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the defendants were sent to prison for periods
of from one to three months.
The following are the particulars :—
1. On 5th February, a cattle dealer from
Trowbridge, Wilts, was summoned at Guildhall
Justice Room for sending four quarters of
diseased cow beef to the Central Markets, and
upon conviction was fined £20 and £3 3s. costs.
The Defendant was previously unknown to the
Inspectors.
2. On the 5th February, a butcher from
Salisbury was summoned at the Guildhall
Justice Room for sending the carcase of a
diseased lamb to the Central Markets, and was
convicted and fined £50 and £3 3s. costs. The
Defendant had been cautioned on a former
occasion for the like offence.
3. On the 22nd April, a pork butcher of
Wingrave, near Aylesbury, was summoned at
the Guildhall Justice Room for sending four
quarters of diseased beef to the Central Markets.
Defendant was fined £100 and £3 3s. costs, or
in default one month's imprisonment, which on