People v. Ferraris

Rosendo Ferraris was charged in the District Court of Agnadilla with the crime of having maliciously and with fraudulent intent offered for sale adulterated milk as pure. He was found guilty and sentenced to six months in jail and to the payment of $100 fine.

The appellant alleges several grounds of error which may be reduced to two, namely, that at the trial in the court below there was, first, no proof of adulteration and, second, that there was no proof of a fraudulent intent or malice. We shall first consider the alleged failure to show a fraudulent intent.

At the threshold of this…