6$>0S. Misbranding- of A fexas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery. XJ. S. * * *?
v. 138 Bottles of A Texas "Wonder Hall's Great Discovery. Default?
decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.  No.
9400.    I. S. No. 5988-r.    S. No. C-997.)
On October 23, 1918, the United States attorney for the Middle District of?
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 138 bottles of A Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery, re??
maining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Montgomery, Ala., alleg??
ing that the product had been shipped on or about October 7, 1918, by E. W.?
Hall, St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into the State?
of Alabama, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
as amended. The article was labeled in part: (On carton) "A Texas Wonder.?
Hall's Great Discovery for Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Diabetes, Weak and?
Lame Backs, Rheumatism. Dissolves Gravel, Regulates Bladder Trouble in?
Children. One small bottle is two months' treatment." (On circular) " * * *?
For stone in the kidneys   *    *    *    Tuberculosis of the kidneys."
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statements?
above set forth, borne on the cartons and circulars, were false and fraudulent?
in  that the product contained  no  ingredient or combination  of ingredients
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capable of producing the therapeutic effects claimed for it on the carton and?
circular.
On March 26, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.