SHORT-WEIGHT BREAD.
BAKERS PLEAD GUILTY.
FINES OF £20 AND £10.
Two bakers "were fined in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., for having sold under-weight bread. Both pleaded guilty. In the case of Thomas Beaghan (Mr. Bennett), it was stated that one loaf "was one ounce four grammes short. Eight loaves showed a total net shortage of five ounces 12 grammes. Counsel said that defendant bad been in business as a master baker for only a few months. There was no - intention to defraud. Defendant w«s not aware that the loaves were underweight. A defect in the oven had been remedied. The magistrate remarked that defendant bad been previously warned. He was fined £20. A total shortage <of eight ounces six grammes was shown by 14 loaves baked by Richard James Lennan (Mr. Thompson). Counsel stated that defendant had previously Been in business in Te Aroha, where all His bread had been found to be over-weight. There was no intention to defraud the public. He was now allowing an extra ounce in the baking, and was finding his bread as much as three ounces overweight. A fine of £l\j was imposed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18553, 10 November 1923, Page 9
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