3198.?Adulteration   of   chestnuts.   TJ.   S.   v.   5   Bags   of   Chestnuts.   Default
decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.  No.
5367.?S. No. 1973.)
On October 27, 1913, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme?
Court of the District of Columbia a libel for the seizure and condemnation of?
5 bags of chestnuts, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages and?
in possession of David W. Ballinger, Washington, D. C, alleging that the?
product had been transported from the State of North Carolina into the?
District of Columbia, and charging adulteration in violation of the-Food and?
Drugs Act. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason?
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal?
or vegetable substance, for which reasons the chestnuts were absolutely unfit?
for human consumption.
On November 17, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United Slates marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26, 191Jf.