5370.  Misbranding of " Great Magic Condition Powders."    V. S.    *     *    *     v. 
Samuel Sutton.    Plea of gnilty.    Fine, $25.     (F. & D. No. 7690.    I.  S.
No.  4507-1.)
On January 31, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against Samuel 
Sutton, Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about March 13, 1916, from the 
State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of an article 
labeled in part, " Great Magic Condition Powders," which was misbranded
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that the powders consisted essentially of potassium nitrate, cal- 
cium carbonate, sulphur, rosin, fenugreek, ginger, capsicum, charcoal, and 
gentian.
It was charged in substance in the information that the article was mis- 
branded for the reason that certain statements included in the circular or 
pamphlet accompanying the article falsely and fraudulently represented it as 
effective for reducing fevers associated with shipping colds, as a remedy for 
blood poison, distemper, pinkeye, coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis, epizootic 
influenza, itching, rheumatism, founder, inflammation of the kidneys, bladder, 
and bowels, and congested lungs, as a relief for colic, and in the treatment of 
azoturia, when, in truth and in fact, it "was not.
On January 31, 1917, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the infor- 
mation, and the court imposed a fine of $2S.
B. A. PEABSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.