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REFUSAL TO SERVE.
The next case is one in which a dairyman, whose
proceedings had been under observation by Mr. Weeks
and his assistant Saunders in the very early mornings of
several days, point blank refused to serve a sample of
milk for analysis on the same being demanded.
He had been seen serving this self-same milk to
various customers from the vessel from which the sample
of milk was required, but, for reasons best known to
himself, the tradesman refused to serve the officer.
This transaction throws a further interesting light
on the efficiency of the Act regarded as a means for the
protection of the public. The maximum penalty for
refusing to serve is only £10, which sum cannot be
increased, and as the dairyman had the following proceedings
already standing to his credit, it is quite easy
to see that, for him to pay £10 for refusing to serve an
official sample was, in face of his past record, not only
a wise thing to do, but presumably a good investment.
The following table gives this man's record within fairly
recent years.