5528. A#uXteJC#itwaii oJE nymte.rm, ?J. JS. * * ?* v. lOO C??s #? j&ys*?**. JPi*?fl*~ 
net 4ej8-t?i9^ecl jKVAn AtijpnlP&taJlL ?? jpaa-tjes. ^a^gyiaeJat -tor costs 
aeaiust claimant ^eatered. (E\ & D. No, 704,7, J. jS. Nes. 2528-1, 2529-1, 
2530-1, 2531-1.    S. No. E-477.)
On November 15, 3$)15, the United States attorney for the District ?? ?onnseti- 
cut, acting upon a report bj the "Secretary ,?3: Agriculture, sfiled kx tfee ?i-sU'i-ei 
Court of the 'United States for said ?3i??riet a libel for tfee seizure saod ooadeiu- 
naiion of 160 cans ;?f ^oysters, remaining wmsold in tte -original usteofeen ipaefe- 
?ages at New Haven, Conn.* &ll?g5sig that Jt&e artidae liad sfcees etetiyeeed for 
shipment from the State of ?OonneotlCHt to another State er Territory-, on or 
about November @, (?) 1915, by Jotea F. McNeil, New "Ha wo, <3ona., &oA charg- 
ing adulteration to -violatiea ?f fhs Food and Dmgs Act.
Adulteration ??f thse article was atteged in the libel for the -reason Chat it 
consisted in whole ?r in pant of a filthy, jfieeonaposed, or putrid muraaal sub- 
stance.
O-n March 2,JJMj&, the product was 'destroyed mpoa a ,&tipuLati?n ,of the parties 
without any p^ejiadice to the rigMs of the said J&lm P. SfcMeil, 'Claimant. New 
Haven, Conm.? fe@ -defemd ?r wmke .aey -claims which >he otherwise anight h-ave 
flaade. TSheBeaffar, ?n Marei. 15, 1917, ^defaaallt 'for -wjutft of pleadisgs having 
been entered, jatdgmeat m&s entered to recover -casts ?BOM esM. ctaiaiswt.
OA?L Ym.<m&$i, Aetmg Secretary of Agriculture*