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On September 9th, information was received that a number of frozen
carcases of meat which were unsound and unwholesome, had been sold at the
Meat Market and delivered to a shop in our district. The shop was visited
and ten carcases were seized. They were taken to the Police Court and condemned
by the Magistrate. The owner was present, but offered no objection
to have them destroyed, and in fact, admitted that they were bad. 100
carcases had been bought by this butcher, but 90 had been delivered to a shop
situated in another borough. Information was immediately sent to the
officials of this borough, but the carcases had been returned to the vendors,
and surrendered to the officials of the City Corporation, where they were
destroyed. The cold air stores where the above carcases had been taken from,
were inspected, and the rest of the consignment, consisting of 372 carcases,
was seized, and ordered to be destroyed by the Magistrate at Clerkenwell
Police Court.
Police court proceedings were taken against Mr. Harris, of 132, Salmon
Lane, for depositing for sale 10 carcases of mutton which were unsound,
unwholesome, and unfit for human food. The defendant stated that he
bought the sheep after inspecting samples at the cold air stores. He also
proved to the satisfaction of the magistrate, that the carcases that he bought
were not taken from the bulk where he had examined the samples. These 10
carcases had been delivered to Salmon Lane by mistake. They ought to have
been taken to the other shop, where they would be placed in a cold air store,
and each carcase would be thoroughly examined before it would be exposed
for sale. The Magistrate accepted this explanation, and taking into consideration,
that had there been no mistake in delivering them to the wrone shop,
there would have been an opportunity for the carcases to be examined before
they were exposed for sale. The summons was dismissed, but no costs were
allowed.
On October 14th Mr. Frederick Jensen, 67, Cable Street, was summoned
for having in his possession and deposited for sale 255 tins of fruit, salmon,
lobster, and tongues, which were unsound and unfit for human food. He was
fined £10 and £3 3s. costs, or in default one month's imprisonment.
On November 18th 1,382 large tins of preserved cherries, weighing about
7 tons, were seized on one of the wharves and conveyed to the Police Court.
The owners appeared before the Magistrate, admitted they were unfit for
human consumption, but desired the Magistrate to allow them to have the