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warrant prosecution. In the ease of one sample purchased
as coffee it was found to be a mixture containing
60 per cent. of chicory.
With regard to the cases dismissed, in four of these
cases " appeal to the cow " was made by the wholesale
man, and as the herd from which the milk was said to
be drawn were notoriously poor " milkers," the appeal
was successful, only, however, on the farmer promising
to take prompt measures to ensure that the milk sold in
future from his farms should be up to the required
standard. In one case the vendor, a milk hawker, gave
the Inspector a wrong name and address ; the case was
of course dismissed, with 10s. costs against the Council;
similar circumstances were connected with a second
sample, but no costs were granted on either side.
In three cases summonses were withdrawn upon
proof of warranties, and in another the defendant
absconded ; one summons was withdrawn upon a conviction
being sustained in respect of another summons
respecting the same sample, one summons could not be
served by the Police, and the remaining summons was
adjourned for six months, owing to the defendant
having just come out of prison after a series of convictions
for offences against the Acts.