730. Misbranding: of Hoyt's  Compound.     U.  S. v.  Herman P.  Doyle, "Verne   N.
Seeley,  and  Fred D.  Grantham   (Hoyt  Chemical  Co.).     Pleas  of guilty.
Fines, $600.    (F. D. C. No.  6462.    Sample No. 52314-E.)
On May 11, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado filed
an information against Herman P. Doyle, Verne N. Seeley, and Fred D. Gran-
tham, trading as the Hoyt Chemical Co. at Denver, Colo., alleging shipment on
or about May 27, 1941, from the State of Colorado into the State of Washington
of a quantity of Hoyt's Compound that was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that it consisted essentially of
extracts of plant drugs including a laxative drug, alcohol, and water.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that representations in the labeling that
it would be efficacious in the treatment of indigestion, sour stomach, gas, bloating,
nervousness, excitability, skin and blood diseases, stomach trouble, constipation,
run-down condition, sleeplessness, belching and burning sensation in the throat
and stomach, pains in the hips and legs, gas and pressure around the heart,
dizziness, lump in the stomach, twitching, jerking, spots before the eyes, and
knotty sensation in the stomach; that it would be efficacious to prevent suffering
after meals and to quiet the nerves and restore health; that it would be efficacious
in the relief of suffering from stomach, bowels, and kidneys; that it would be
efficacious to prevent getting up nights caused by kidney affections, to produce
gain in weight, to cleanse the bowels and leave the intestinal tract pure and clean
and free of poisonous waste matter, and to make the bowels normal; that it
would be efficacious in the treatment of all kinds of aches and pains and disorders
of the general health; and that it was a wonderful treatment for poor health
and tired and run-down conditions; were false and misleading since it would not
be efficacious for such purposes.
On May 15, 1942, the defendants entered pleas of guilty and the court fired?\
each one $200.