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On June 17th, Mrs. Polly Spielsinger, of 11, Mile End Road, was summoned
for causing obstruction in a bakehouse to the siezure of the above unsound eggs.
She was fined £3, with 2s. costs.
On June 17th, Mr. Harry Spielsinger, of 11, Mile End Road, was summoned for
causing a similar obstruction. He was fined £3, with 2s. costs.
On October 27th, five bullocks heads were examined in a shop at 153,
Salmon Lane. Two were found to be tuberculous. The owner, Mr. Philo, was
cautioned. On November 10th, another visit was made to the premises when three
bullocks heads were found to have tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands. In one
case, the gland was four times its normal size and had a slight cut made into it,
This gland was so obviously diseased that a mere superficial examination would
have revealed its condition. The meat was condemned by the Magistrate and
Mr. Philo was on December 15th fined £8, with £2 4s. costs for depositing them for
sale.
On November 3rd, Mr. Albert Moody, of 141, Salmon's Lane, Limehouse,
was summoned for having deposited on his premises a quantity of diseased
meat weighing 55 stone. Mr. Moody's two sons Claude and Frank, were also
summoned for aiding and abetting. The case against Mr. Claude Moody was
dismissed. Mr. Albert Moody was fined £5 with £4 4s. costs, and Mr. Frank Moody,
who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment without the option
of a fine. Although he had made a written statement on September 19th that it
was his brother Claude who had brought the meat to the premises, he on oath stated,
that this was not true, and that he himself had brought the meat to the shop. Mr.
Frank Moody appealed against the sentence, but at the Sessions on January 8th,
1915, the appeal was dismissed with costs against the Appellant.
On December 14th, the carcases of four sheep were seized at 138,
White Horse Street. They were dropsical and emaciated, and quite unfit for human
consumption. Proceedings were taken against Mr. Jacob Goldstein, the owner
of the premises, for having the meat deposited for the purpose of sale, and on January
5th, 1915, he was fined £5, and £2 6s. costs. On the same day Mr. Louis Frankel,
of 2, Whitechapel High Street, was summoned for having sold the meat to Mr.
Goldstein, knowing, or having reason to believe, that the meat was unsound at the
time of sale. He was fined £5 with £2 4s. costs.
Sale of Horseflesh.
On January 24th the meat in a butcher's shop at 160, White Horse Street,
belonging to a Mr. Claude Moody, was inspected. In an ice safe at the rear of the shop a
quantity of horseflesh was found. I cautioned Mr. Moody as to any statement he
might wish to make. He admitted that he had bought the meat from a man who
was a licensed horse slaughterer. The meat was a portion of the carcase of a horse,