5927. Adulteration of eggs. U. S. * * * v. James A. Hayworth, Canada 
Hayworth, Bertha Hayworth, and Ruth Hayworth (J. R. Hayworth 
& Co.). Plea of guilty by James A. Hayworth. Fine, $ 100 and 
costs. Indictment nol-px*ossed as to others. (F. & D. No. 8063. I. S. 
Nos. 11026-m, 11027-m.)
On December 15, 1917, the Grand Jurors of the United States within and 
for the District of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, upon presentment by the United States attorney for said district, re- 
turned an indictment in the District Court of the United States for the district 
aforesaid against James A. Hayworth, Canada Hayworth, Bertha Hayworth, 
and Ruth Hayworth, trading as J. R. Hayworth & Co., Francesville, Ind., 
charging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on August 28, 1916, and August 31, 1916, from the State of Indiana into the 
State of Illinois, of quantities of eggs which were adulterated.
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results:
$ case, or 180 eggs, was examined from the single case of each 
shipment and 113 eggs, or 62.2 per cent, and 174 eggs, or 96.6 per 
cent, respectively, were found to be bad.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was charged in the indictment 
for the reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed 
animal substance.
On January 9, 1918, the defendant, James A. Hayworth, entered a plea of 
guilty to the indictment, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs. The 
indictment as to the other defendants was pol-prossed.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.