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whole before you ; yon liave seen the very beginning and the 

 whole course and history of this test, and you have had added to 

 it such practical demonstrations as the prosecution have shown. 

 These are public interests which are involved, and it is be- 

 cause they are public officers that they have thought it necessary 

 to show you who represent the community for you are the people 

 in this case fully, frankly, thoroughly, and accurately, all that 

 they have been doing, and what their officer did the day that 

 Schrumpf was found offering watered milk for sale. Now the 

 defendant appears here on behalf of private interests. As I told 

 you before, he claims but one thing, and that is to be allowed to 

 go on and sell this milk, to get rid of the standard, to get rid of 

 detection, to get rid of all methods of procedure, to have a lib- 

 erty unrestricted by law, to pour this poison over the whole city. 

 I have shown you the influence of your verdict. I have directed 

 your attention to the principal points that have been discussed. 

 I have not sought to go into details. I ask you to take the other 

 facts upon the authority of the witnesses whom you have heard 

 examined. I will say in conclusion that we have come into this 

 case to discharge a duty ; we have entered into this litigation, 

 and have made this fight because it was necessary. We have not 

 sought it. We have, as I believe, fought a good fight, w r e have 

 kept the faith. I trust that you will find that we have done 

 our duty. The rest we leave to you. 



