Commonwealth v. Gray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, on the St. of 1886, c. 317, § 1, alleging that the defendant, on November 15, 1888, at Boston, sold to one Terry “ a certain article, substance, and compound made in imitation and semblance of butter, and not made exclusively and wholly of milk or cream, and containing fats not produced from milk or cream, to wit, a certain article, substance, and compound known as oleomargarine ; the said sale being then and there at retail, and not in the original package ; and…
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Complaint, on the St. of 1886, c. 317, § 1, alleging that the defendant, on November 15, 1888, at Boston, sold to one Terry “ a certain article, substance, and compound made in imitation and semblance of butter, and not made exclusively and wholly of milk or cream, and containing fats not produced from milk or cream, to wit, a certain article, substance, and compound known as oleomargarine ; the said sale being then and there at retail, and not in the original package ; and he, the said Gray, did not then and there attach to the package so sold, and did not then and there deliver therewith to…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The St. of 1886, c. 817, § 1, requires that, in the sale at retail of any article, substance, or compound in imitation of butter, the seller or his agents shall attach to each package so sold, and shall deliver to the purchaser, a label or wrapper of a specified character, describing the article. It imposes a penalty upon the seller for any sale made in violation of the provisions of the act, and the principal is made liable for the acts of his agent in making sales contrary to such provisions. But one offence is described in § 1, which may be committed either by the seller personally, or…
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