Commonwealth v. Mellet
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 51, Oct. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1908, No. 204, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Michael Mellet. Indictment for selling colored oleomargarine.
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Appeal, No. 51, Oct. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1908, No. 204, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Michael Mellet. Indictment for selling colored oleomargarine. Before Marr, J. The indictment charged “ that M. V. Mellet on the 15th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, at the county aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this court, with force and arms, etc., did unlawfully sell unto one Robert M. Simmers one (1) pound of oleomargarine at the rate or price of twenty cents per pound, which said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The defendant was convicted upon an indictment charging him with having sold a certain quantity of oleomargarine, which had not been made and kept free from all ingredients which caused it to look like yellow butter, and was not made from pure unadulterated milk or cream from the same, without the addition of any fat foreign to the said milk or cream, and was made from fats, oils and other oleaginous compounds foreign to milk or cream, and contained ingredients which caused it to resemble and look like yellow butter, and to be an imitation of yellow butter. The…
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