The federal government concluded its case against Joseph, Martin, Alex and Aaron Schechter, charged with conspiring to violate the NRA live poultry code, yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn Federal Court. The defense will take the stand this morning.
Two Philadelphia p##ltry handlers, William H.###ward and Amos Whitmore, ###ied they had sold uninspected poultry to the Schechter br###.
It was ###sed during the afternoon ###mony that 12,344 pound ### uninspected poultry had been brought into the Schechter market during the week of May 26.
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