TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH A. GARDNER. 14:7 



Q. Have you inspected milk there ? 



(Objected to as irrelevant.) 



A. I have. 



Mr. PRENTICE I offer to show that on two occasions this officer 

 in his tour of duty of milk inspection 



COUNSEL We submit that any statements of this kind are highly 

 improper in a jury trial. 



By Mr. PRENTICE Q. Have you visited the place of the defendant 

 and inspected his milk, and found it adulterated with water, on 

 January 20, 1875, and again on January 25, 1876 ? 



(Objected to ; objection sustained.) 



Mr. LAWRENCE I ask your Honor to say to the jury that that 

 ought not to have the slightest effect upon their minds. 



The COURT I will say so. 



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Cross-examined : 



Q. Mr. Gardner, you say you have several years' acquaintance 

 with the business of inspecting milk ; when did you begin that ? 

 A. I began that in December, 1874. 



Q. When did you finish ? A. About the latter part of May, 

 1876. 



Q. Then you have had several years' experience ? A. I did not 

 say several years. 



Q. What did you say ? A. The gentleman asked me if I had 

 been several years in the police department, but not inspecting 

 milk. 



Q. These 110 cows whose milk you tested with the lactometer ; 

 did you see all those cows milked? A. I did, sir. 



Q. You know it was pure milk ? A. I do. 



Q. Were these cows in a normal or abnormal condition ? A. 

 They were in a normal condition. 



Q. What disease were they suffering from ? 



(Objected to.) 



A. I beg pardon, I will put my answer ; they were in a healthy 

 condition. 



Q. How do you know that they were ? A. By the appearance 

 of them. 



Q. Did you make any examination to discover ? A. I did, sir. 



