ADULTERATED MILK.
(Per Press Association.)
Wellington, November G. The Chief Justice to-d y cisiMik'd the appeal of the Fresh, Fond and I ■ Company against its conviction for selling milk adulterated with wator. Sir Robert Stout said the staiuio threw the responsibility for the sale of food on the vendor, therefore the plea,of the-absence of mens rea was not open to the defendant company unless it proved affirmatively that it had taken all reasonable steps, so that the sale would not constitute an offence or had obtained a written warranty as to the article to be sold.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 70, 6 November 1911, Page 6
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96ADULTERATED MILK. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 70, 6 November 1911, Page 6
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