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"Henry Hoy stated that he was formerly in the employ of
Mr. Ordway, a meat carrier. On October 10th he received a
load of 12 quarters of beef from the defendant's shop at Aldgate
and in conscquence of instructions given him by Mr. Ordway's
foreman he took the 12 quarters to Mr. Nathan's shop and
unloaded them. Mr. Nathan's men brought six of the quarters
out and put them in his van again. The inspectors took the van
to the Council's depot and removed four of the quarters. The
remaining two he delivered to a cat's meat butcher named
Stockton in accordance with instructions he received by
telephone whilst he was at Mr. Nathan's shop.
"By Mr. Ricketts.—Mr. Nathan was not in the shop when
the 12 quarters were delivered. When Mr. Nathan entered he
discarded all those not marked with the kosher mark, and told
him to take them away. He asked over the telephone what he
was to do with the six unmarked quarters, and was told to take
them to Stockton—that those were his orders at the time.
When he delivered two quarters to Stockton, that man asked
him where the other four quarters were. He told Stockton that
the inspector had seized them.
"Questioned by Mr. Topham, the witness said he was not
supplied with a consignment note or delivery sheet of any kind.
"George Edwards, foreman to Mr. Ordway, said he received
instructions as to the delivery of the 12 quarters of beef from a
man at Mr. Moss's shop. Six quarters with the kosher mark
were to go to Mr. Nathan's shop and the other quarters to Mr.
Stockton, who was a cat's meat butcher. After the van had
left he found that proper instructions had not been given to the
carman. The witness produced his order book showing that
the six kosher quarters were booked to Nathan and the others
to Stockton.
A Commission Salesman-
Addressing the Court for the defence, Mr. Ricketts contended
that the evidence was conclusive that a mistake was made with
regard to these hindquarters of beef. Mr. Moss was a
commission salesman receiving meat from different parts of the
country for sale on commission. As a matter of fact, these
particular hindquarters were received by the defendant for sale