5731. Adulteration of  shell eggs.     TT.  S.     *     *     *     v.  William  E.  Wilson.
Plea  of  guilty.     Fine,  $25  and  costs.      (F.  &  D.  No.   8007.     I.   S.   No.
10704-m, i
On March 26, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of 
Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district an in- 
formation against William E. Wilson, Olathe, Kans., alleging shipment by said 
defendant, on or about July 25, 1916, from the State of Kansas into the State 
of Missouri, of a quantity of eggs which were adulterated.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed 43 eggs, or 12 per cent of 360 eggs examined, to be inedible 
and partly decomposed.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub- 
stance.
On April 24, 1917 the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.