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Prosecutions. 

 The following statement represents prosecutions commenced 

 during the year ending September 30, 1895, under the Agricultural 

 Law relating to the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine and the 

 present status of the cases: 



OLEOMARGARINE. 



CASE No. 7G4. 



The People v. Oeverhous. 



Justice Quigleifs Court, Brooklyn, N. 7. 



Warrant issued October 12, 1894; answered to October six- 

 teenth; adjourned to October twenty-third; pleaded guilty; fined 

 twenty-five dollars. 



Counsel: Arthur C. Salmon. 



Witnesses: John T. Norton, E. S. Wilson, and chemist, J. F. 

 Geisler. 



CASE No. 974. 



The People v. Syrop. 



Essex Market Police Court, New York City. 



Warrant issued November 26, 1894; answered to November 

 twenty-seventh; held to bail for trial at Special Sessions; called 

 for trial February 6, 1895; pleaded guilty; fined fifty dollars. 



Counsel : Charles E. Le Barbier. 



Witnesses: John McGuire, E. S. Wilson, and chemist E. G. 

 Love. 



CASE No. 626. 



The People v. Hoffman. 



Justice Tighe's Court, Brooklyn, N. T. 



Warrant issued October 30, 1894; answered to October thirty- 

 first; pleaded guilty; fined twenty-five dollars. 



Counsel: Arthur C. Salmon. 



Witnesses: E. S. Wilson, W. W. Meeteer, and chemist, Charles 

 M. Stillwell. 



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