8370.  Aaultevation   of   scallops.     TX.   S.    *    *     *    y,? Lewis   JC.   Pisiei- ~antl   M.
ljwther Piiipr <Piiiey Bros..).     Plea of g-uj.it>".     irijie, "$10 aia.fi costs.?
(F. & D. No. 8438.    I. S. Nos. 1834?-m, 1837-HH,' 1838-m, 1845-m.)
February 8, 1918,, the United States attorney fb.r the Ea'stern District of?
North Carolina, acting upon a report "by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
the District Court of the
 United States
for said district an"
information
against?
Lewis K. Finer and M. Luther Piner, copartners, trading* as Finer Bros., More-?
head City, N. C, alleging shipments by said defendants, in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act, on or about February 22 (2 shipments), February 20,?
and March 11, 1917, from the State of North Carolina into the State of New?
York, of quantities of scallops which were adulterated.
Examination of samples of the article by the .Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that'the, scallops in each shipment had been soaked. ?   '  '
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was "alleged, iii the information'?
for the reason, tjtiat, a substance, to wit, water, had been mixed,, and L pa eked?
therewith so as to lower or reduce and injuriously'affect its quality i and had?
been substituted in part for scallops, which the article purported to be.
On February 7, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on be??
half of the said defendants, and the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.