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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 almost year old piece of meat. OPA officials said it was a steak Louis Kravitz sold last August at an illegal ille-gal price. Judge George A. Welsh was told the steak was sirloin. The judge, saying he knew a little about meat, commented: ."This meat not only changed color and weight (since last August), but seems to have changed from sirloin to round." Kravitz was acquitted of a charge of selling sirloin steak at more than ceiling prices. |