Commonwealth v. Ellis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 254, March T., 1911, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., May Sessions, 1910, No. 566, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. George W. Ellis. Indictment for selling eggs unfit for food.
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Appeal, No. 254, March T., 1911, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., May Sessions, 1910, No. 566, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. George W. Ellis. Indictment for selling eggs unfit for food. Before Barratt, J. At the trial under objection and exception the court rejected an offer of the rules of Philadelphia Produce Exchange with reference to the classification of eggs and for the purpose of showing the custom of the trade as to the sale of eggs in crates. [4] The court also rejected under objection and exception the result of a conference between an agent of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The indictment under which the defendant was convicted was drawn under the Act of March 11, 1909, P. L. 13, which makes it “unlawful for any person .... to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, eggs that are unfit for food, within the meaning of this act.” The defendant was a wholesale dealer in eggs, and Harry Saylor, to whom it was alleged the defendant made the unlawful sale, was also a dealer. The testimony of Saylor was to the effect that he applied to the defendant to buy good eggs, and the latter delivered to him five…
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