Sheffield Evening Telegraph – Saturday 29 June 1918

Without Coupons

George Lee, grocer, Thurnscoe, was charged with offering to sell, and with selling, meat without a coupon.

Mr. Allen said the defendant had a notice in the window that certain articles could bought without coupon, and he sold a tin of corned beef, for which three coupons should have been tendered.

Defendant explained that he received a meat rationing order from the Food Office, which understood to mean that canned meat could b« sold without coupons. As he was going away he left the order with his daughter.

Mr. Allen, for the prosecution, said that order did not include canned meat.

The Chairman, in ordering the defendant to pay the expenses, said it was very hard to understand some of the orders, but as defendant made his living by selling food it was his duty to try to understand them, and if he did not then he should go to the officials and get them explained.