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mistake On the part of the carman to deliver the 12 quarters at
the shop.
"Mr. George Fisher, a sanitary inspector in the service of
the Borough Council, gave evidence in support of the summons,
and stated that the four quarters seized from the van were
unsound and unfit for food.
"Cross-examined by Mr. Ricketts, the inspector said he
examined the six kosher quarters delivered at Mr. Nathan's
shop and passed them as sound. The Medical Officer passed
two of the unmarked quarters in the van and condemned the
other four. There were two cuts on each of the unmarked
hindquarters.
"Mr Ricketts.—Do you know it is the custom when meat
is condemned by the wholesale man to cut it?
"Inspector Fisher.—Not in the way these quarters were
cut. It was simply a little notch.
"I don t care what it was. Is it usual in any way to
deface meat which is intended to be sold ?—I should say not.
The Kosher Mark.
"Answering a further question, the witness said the
quarters left with Mr. Nathan bore a mark which was
somewhat blurred, but which Mr. Nathan told him was the
kosher mark.
"Mr. Ricketts suggested that if meat was passed by the
Board of Shecheta that showed it was free from disease.
"Mr. Hopkins disagreed. He thought the kosher mark
was a sign of the mode of death.
"Mr. Ricketts believed that it was also a sign that the
meat was free from disease, but said that question would not
arise in this case, which only referred to the unmarked quarters.
"Dr. George Millson, Medical Officer of Health for
Southwark, said the four quarters seized from the van were
unfit for food. Two were distinctly tuberculous. He did not
see any mark upon them.