GLASGOW FOOD CHARGE.
Mr. Edward Watson, a member of the Glasgow City Council, and himself a member of one of the sub-com-mittees, was charged in the Glasgow, Sheriff Court with having, on two occasions, sold meat at prices higher than the maximum figures laid down by the committee. He pleaded not guilty. Sheriff Lyell said it had been admitted by respondent that he was guilty of the charges libelled. It had been an open, considered, and, he was sorry to say, a defiant disobedience persistently followed. From his evidence it appeared that the respondent was perfectly willing to obey the law only in so far as he could make the law suit himself. His Lordship imposed a fine of £SO, with the alternative of sixty days' imprisonment. Respondent's counsel-intimated that he desired a stated case:-"- •
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Taihape Daily Times, 13 March 1918, Page 6
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135GLASGOW FOOD CHARGE. Taihape Daily Times, 13 March 1918, Page 6
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