Raw milk? In MY courtroom?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:09 am
http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/23/its-e ... nvict-when
The jury acquitted on all but one count, but if they had been privy to all the information, they would have acquitted on all counts.
http://modernfarmer.com/2013/06/raw-mil ... -his-jury/
The jury acquitted on all but one count, but if they had been privy to all the information, they would have acquitted on all counts.
http://modernfarmer.com/2013/06/raw-mil ... -his-jury/
Hershberger was charged with four counts: three counts of not having appropriate licenses, and one count of violating a holding order. The jurors voted to acquit Hershberger of the licensing charges, but since Hershberger admitted during the trial to violating the holding order (which was issued to prevent him from distributing, or even moving, his products) they convicted him on the count. What they didn’t know was that the reason for issuing the holding order was because of Hershberger’s failure to have retail and dairy permits the DATCP said were required — the very charges they acquitted him of.