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City of Westminster 1905

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5th JanuaryWestminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett)Thomas Francis, 23, Moreton StreetSelling butter which contained 81 per cent. of foreign fatFined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs.
19th JanuaryWestminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett)Thomas Francis, 23, Moreton Street82 per cent. of fat other than butter fatFined £5 and £2 2s. costs.
26th. JanuaryMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)John Phillips, 3, Grosvenor StreetSelling butter containing 55 per cent. of margarineFined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
26th JanuaryMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)C. Staples, 5, Walkers Court, SohoSelling butter containing 10 per cent. of margarineWarranty proved. Summons dismissed.*
*The merits were not gone into on the warranty being proved, but it was stated by the defendant that Mr. Hehner had analysed his part of the sample and certified it pure.
1905.MARGARINE (and Improperly Labelled).
5th MarchWestminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett)Richard Henry Bees, 8, Strutton GroundExposing for sale margarine without attaching label to each parcelFined £3 and and £1 5s. costs. Previous convictions were admitted by the defendant, but the Magistrate declined to inflict a heavier penalty.
7th AprilWestminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett)Thomas Evans, 33, Church Street, OamberwellExposing for sale margarine without label at 27, Marsham StreetFined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs.
5 th MayMarlborough Street (Mr. Chapman)Lewis Manzoni, 22, Lisle StreetSelling margarine without proper wrapperFined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
14th AugustMarlborough Street (Mr. Denman)C. A. Lewis, 284, Ladbroke Grove, Notting HillDealing in margarine in an open package which was not branded as required by the ActFined 5s. and 2s. costs.
26th OctoberMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)J. R. Morris, 35, Lisle Street, Soho, W.Selling margarine in a plain wrapperFined £5 and 12s. Qd. costs.
DUTCH CHEESE.
18th MayBow Street (Mr. Marsham)Peark's, Ltd.Selling at 8, Walker's Court, Dutch cheese containing water 55.4 per cent., fat 2.8 per cent., case in mineral matter, &c., 41.8 per cent.Summons dismissed, with £20 costs against the Council.
18th MayBow Street (Mr. Marsham)Mrs. DannSelling at 4, Bond Court, Dutch cheese containing water 58.8 per cent., fat 6.6 per cent., case in mineral matter, &c., 34.6 per cent.Summons dismissed, without costs.