People v. Blasco
People v. Blasco
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant was sentenced to five 'days in jail for having and offering adulterated milk for sale.
The only assignment of error made 'by him is that the' judgment is not supported by the evidence examined at the trial.
The. appellant maintains that in accordance with the jurisprudence of this Supreme Court it is necessary in a case of this kind to show beyond all reasonable doubt a specific act of offering or having the milk for sale.
The defendant was the owner of a restaurant. On January 15, 1924, a sanitation inspector went into the place and ordered a glass of milk. He thought it was not good and took a sample, which was shown to be adulterated with 30 per cent of water added. The milk was sold to him by the waiter and the defendant was present when the inspector took the sample. The inspector could not say that the milk was in a sideboard within view of the public nor that it was kept for sale, but he testified that he ordered it and it was served to him.
• Perhaps on this evidence alone the legal question that arose was whether in a restaurant where milk is 'served with coffee or in custard and other confections, as the de
The judgment must be
Affirmed.
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