the rendering
company, suggested that 1t would be diff
iicult to obtain conviction under some
of the indictments Tie thought in case
a plea Of guilty was entered to each Of
the indictments that fines aggregating
S2,5n0 would be sufficient.
The pleas Of guilty were entered early
IN the afternoon. Judge Hall said he
would take into consideration the fact
that the company pleaded guilty. but
that the court was in full sympathy with
the pure food laws He intimated that
the penalty imposed would not be a light
one,
Before court adjourned announcement
was made al the fines ia the respective
cases. To the first Indictment, that Of
selling COWS affected with bovine tuber.
eulosis, the company pleaded guilty to
two counts a fine OF $500 and costs
was imposed.
To the second Indictment. that Of sell.
ing diseased meat, the company pleaded
guilty 10 10 counts A line Of ST 900
and costs was imposed
10 the third indictment, that 0f hav.
ing in possession the meat az calf.uu-
der four weeks old with intent to send
the same out of the state for family
use, the company pleaded guilty to 20
counts. a fine Of 81 900 and costs was
imposed
TO the fourth Indictment, that Of hav-
ing in possession the meat Of calf un-
der 4 weeks old with intent to SELL the
company pleaded guilty to two counts.
a fine Of 5000 and costs was imposed.
In imposing fines, Judge Hall reiterat-
cd his previous statement that the court
was in favor Of the vigorous enforce
ment of all of the pure food laws. He
said he realized the important questions
which might have been raised under some
of the indictments as well as the ex-
pense to the state in TRYING the cases.
and he also took into consideration the
fact that the company pleaded guilty.
IN each of the cases against the rem
dering company and IN each Of those
against Mr.. Brigham there were about
100 counts All OF the other counts ia
the eases against the company and the
four cases against Mr.. Brigham viii BE
mol pressed upon the payment Of the
fines and costs imposed yesterday Such
will be made either today or
tomorrow