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City of Westminster 1906
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| 16th November | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Elizabeth Day, 1 and 3. Artillery Row, Westminster | Selling cream containing 40*28 grains boric acid per lb. (611 S) | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
| 30th November | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Charles Thos. Cowley, 229, Knightsbridge | Selling cream containing 52*066 grains of boric acid per lb. (641 S) | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
| 30th November | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Williamson Brothers, Palace Street | Selling cream containing 23548 grains boric acid per lb. (580 S) | Summons dismissed with £3 3 s. Od. cost against the Council (third portion of sample was sent to Somerset House, Mr. Stokes, a Public Analyst, having stated that the amount of boracic acid in the cream was less than 17| grains per pound). |
| 7th December | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | George Hardy, 143a, Ebury Street | Selling cream containing boric acid 22*89 grains per lb. (679 S) | Warranty j) roved. Summons dismissed. |
| 7th December . | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | William Davies, 6, West-bourne Street | Selling (ream containing boric acid 2975 grains per lb. (684 S) | Fined £2 and 12.?. 6d. costs. |
| 1906. | BUTTER. | |||
| 15tli February | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Samuel Ede, 29, Beak Street | Selling margarine for butter (48 N) | Fined £2 and £1 costs. |
| 16th February | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Thomas Hinley and Charles Hinley (trading as Hinley Bros.), 10, Regent Place | Selling as butter an article containing 72 per cent, of foreign fat (15 S) | Fined £3 and 12.?. 6d. costs. |
| 23rd February | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Mary Ann Brookes, 41, Wood Street | Butter, 3'1 per cent, excess of water (23 S) | Fined £1 10-9. and 12?. 6d. costs. |
| 14th June | Marlborough Street (Mr. Plowden) | Louisa Carn, 46, Carnaby Street | Selling as butter an article which contained 50 per cent, of margarine (382 N) | Fined 10?, and 32-?. 6d. costs. |
| 24th June | Westminster (Mr. Horace Smith) | Mark Briggs, 29, Moreton Street | Butter containing 60 per cent, of foreign fat (410 S) | Fined 5s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 25th June | Westminster (Mr. Horace Smith) | Samuel Gascoigne, 16, Sussex Street | Butter containing 82 per cent, of foreign fat (444 S) | Fined £1 and 12s. 6^. costs. |
| 5th October | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Thomas Jones, 26, Broad Street | Selling margarine as fresh butter (746 N) | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |