An aggravated case of this kind was brought before justice Marble yesterday. The defendants were John Webber and Coonrod Trau, who are partners. These parties were accused of selling meat from the carcass of an ox that had lain from four to six days in the sun, suffering from a broken thigh.
The testimony showed that the ox had lain with a broken thigh near the depot of the B. & M. R. R. for nearly a week, eating but little during that time, and becoming thoroughly diseased; that the defendants had then butchered it and brought only half the carcass to market, the remaining portion being too much decomposed to escape detection. The portion exposed for sale, was, according to the witnesses, “yellow as saffron,” and absolutely poisonous, but was unhesitatingly sold to several citizens.
The jury were but a short time rendering a verdict of “guilty,” and the Justice imposed the highest fine required by law, one hundred dollars, and costs of suit.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 31, 1862, p. 2
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