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been read correctly, in all those cases where I read it myself and 

 was sure, the analysis proved the correctness of the reading of the 

 lactometer. 



Q. They agreed, did they ? A. They agreed. 



BY COUNSEL FOE DEFENDANT Q. You used analysis for the pur- 

 pose of verifying what you tested with the lactometer ? A. I have 

 used analysis because I was directed to do so. 



Q. That is the only reason you did it, is it? A. Yes, that is the 

 only reason. 



JAMES C. JEPSON, sworn and examined by Mr. PEENTICE, testified as 

 follows : 



Q. You are a member of the police force of this city and have 

 been for a number of years ? A. Yes, I am. 



Q. You were for several years connected with the Sanitary 

 Squad of Police, were you ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. You were detailed for milk inspections ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And you used the lactometer given you by the Board of 

 'Health ? A. Yes, sir, I did. 



Q. How long ? A. A little over seventeen months, nearly eigh- 

 teen months. 



Q. You made tests in the country as well as in the city ? A. 

 Yes, sir. 



Q. How many tests did you make ? 



(Objected to on the ground that witness is not an expert ; 

 objection overruled ; exception.) 



A. Do you mean in the country or in the city. 



Q. In the city first and then in the country ? A. I suppose I 

 sampled about 10,000 cans of milk in the city of New York. 



Q. With what ? A. The lactometer. 



Q. And did you take the warmth, the degree of heat of the milk ? 

 A. Not in all cases, in a great number of cases I did. 



Q. And at what degree of heat ? A. At 60 as a general thing. 



Q. Before you went on this duty did you have any training in 

 the use of these instruments, and if so where ? A. Nothing more 

 than that Dr. Chandler explained the instrument to me, how to use 

 it, how to read it. 



