People v. Harris
Michigan Supreme Court
Exceptions before judgment from Kent; Perkins, J. Benjamin S. Harris was convicted of violating Act No. 123, Pub. Acts 1903, relative to the sale of corn syrup. Reversed.
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Exceptions before judgment from Kent; Perkins, J. Benjamin S. Harris was convicted of violating Act No. 123, Pub. Acts 1903, relative to the sale of corn syrup. Reversed. Respondent was prosecuted and convicted for a violation of Act No. 123 of the Public Acts of 1903, entitled “An act in relation to the sale of corn syrup,” and reading as follows: “ Section 1. No person shall offer or expose for sale, have in his possession with intent to sell, or sell any cane syrup, beet syrup, or glucose, unless the barrel, cask, keg, can, pail, or package containing the same be distinctly branded or…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). Does the statute require respondent or manufacturers to state upon their labels that corn syrup consists of 90 per cent, glucose ? No such statute has come under the decision of ' other courts. It is a new question, and must be determined upon general principles of construction. It is conceded that the label states the exact facts; that the article is made of 90 per cent, pure corn syrup and 10 per cent, cane syrup; that it deceives no one; that Victor Corn Syrup is a valuable and pure article of food, and that the ingredient 90 per cent, corn syrup “is- entirely…
2Cited by1 opinion
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