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witness. It contains sulphite of quinine, liquor of strychnia, sulphuric acid dilute, syrup 
and water. These are substances and articles which are distinctly dispensed by chemists 
and druggists. I gave him these drugs because he wanted a tonic. I gave him sulphite 
of quinine. 
Dr. M*Inerney: A lot of big names for nothing. 
Witness: What? 
Dr. M‘Inerney: That will do. 
Witness : You earn your money cheaper than I do. 
Alfred Henry Jackson, sworn, said: I am director of the College of Pharmacy. I 
am a pharmaceutical chemist, and an analytical chemist. That is my profession. I 
have heard the evidence of Mr. Scott, and I have heard him say that he took out a 
portion of the medicine in the bottle that was produced in my preseence. That is so. 
I analysed that. I found in it sugar, water, sulphite of quinine, and a trace of hydro- 
chloride of strychnine. That would be in accordance with the prescription. 
Dr. MTnerney: And I expect you were satisfied they were all good drugs? 
Witness : I did not form any opinion about the goodness. 
Mr. Isaacs : That is the case for the prosecution. 
Dr. MTnerney : What summons are you proceeding on first ? 
Mr. Isaacs : The one that is in. 
Dr. MTnerney : 26th August, for carrying on business ? 
Mr. Isaacs : Yes. 
Dr. MTnerney : Does your worship think that any case has been made out for me 
to answer? The summons is that these people did carry on business as pharmaceutical 
chemist without being registered. 
Mr. Isaacs : Carry on business as chemist and druggist. 
Dr. MTnerney : The summons is that they did carry on business as chemist and 
druggist contrary to the statute. I ask your worships, in this case is there any evidence 
whatsoever ? 
The Chairman : Go on. 
Dr. MTnerney: I shall be glad if your worships have any suggestion to make so as 
to shorten the case. 
The Chairman : If you can prove that a certain person, Goold, was registered. 
Dr. MTnerney: That is in evidence. 
The Chairman : On that date ? 
Dr. MTnerney : Yes. At 89 Collins-street. That was the only question I asked Mr. 
Shillinglaw — Was J. C. Goold duly registered as a Pharmaceutical Chemist at 89 Collins- 
street East ? 
The Chairman : At that address ? 
Mr. Isaacs : Yes. 
Dr. MTnerney : I ask if there is any case. 
Mr. Isaacs : The case is very plain. 
The Chairman : I see, you proceed against the Company as the person. In our 
opinion we think you have not made out the case ; that the medicine was duly dispensed 
by a duly qualified chemist, and that he complied with the Act in every way, and that 
the public were well protected. Although he chose to dispense at the offices of the 
Company, we do not think that the Company are to be held responsible. That is our 
decision. Of course if you are dissatisfied with the decision, carry it to a higher Court. 
Mr. Isaacs : Of course, if that is the decision. The other summonses 
Dr. MTnerney : The other summonses will be withdrawn pending the decision. 
The Chairman : Are they all against the Equitable ? (To Mr. Isaacs) : The other 
summonses you withdraw for the present? 
Dr. MTnerney : There ought to be some costs. 
Mr. Isaacs : I was going to suggest they should be adjourned until after the decision 
of the Full Court. 
Dr. MTnerney: Let this be dismissed with costs, and we will adopt Mr. Isaacs’ 
suggestion that those be adjourned until the decision be given. 
The case was dismissed with £2 2s. costs. 
The other cases were entered in the magistrates’ book as “ withdrawn.” 
[We understand an ajipeal against the above decision is now being prosecuted. 
Ed. A.J.P.] 
At a recent meeting of chemists and druggists in Cape Town, South 
Africa, a Poisons Bill introduced into Parliament by Mr. Des Yages, M.L.A., 
was condemned as incomplete and inapplicable to the requirements of the public 
and the profession. Mr. Des Yages intimated his willingness to withdraw the 
bill, and a provisional committee, consisting of Messrs. Bosenberg, Heynes, 
Mathew, Mocke, Pocock, Beeler, and Yebb, was appointed to arrange prelimi- 
naries for the formation of a Pharmaceutical Society. 
