TESTIMONY OF JOHN BLAKE WHITE. 35 



Q. Is there any difference between the color and thinness of 

 the milk with cream or without it ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Is there any difference in its appearance on the lactometer 

 as it is withdrawn from the glass ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And is there any difference as it appears before ? A. Yes, 

 sir. 



Q. Let me ask if this paper to which your attention was drawn 

 and which was identified, was a report made by you to the Board 

 of Health ? A. Yes, sir. 



By COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT Q. You have sworn that this milk 

 was cow's milk ; how do you know it was I mean the milk found 

 in accused's place ? A. Because he proposed to sell cow's milk. 



Q. How do you know it was cow's milk ? A. It bore all the 

 appearance to me of cow's milk and had the taste of cow's milk. 



Q. Would not woman's milk have looked very much like it? A. 

 No, sir. 



Q. In what respect would it have differed? A. It would have 

 looked thinner and tasted differently. 



Q. Would not mare's milk have looked exactly like it ? A. I 

 have not seen mare's milk. 



Q. As you are able to tell in the case of the accused suppose 

 you look and see whether this is cow's milk. 



(Bottle shown to witness.) 



A. I would not be able to -apply that test, I used every test in 

 regard to the other. 



Q. Used them all ? A. I do not propose to use them all in that 

 case. 



Q. As you could tell whether the milk or fluid you found in the 

 shop of the accused was cow's milk can you tell by the same means 

 whether the fluid which I now hold in my hand is cow's milk ? A. 

 YeS; sir ; I can. 



Q. Will you do so ? A. I won't taste it ; the taste would be a 

 part of the test. 



Q. You decline examining this ? A. I decline to apply every 

 test. 



The COURT I have ruled it out. 



COUNSEL Note my exception. 



