10125.?Misbranding of Hall's   Texas  Wonder.    U.   S.     *     *     *     v.   3  Dozen
Bottles of Hall's Texas Wonder. Default decree of condemna??
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 12921. I. S. No. 9340-r.?
S. No. C-1987.)
On or about June 18, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis??
trict of Arkansas, 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 3 dozen bottles of Hall's Texas Wonder, at Helena, Ark.,?
consigned on or about June 9, 1920, alleging that the article had been shipped?
by E. W. Hall, St. Louis., Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into?
the State of Arkansas, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it consisted essentially of copaiba, guaiac resin, extracts of?
rhubarb and colchicum, an oil similar
to turpentine oil, alcohol, and water.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effects?
thereof, to wit, (carton) " * * * A Remedy for Kidney and Bladder Troubles,?
Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism and Gravel. Regulates Bladder Trouble?
in Children," (circular) " * * * In cases of Gravel and Rheumatic troubles it?
should be taken every night in 25-drop doses until relieved," were false and?
fraudulent, since the said article contained no ingredient or combination of?
ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed.
On April 26, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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