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from this Uonorable Court to the Grand Inquest, as to its duty, in 

 case evidence shall be j^resented, showing sales of oleomargarine to 

 have been unlawfully made by any of the defendants named in the 

 said indictments. 



Your petitioner further respectfully represents, that unless he can, 

 in his ofiicial ca])acity, have from this Honorable Court the aid and 

 relief hereinbefore respectfully requested, that he will be greatly em- 

 barrassed in the performance of his olficial duty, and the Executive 

 Dcj)artment of the Commonwealth will be hindered and prevented 

 from properly executing and enforcing the laws of the State, regu- 

 lating to the sale of oleomargarine; and in order that your petitioner 

 and the Executive Departujent of the State may receive from this 

 Honorable Court that aid and assistance, which your petitioner is 

 advised should be accorded to the Executive Department of the 

 Commonwealth by the several courts of the Commonwealth, your 

 petitioner respectfully submits this petition and earnestly prays that 

 ?'';lief be granted, as hereinbefore requested. 



Very respectfully, 



JESSE K. COPE, 

 Dairy and Food Commissioner. 



Commonwealth ] In the Court of Quarter Sessions of Alle- 

 vs. V gheny Count}-, Pennsylvania, September 



S. B. Charters, et al. Session, 1901. No. 641. 



Brief of Argument iu Support of the Petitions of James Terr\-, 

 Special Agent, and Jesse K. Cope, Dairy and Food Commissioner, 

 Asking for Re-submission of the Indictme«its in the Above Cases 

 to the Grand Jury, and for the Striking off of the Order of the 

 Grand Jury, Directing James Terry, as Prosecutor, to Pay Costs. 



For the purpose of this discussion, the facts stated in these peti- 

 tions are to be regarded as true and correct, if so, then each of the 

 indictments presented to the grand jury was supported by such evi- 

 dence as established clearly a ''prima facie" case against each of the 

 defendants for an unlawful sale of oleomargarine. 



