10505. Adulteration of scallops. U. S. * * * v. John M. Lewis, Benny 
P. Way, and Brady C. Way (trading as The John M. Lewis Fish 
House, or Way Bros. Co.). Fine of $10 and costs imposed in each, 
case upon pleas of guilty (F. & D. Nos. 14046, 15263. I. S. Nos. 208-r, 
6637-t, 7538-t.)
On April 29 and November 1, 1921, the United States attorney for the East- 
ern District of North Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district infor- 
mations against John M.
' Lewis, Benny P. Way, and Brady C. Way, copartners, 
trading as the John M. Lewis Fish House or under the firm name and style of 
the Way Bros. Co., as the case might be, Beaufort, N. C, afleging shipment by 
said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, in one of the informa- 
tions, on or about March 11, 1920, from the State of North Carolina into the 
State of Massachusetts, and in the other information, on or a bout March 21 and 
26, 1921, from the State of North Carolina into the State of New York, of quan- 
tities of an article of food, to wit, scallops, which was adulterated.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the presence of added water.
Adulterat-'on of the article was alleged in each information for the reason that 
a substance, to wit, added water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had 
been substituted in part for scallops, which the article purported to be, and for 
the further reason that a valuable constituent of the article, to wit, scallop 
solids, had been in part abstracted.
On January 17 and April 25, 1922. respectively, pleas of guilty to the informa- 
tions were entered on behalf of the defendants, and on the first-named date and 
on April 30, 1922, the court imposed a fine of $10 and costs in each case.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.