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City of Westminster 1910

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847 N. Beef sausages18th MarchMarlborough Street (Mr. Mead)J.E. Taylor, Ltd., 33, Little Pulteney Street.Beef sausages containing 24¼ grains of boric acid per lb.Fined 40s. and 23s. costs.
837 N. Beef sausages18th MarchMarlborough Street (Mr. Mead)George Walker and Francis Walker (Walker Bros.), 47, Glasshouse StreetBeef sausages containing 46 grains of boric acid per lb.Fined 40s. and 23s. costs.
836 N. Pork sausages18th MarchMarlborough Street (Mr. Mead)George Walker and Francis Walker (Walker Bros.), 47, Glasshouse StreetPork sausages containing 29 grains of boric acid per lb.Fined 40s. and 23s. costs.
261 S. German sausage26th MayWestminster (Mr. Horace Smith)Henry Charles Hebard, 3, Lupus Street, S.W.German sausage containing 19.83 grains of boric acid per lb.Fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
312 S. Pork sausages30th JuneWestminster (Mr. Francis)New Irish Direct Supply, Ltd., 94, Victoria StreetPork sausages containing 34.7 grains of boric acid per lb.Fined 20s. and £1 Is. costs.
The defence set up was that the goods were made in Ireland, which rendered this amount of preservative necessary. This defence is not a good one, as the summons was taken out under Section 6 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
124 S.1910. 28th AprilWestminster (Mr. Horace Smith)PORK PIE. S. Frost and Co., Ltd., 202, Kennington Park Road, S.E.Selling at Pimlico Road pork pie containing 9.01 grains of boric acid per lb. (24 grains in the meat portion)Fined 10s. and £3 3s. costs.
The third sample was referred to Somerset House to be analysed by the Government Analysts. The result practically confirmed the analysis of the Council.s Analyst.
—1911. 13tli JanuaryMarlborough Street (Mr. Mead)REFUSAL TO SELL. Jacob Dunn, 28, St. Anne.s Court, W.Refusal to sell milk to InspectorFined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. (See also 263 N.)
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