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Haverfordwest Boro' Petty Sessions, THE DEMERARA CASE. DECISION. MONDAY.—Before Messrs. W. P. Ormond, T. L. James, and Jas. Thomas. FIRST OFFENCE. John Gannon was fined 5s for being drunk and disorderly in the Castle Square. P. S. Parry proved the case. Defendant's wife appeared and said her husband was given some liquor, and could not stand it, for since he had his head cut. he was not the same man. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. George Evans was summoned for the irregular attendance at school of his child Rose. Mr Moodie stated that the girl, aged 10, had attended only ten times this year. She had passed no standard. The mother pleaded that the child was unwell. An attendance order was made. WHAT IS DEMERARA? The case now came up for decision in the case ot wrongfully selling sugar as Demerara, to the preju- dice of the purohaser. The case was adjourned a month since for the purpose of obtaining a further analysis from Som- erset House. The Clerk now read the certificate from the Lon- don authorities, which stated that the sample consists of cane sugar crystals, the colour of which is artificial, and gives a reaction of aniline dye." Mr W. J. Jones, for the defence, said he utterly failed to see that they were in any different position than before, except that the position of the defence was strengthened by the present report, which he then read. The Chairman-It is practically the same as the other. Mr Jones said it was not quite so strong. He was, however, going to put forward what other courts in the country did in similar circumstances. At Porth there was a case in which, after the analysit said that the sugar was 100 parts cane crystals coloured, the magistrates adopted precisely the same course as this Bench had done, sending another sample to Somerset House. The latter certified that it was pure oaae crystals with a trace of aniline dye. The magisirates thereupon dismissed the case. He did not mention that as an authority, because it was no authority. The Benoh had absolute pflwer to deal with the case in any way they considered right. The gist of the whole case was that the purchaser had been prejudiced by the purohase of this particu- lar article. It was admitted, however, that what the purchaser had was cane sugar crystals. Conse- quently, as Demerara was cane sugar crystals, there was no prejudice from a sweetening point of view. The Porth magistrates considered the case as of such an insignificant a nature that they exercised the power given them under the Act, of dismissing it although there was a technical offence. He there- fore a&ked the Bench to do the same in this instance. They should bear in mind the character of the persons brought before them. The defendants sold what they believed the purchaser asked for. This, also, was the first case of the kind coming before them. The Clerk-I think you have adopted a little different line of argument from the previous hearing P Mr Jones—We need not discuss that. The Clerk—Am I right in saying that your con- tention a month ago. was that there was no such thing as white cane sugar orystals, and that cane 6ugar crystals could not be dyed because they were coloured already ? Mr Jones-Yes, I say that now, because those are my instructions. The Chairman-You would not say that in face of the analysis ? Mr Jones-The analysis is of the vaguest kind. 1. ou cannot gather anything from that. Mr T. L. James-It says there are the actions of dye. Y Mr Jones said the organ of the grocery trade, which was a high authority on such subjects, asserted that there was no known chemical test by which a dye could be traced in cane sugar crystals. The Clerk-I don't think the point I put to you affects your defence to-day in the least. But that I understand was your defence this day month. Mr Jones-[ have no evidence to alter the certi- ficate put before you. We say we believe we sold what was asked for. There is no better sugar than cane sugar crystals and that was the sugar sold. P.S. Parry asked leave to put in a letter from the analyst which accompanied his report. Mr Jones objected. The Clerk-What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Mr Jones—Very good. The Clerk then read the letter. In it Mr C. A. Seyler said: In my opinion I do not think that sugars, even though pure West Indian cane, which owe their colour almost entirely to aniline dye are entitled to be. called Demerara, of which the colour is entirely natural. But it is for the Bench to deeide. An important case was tried at Tunstall in which it was decided that what is known to the commercial world as Demerara sugar is pure cane sugar undyed.' I regard a sugar which has been dyed as an attempt to imitate true Demerara sugar, and to give an inferior sugar (wanting in flavour and aroma of true Demerara) a fictitious value, and to pass it off upon the purohaser to his prejudice." Ifter a few minutes' private consultation, the Chairman said they had carefully considered the case, and believed that defendants acted in good faith, although there had been a technical breach of the law. The bench would not impose a fine, but would dismiss the case, the defendants to pay costs.

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