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"I accept the defendant's explanation that this large
"quantity of bad food was the accumulation from time
"to time of consignments which he had, that he might
"have been dilatory in the matter, and that he did con"template
selling that to the manure merchants in order
"that it might be destroyed, and used as manure.
"I certainly think, in conclusion, that this is a matter
"which called for enquiry, especially as the onus, under
"the Act of Parliament, is upon the defendant. There"fore
no condemnation can attach to the local authority
"in putting this case before me with the care and ability
"they have thought proper to employ, and even if a great
"deal of expense has been incurred in this enquiry, the
"ratepayers must not consider it wasted, because it will
"show persons, if there are any persons committing this
"offence, that the Sanitary Authority will not only exercise
"the vigilance which their officers exercise, but that they
"will spare no money and no pains for the purpose of
"properly conducting the enquiry. Therefore, I dismiss
"the summons."
In March last your Inspector called my attention to a carcase
of a cow that was hanging up in a slaughter house in the district;
I examined it carefully and found it had suffered from Tuberculosis,
and was unfit for food. I ordered the owner to have
it sent at once to the horse slaughterers, and I subsequently
received a note that it had been taken there. In this case there
was just a doubt whether the man would have sold it for
human consumption, and so proceedings were not taken
against him.