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APPENDIX I.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
During the year, 14 summonses were heard in
respect of nuisances, with the following results :—
Withdraw n on payment of costs amounting to :—
£110 10
Nuisance Orders obtained with costs amounting
to :—
£5 5 0 1
£2 2 0 3
Other legal proceedings are summarised in the
following list :—
Legal Proceedings, 1935.
No. of
Sample
in
F. and
d.a.
cases
Date
Offence or Occasion
Result
056
9th Jan.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act
Selling milk 16.6% deficient in fat.
No fine
Costs £4 4s. Od.
700
13th Feb.
Selling whisky 8% deficient in proof
spirit
Dismissed on
payment of Costs
£7 7s. Od.
525
5th Mar.
Selling milk 33% deficient in fat.
Dismissed, (warranty
proved).
47
6th Mar.
Selling milk 6.6% deficient in fat.
No fine
Costs £2 2s. Od.
52
12th Mar.
Selling vinegar 12.3% deficient in
acid.
Dismissed (warranty
proved).
73
20th Mar.
Selling strawberry jam containing
20 parts per million excess of S02.
Dismissed (warranty
defence).
do.
do.
Do. do. (wholesale)
Dismissed, warranty
given more
than 6 months
before offence.
—
18th Mar.
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1928
Removal of aged and infirm person
to hospital.
Order made.
—
12th Apl.
Removal of aged and infirm person
to hospital.
Order made.
127
17th Apl.
Public Health (Preservatives in
Food) Regulations
Selling raspberry jam containing
25 parts per million excess of S02
Dismissed. Costs
2s. Od.
do.
do.
Do. do. (wholesaler)
No fine
Costs £10 10s. 0d.