Table: DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS.
DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS.
Date. | Where heard. | Before whom. | Occupation of Person Summoned. | Defendant's Place of Residence. | Result. |
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1899. | | | | | |
11 Jan. | Guildhall Justice Room | Ald.Sir J.Dimsdale | Grease Boiler | Cottenham, Cambs. | Six months' imprisonment with hard labour |
12 „ | „ „ „ | „ | Farmer | Acton | £10 and 30s. costs |
17 „ | „ „ „ | „ Sir Marcus Samuel | Gardener | Boston, Lincolnshire | £8 and £6 6S. costs |
18 „ | „ „ „ | „ „ | Farmer | Ely, Cambs. | £5 and £44s. costs |
9 Feb. | „ „ „ | „ Vaughan Morgan | Farmer, Butcher,&c. | Lingfield, Surrey | Three months' imprisonment with hard labour |
„ „ | „ „ „ | „ „ | Assistant to above | „ „ | Case dismissed |
15 May | „ „ „ | „ Sir Joseph Renals, Bart. | Army Contractor | Chatham | £50 and £2 10s. costs |
31 „ | „ „ „ | „ Sir Horatio Davies, K.C.M.G., M.P. | Knacker | Bicester, Oxford | £50 and £11 11s. costs |
7 June | „ „ „ | „ Sir Alfred Newton, Bart. | Butcher | Wells, Norfolk | £10 and £3 3s. costs |
9 „ | „ „ „ | „ H.G. Smallman | Farmer | Newton Stacey, near Andover, Hants. | £135 and £3 3s. costs |
27 „ | „ „ „ | „ J. C. Bell. | „ | Bradwell, Essex | £44s. costs |
29 „ | „ „ „ | „ „ | Butcher | Staines | £50 and £3 3s. costs, or one month's imprisonment (went to gaol) |
6 Nov. | „ „ „ | „ Sir Joseph Benals, Bart. | Meat Salesman | Central Meat Market, Smithfield | £5 and £1 1s. costs |
1 Dec. | „ „ „ | „ J. Pound | Dealer | Saw bridge worth, Herts. | £5 and £3 3s. costs |
N.B.—The average of fines and costs in the ten cases fined amounts to £31 17s. 6d. Twenty-five per cent. of the persons convicted were
sent to prison.