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Show SACCHARINE IN SODA WATER J. W. Duffln and Gus Braun wero analgoed on the. charge of adulterating adulter-ating soda water that they placed on the market for salo by sweetening It with saccharine. Tho defendants were represented by counsel who waived the reading of the complaints and entered a plea ot not guilty, at the same time stating to the court that the pica may bo v, Undrawn at some future time and a demurrer to tho complaint filed Tho attorney for the deleiiuants stales that bo will attack the constitutionality consti-tutionality of the puro food law of tho state on the grounds that the leg-ibiaturo leg-ibiaturo has not the right to enact a law prohibiting the use of a substanco In aodawater that Is not deleterious. The sodawater dealers state that saccharine sac-charine is not deleterious, but, on the other hand. Is as wholesome In soda-water soda-water as sugar beet saccharine Edward Hicheol was also arraigned on tho charge of adulterating the pickles he is selling the publlc, by using Baerharlne. He .appeared In person and stated to the court that I hia attorney was not able to appear In court this morning and ho nBked that the taking of his plea In the matter mat-ter be deterred until later. His re-oue6t re-oue6t was granted and he, with DufMn and Braun. were released on their own recognizance. Slate Food and Dairy Inspector Wll-lavd Wll-lavd Hansen Is the complainant In these cajse and he maintains that saccharine sac-charine used In Boda water or pickles r-r sweetening pui-poses adulterates the product, under the terms of tho jdato law. He says that tho saccharine sacchar-ine used by the defendants is a byproduct by-product of tar and Is not a food product. |