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Show Steaks Firm the Meat of Federal Court Cases PHILADELPHIA. Steaks, a rarity rari-ty in Philadelphia markets, are making an almost daily appearance these days in federal district court. Some of the meat being introduced In evidence is fresh and some several sev-eral months old. Butcher David Silverman, charged with selling two T bones above OPA ceiling prices, walked into court carrying two large steaks, a weighing weigh-ing scale, saw, boning knife and other oth-er tools. He laid the steaks on a table and trimmed them. Silverman said he was illustrating for the court how he weighed steaks and trimmed them, with the loss in bone and fat accounting for what appeared to be an overcharge. He was acquitted. Another steak drama featured an ah-nost year old piece of meat. OPA officials said it was a steak Louis Kravitz soid last August at an illegal ille-gal price. Judge George A. Welsh was told the steak was sirloin. The judge, sayng he knew a little about meat commented: "This meat no changed color and weight (since last August) but seems to have changed from sirloin to round." Kravitz was acquitted of a charge of eUing S1,i0in steak at more "Ung prices. |