Commonwealth v. Kevin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 355, Jan T., 1901, by-defendant, from judgment of Superior Co., Oct. T., 1900, No. 137, affirming judgment of Q. S. Phila. Co., Aug. T., 1900, No. 391, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John W. Kevin. Indictment under the pure food act of June 26, 1895. Appeal from the Superior Court. See 18 Pa. Superior Ct. 414. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in sustaining the judgment of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The defendant, who is engaged in the grocery business in the city of Philadelphia, was tried and convicted in the court of quarter sessions of Philadelphia county on an indictment charging him with having sold “ one pint of raspberry syrup, the said raspberry syrup then and there containing an added substance and ingredient, to wit: salicylic acid, which is poisonous and injurious to health.” The indictment was found under the Act of June 26, 1895, P. L. 317, entitled “An act to provide against the adulteration of food and providing for the enforcement…
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