The Archive · 1873

Bad Meat Case

Cav-vu-cmxa, butcher, 351¢ Honan Road, was charged by Mr. Kennedy, Inspector of niarkets, with exposing for sale meat unfit for human food. The Inspector deposed that he found hanging in defendant's shop three fillets of beef and a sirloin, which he regarded as unfit for food and therefore seized. Dr. Henderson, on their being submitted to him, cer-fied that, they. were bad. (Certifcateproduced.) The fillets were such that they could not have been taken from a sound animal. The defendant admitted having been previously convicted for the same offence, and was now fined $20.

Wonc-a-cuuy and Cwaxa-a-ure were charged with stealing coals from a cargobost, 'Thos. Willings, of the River Police, deposed that he observed the defendants' leaving cargo-boat with two piculs of coals. It appeared on enquiry that Wong was an innocent boatman, whose craft had been made uso of, and he' was therefore dismissed; but 8 Chang could not satisfactorily, acquit for the coal being in his possession, he was sentenced to one week's imprisonment.

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