Splinter v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EeboR to review a judgment of the municipal court of Milwaukee county: A'. C. Brazee, Judge. The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was arrested on a complaint charging that on October 30, 1907, in the county .of Milwaukee and state of Wisconsin, Frcmlc L. Splinter did then and there unlawfully have in his possession, with intent then and there to unlawfully sell, adulterated milk, which said milk contained less than three per centum of milk fat, contrary…
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EeboR to review a judgment of the municipal court of Milwaukee county: A'. C. Brazee, Judge. The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was arrested on a complaint charging that on October 30, 1907, in the county .of Milwaukee and state of Wisconsin, Frcmlc L. Splinter did then and there unlawfully have in his possession, with intent then and there to unlawfully sell, adulterated milk, which said milk contained less than three per centum of milk fat, contrary to the statute, etc. The defendant was a milk dealer and was selling considerable quantities of milk to the George…
1Opinion of the CourtBakn-es, J.
Sec. 4607, Stats. (Supp. 1906; Laws of 1905, ch. 138), makes it a misdemeanor for any person to sell, offer to sell, or Rave in his possession for the purpose of sale, any adulterated milk. Sec. 4607a provides that in all prosecutions under the preceding section the term “adulterated milk” shall mean milk containing less than three per centum of milk fat. TRe section further provides that nothing in the act shall be construed as prohibiting the sale of milk commonly known as “skimmed milk,” when the same is sold as and for “skimmed milk.”
TRe defendant contends that the complaint is faulty…
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