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Show oleomargarine act of congress of 1W! Revenue officers searched his ret; denco. Upstairs In a feather bed t-( I found an TtptJ oleomargarine tub. I j was alleged that the tax paid rue ! I on the tub was Intact, in violation t'j the law. Mrs. Rlppeon said she hi:; put the tub in the bed when she si( the officers in the house. Why !: did It she did not know. j Rlppeon was Indicted on a charr, of having in possession an empty ol margarine package, "the tax stamps which he had wilfully neglected a:i, refused to destroy." Ho was afc' charged with having sold to the por. j hospital at Jefferson barracks, a: i army post, 21 pounds of oleomarjarj. Jnc, when it was alleged that the h". ! limited such sales to 0 pounds. H j was convicted on both charges an', j sentenced to six months' ImpridO ment. He has appealed to the suprenv court or the United States to revler his case. Its decision as to giantln: a review Is expected next Monday. O. his behalf, It is claimed that the a?" , of congress may make It an otfeni: to empty an oleomargarine tub wlb out destroying the stamp thereon, bv it does not make It an offense to baT a tub with undestroyod Ktamp up): It In one's possession. It is ali-, claimed that a retail dealer may s-!j more than 10 pounds of oleomargari; at one time to a customer. BUTTERTUB IN BED HAY JAIL HAGHATE WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Out of the Incident of a buttertub In a feather feath-er bed may be evolved by the supreme court of the United States the law of the land relative to the retail trade In oleomargarine. Some mtoths apo John A Rlppe,n of St. IxmiIs, Mo., who proeurred a retail re-tail dealer's license to sell oleoma r-, r-, garine, was suspected of violating the 1 |