Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-11

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F. stiles with short weight and hav-
ing exposed in their stores canned and
package goods on which the weight
had not been marked conspicuously on
| the outside as the law directs, were
called up before Judge John II. Barnes
| nj the city court Friday morning. The
/ charges grew out OF an Inspection
made by the two state inspectors dur
| ing the last week in August and in
/ the majority they were Of a technical
| nature. The method pursued by the
| inspectors was that commonly used
| by such officers of the law. In tes-
| tifying in one OF the cases inspector
Fem said that none of the stores are
picked out ahead of time but that they
| just start in on one street and visit
every store on that street. Following
4 their usual method Inspector Fem
goes into the store and asks for a
pound of butter, lard or other COM
modify and upon receiving his pur-
chase pays the price asked. While
/ he is making the purchases Officer
| Stiles remains outside the store with
! a pair of sensitive scales. Oh1cer
1 Fein generally starts out of the store
going as far as the door when hescalls
Officer Stiles and the two then APP
| proach whoever made the sales and
| after explaining who they ere they
proceed to reweigh the purchased ar
| ticles in the majority Of cases, first
| on the proprieor's scales and then on
| their own. If the articles are found
wanting in weight the proprietor is so
| informed and the purchases ere tax
! en-along to be used as exhibits when
the cases are called. According to
| Officer Fein a thorough examination
/ Of the stock, packages, canned goods
| and bottles is made to ascertain is
/ any Of those articles are being offered
for sale minus the weight markings.
Explained Shortage.
/ In the majority of cases the short
| age was shown to be very small and
in several cases was due to the fact
that the butter or lard mad been
| weighed in trays, the clerks not hav-
ing made allowance for the weight of
the tray which, in the case of wood
en- trays, is about 1915 Of an ounce.
However in one of the stores where
butter and lard was purchased the
butter was shown to be l 3-16 ounces
short. This purchase was made of a
clerk in the absence of the proprietor
and was weighed on q scale on which
only ounces are shown, fraction OF
an ounce not being Indicated The but
ter is usually weighed in tine tray in
which a piece of thin butter paper Is
first placed but as the clerk was un-
able to find any of this thin paper
he used common piece Of wrapping
paper for that particular sale and Of
course that accounted for the butter
was weighed directly in the tray and
then piece of paper was placed ovel
1t before it was wrapped up for the
customer.
This purchase was found to be lack.
Ing Ills ounces. In one Of the case:
where a store proprietor vas charged
with selling a pound of lard lis of ar
ounce short, Judge Barnes ruled thai
the difference was so small that an al.
lowance ought to be made ard tbs
case was nolled.
At one of the stores visited, the of.
hcers after finding butter Dnd bear
purchases correct in weight, assed ri
hour or SO cruising about the shelves
and succeeded in finding n dozen o.
more packages Of pumpkin which
weight. One of these they have pur
chased and took along as an exhibit
Sardines and bottled pickles were ais,
found lacking exterior weight mark
ings and few OF each were confiscat
ed.
Labels Fallen OF.
The manager of the store who ha,
been in charge but a few months SAT-
that the goods in question had BEEF
! purchased some months ago and tina
: he was not in the least aware that h
! was selling them unlawfully. He ais
l said that after the officers had com
! pleted their inspection he found SINAI
paper labels on which the weight APP
peared on some of the sardine can
but that they had rolled up md falle
of. These were inside the shin pape
] wrappings and on the tin gans. 9th
ers were found on the shelves loose
this going to show that the cans ha
been marked at one time.
Tho butter which was purchased q
this store was weighed in tissue pape
D without a tray and the weight wa
found correct. The officers returne
the butter and received their none
> back. Ohicer Stiles in testifying sal
they gave down weight at this stor,
At West Side store the officers pur
chased lard IA ounces short. bu
D beans which they bought there wer
D found to be overweight.
Two GreenevilIe Groeers,
= In Greeneville the officers purchase
i lard slightly overweight, butter tha
was o. K, but they were sold bean
which were Is lilo cubic inches or fou
! | ounces in weight under a quart The
paid Is cents for the beans. The can
ned goods in the store were examine
and found all right.
Another Greeneville grocer wa
charged with selling a quart of bear
under measure. The proprietor sal
that was the first time that he ha
n sold beans by measure and that ii
. measure used was an old one. TT
measure was used as an exhibit.
this store the officers said they aske
for a pound Of butter and received II
pound less than two ounces. This wa
. accounted for very plausibly by IL
. proprietor, who said that when IL
. butter was weighed it was overweigl
and that when the clerk was cuttir
, off the difference the big knife slippe
and a piece Of butter fell on the foe
The butter on the scale then weighs
" under a. pound. but the purchase
were charged for only what they &c
Butter was 3s cents a pound and IL
officer paid but 35 cents for his pu
Y chase.
% Scale Had just Been Broken.
r. A butcher was presented on Il
:. charge Of having a scale in his DO
session which was three ounces IA
II and which he used to weigh out me;
Ie sold to a customer ON Boswell avenu
: The officers found the scale in ii
butchers wagon while he was sellir
/ on Boswell avenue and after tell3r
him that the scale was wrong tn,
n took it away to be presented as ev
4 | dence.
e In court the man, through an int
prefer, explained the defect in the sea
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