13989. Adulteration of chestnuts. 17. S. v. 14 Kegs of Chestnuts. Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
20627.    I. S. No. 4937-x.    S. No. E-5551.)
On or about November 7, 1925, the United States attorney for the District 
of Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 14 kegs of chestnuts, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by A. Papalia, from New York, N. Y? and transported from the State 
of New York into the State of Maryland, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On December 10, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DTJNLAP,
"Acting Secretary of Agriculture.