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District No. 2.
Baker, William 144, Brick-lane.
Gregory, George. 291, Cambridge-road.
Kingston, Ann 360, Bethnal Green-road.
Lissenden, John 1, Essex-street.
Long, John 2, Essex-street.
Mason, George 416, Bethnal Green-road.
Meadway, George 354, Bethnal Green-road.
Payne, John 125, Brick-lane.
Pollard, James 124, Bethnal Green-road.
Read, James 274, Bethnal Green-road.
Robinson, Frederick 176, Cambridge-road.
Rolfe, Robert 25, Cambridge-road.
Watson, William 470, Bethnal Green-road.
Wragg, John Henry 274, Bethnal Green-road.
District No. 3.
Dupuy, William 218, Green-street.
Mercer, William 53, Green-street.
Mazengarb, George 47, Green-street.
Simons, Samuel 21, Roman-road
UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Four firkins of butter were brought to me by a tradesman in Green
street, who stated that he had received it from Ireland in the
condition in which it then was, and that he was afraid to sell it.
Upon examination the butter was found to be rancid, of very bad
colour, and mixed with a quantity of foreign material; it was
apparently chiefly composed of the scrapings of butter casks, and
was evidently unfit for human food—a certificate to this effect was
accordingly given. Some months afterwards I was summoned to
attend the Whitechapel County Court to give evidence upon the
matter. The wholesale dealers in Ireland summoned the tradesman
for payment for the butter notwithstanding my certificate, and
contended that the butter, which was invoiced as "Cork sixths," was
a well known quality and used for machine purposes only, never being
intended for human food, and thnf, therefore, the man received what
he ordered. The tradesmau, however, held that he ordered "Butter
for human food," and expected to receive such an article as he could
sell, which this certainly was not, and the judge decided in his favour
after hearing my evidence as to the condition of the article in
question.