142 TESTIMONY OF HEKMAN ENDEMANN. 



Q. Those tests which you made by the lactometer of fluid, did 

 you know that to be milk ? A. I assumed it to be milk, because of 

 the parties from which it was bought 



Q. You had no other knowledge except assumption on your 

 part that the article which you tested with the lactometer was milk, 

 have you? A. It was sold as milk. 



Q. Answer my question ; you had no other knowledge, except 

 assumption on your part, that the article which you tested with the 

 lactometer was milk ; yes or no ? A. It was sold as milk; that is 

 all I know about it. 



Q. "Was that your only knowledge on that subject ? A. The 

 analysis proved that it was milk ; the reactions, and so on. 



Q. Then analysis, I suppose, according to your testimony, is a 

 better method of ascertaining whether an article is milk than by 

 testing with the lactometer and with the senses, is it not ? A. It 

 shows better whether there is milk ; but, as the vital question 



Q. Can you tell whether an article which looks like milk, tastes 

 like milk, and to all the senses appears to be milk, which tested by 

 the lactometer stands at 100 and the thermometer at 60, is milk? 

 A. Not under all circumstances. 



Q. Could you tell if such an article were presented to you in 

 court whether it was milk ? A. No, sir. 



Q. Could you tell if an article were labeled milk whether it was 

 milk ? A. Just the same answer. 



Q. Now suppose that you should find an article which looked 

 like milk and to all the senses appeared to be milk and which 

 answered to the lactometrical and thermometrical tests which I 

 have described, in a grocery shop, would you assume it to be milk ? 

 A. If it was sold to me as milk, I would assume it. 



Q. You would swear it was milk would you give it as your 

 scientific opinion that it was milk ? A. Not without an examin- 

 ation. 



By Mr. PRENTICE Q. You have stated that you made two or 

 three hundred tests with the lactometer? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. "Was there any instance in which the analysis did not confirm 

 the test by the lactometer as regards the adulteration by water? 



(Objected to ; objection overruled.) 



A. In all those cases where I was sure that the lactometer had 



