Maurice Goldstein, Board of Health inspector, testified yesterday in Essex Market Court that out of six briskets of meat that he had inspected at the Gellis Provisions Company, 35 Essex street, only two bore plombes, or tags, signifying that they were kosher.
In the midst of his investigation, Goldstein said, he was assaulted and prevented from removing the briskets of meat. Magistrate Jonah J. Goldstein, who is hearing the case, found Samuel Glass and Joseph Langsner guilty of disorderly conduct in connection with the assault on Goldstein. They were paroled in custody of their attorneys and will be sentenced at the termination of the trial.
Samuel Glass, seventy-one-year-old grandfather of the president of the Gellis company, is also a defendant in the procedure brought by the Department of Health. A corporative summons has been issued since to the Gellis company, to appear in the same court tomorrow morning.
Goldstein charged that at the time the briskets were delivered neither masgiach, supervisor, nor rabbi were on the premises. When he attempted to intervene, he said, Glass threatened and intimidated him.
Asked by Earl J. Garey, chief attorney for the defendant, whether he was out to “get something” on the Gellises, the health inspector said “absolutely not.” He also denied allegations that he was advised by some one else to make the arrest.
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