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[1910
utensils:—A churn marked " C. & G. Prideau, Shillingstone Station." A milk
barrow in course of repair marked "The Gallow Park Dairy Co., No. 9;" a
milk barrow and churn marked " The Express Dairy." There was also a card
on the handle inscribed " W. Wood, Shardess Square, Old Kent Road."
On prosecuting further inquiries in the vicinity of Morgan's alleged
address, Mr. Burrell was informed by a milkman that Morgan was an assumed
name, but that the man's real name was Welch. The inspector next visited
75, Blackfriars Road, which is a common lodging house, and was informed
by the deputy manager that they had no lodger of the name of Morgan. On
returning to the office, Mr. Burrell had the records examined and found the
following entries against a man named Welch, whose description answered to that
of Morgan:—
Selling as milk (skim) adulterated with 11 per cent. of added water.
May 6th, 1896. The defendant was fined £2 and 2s. costs.
Using threatening language to inspector. Bound over in the sum of £5
to keep the peace for three months.
Selling adulterated milk (56 per cent. of added water) at Albany
Cottages, Essex Road, on April 23rd, 1902. Fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs;
in default of distress two months' imprisonment. The defendant absconded
and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was arrested more than two
years later at Willowbrook Road, Peckham, on Thursday evening, October
20th, 1904, and as he did not pay the fine went to prison.
Morgan is only an alias for Welch, and, indeed, it is a notable fact that
when he was sampled in 1896 and 1902 he adopted exactly similar tactics
of obstruction and of gathering a crowd.
The Public Analyst certified his milk as adulterated with 17 per cent. of
water, and as to 74 per cent. of its fat abstracted.
A summons was duly served at his address, but in serving it the greatest
difficulty was experienced by the Warrant Officer, who, accompanied by
Inspector Burrell, went on two occasions in the early morning, between 4 and 5,
to Camberwell. Persons in the house denied that either Morgan or Welch
were living in it, and, indeed, it was only on the second day that an admission
was obtained from a woman, who, it turns out, is Welch's daughter-in-law, that