MILK AND WATER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14825, 31 October 1911, Page 5

MILK AND WATER.

A COMPANY'S APPEAL. COT TELES BATH. —press asscctatjok.l Wellington, Monday. The appeal of the Fresh F*">ti and lea Company against ite conviction and fine by Mr. "w. G. lliddell, S.M . f.-r selling milk adulterated with water, i ne before Mr. Justice Chapman to-day Mr T. C. A. Hislop appeared for the "orapany, and Mr. H. H. Ostler for the Crown. In stating the case, the magistral!) said t> on August 10 C. A. Schauer, chief inspec- • tor under the Public Health Department, bought a sample of milk from the company, and had it analysed by the Dominion analyist, whose certificate showed that the milk contained 12.71 per cen". Oi water. The defendant comp?,:.y 'rolled Professor erfield, who expresm l the opinion that \ho water had not been ...Med artificially, but the reverse - view «js expressed by the Dominion analyst. Without deciding the question of facc ; the I magistrate determined as a ti&tter of law that the analyst's certificate war prima facie evidence of' the statements it contained, that as the certificate was not. disputed it was sufficient to show that the sample contained a prohibited substance, and" that it was not necessary *•:<• prove that water had been added after the milk had been taken from the cow. . Mr. Ostio.r submitted that .if the poms of law were abided against him, it should bo referred t.- the magistrate to determine the question of fact. His Honor agreed, and after hearing argument reserved ma derision. _______