State v. Aslesen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant Knut Aslesen from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of Minneapolis, Mahoney, J., made February 4, 1892, refusing him a new trial. Appeal, also, of defendant Charles M. ’ Bassett from an order of the same court, made February 24, 1892, denying a new trial in his case.
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Appeal by defendant Knut Aslesen from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of Minneapolis, Mahoney, J., made February 4, 1892, refusing him a new trial. Appeal, also, of defendant Charles M. ’ Bassett from an order of the same court, made February 24, 1892, denying a new trial in his case. Complaint was made in the Municipal Court of the City of Minneapolis against each defendant under Laws 1891, ch. 12. Each was arrested, and pleaded not guilty, and tried and convicted; and each moved for a new trial, claiming the act to be unconstitutional. Laws 1891, ch. 12, under which appellant…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Bach of the defendants was convicted of a violation of the provisions of Laws 1891, ch. 12, regulating the manufacture and sale of lard, and of lard compounds and substitutes, and of foods prepared therefrom. Defendant Asiesen was convicted of selling a “lard substitute” called “cottoline,” consisting of a mixture of beef stearine and refined cotton-seed oil, without affixing to the package containing the same a label containing the words “lard substitute,” together with “the names and approximate proportions of the several constituents contained in the mixture or compound.” The defendant…
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