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on commission. It was discovered as soon as they came on the
premises that they were not fit for sale, and no attempt was
made to sell them, it being decided to send them to a Mr.
Stockton, a cat's meat man. It was not, perhaps, a wise
thing, but they were put in the same van as the meat for
Mr. Nathan. There was no intention on Mr. Moss's part that
this meat should be consumed by human beings, and the quarters
were marked by cutting them to distinguish them from the
kosher meat. Stockton, to whom the quarters were sent, was a
cats' meat man, who only sold meat for consumption by
animals—four-legged animals. The defendant had intimated
to Mr. Stockton by telephone that he was to receive these
six quarters, and whether the inspectors had appeared or not
these hindquarters would have gone to Stockton to be used in
the usual way as cats' meat He submitted that the witnesses
called for the prosecution had confirmed the statement of the
defendant that this meat was not intended for human
consumption.
"Evidence having been given for the defence.
"Mr. Hopkins remarked that he was not quite sure how
far this was the defendant's own responsibility, or how far it
might be a responsibility cast upon him by others, but it was a
very heavy one. He was perfectly sure, after a long experience
of Mr. Ricketts, that he always did the best that was to be done,
and when Mr. Ricketts left the case like this he had no doubt,
at all events, what the real explanation was, The defendant
would have to pay a penalty of £50 and £5 5s. cost."