15153. Adultei-ation    and    Misbranding of    coffee.     TJ.    S.    v.    Irving    Gordott
Plea   of   nolo   contendere.     JP*ine,   $50.     (F.   &   D.   No.   19793.     I.   S.  No
1322-x ) 

On April 5, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ne^ 
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Distric 
Court of the United States for said district an information against Irving Gor 
don, New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said defendant, in violation ,of thj 
food and drugs act, on or about September 11, 1925, from the State of Nev 
York into the 'State of Illinois, of a quantity of coffee which was adulterate! 
and misbramled. 
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason thai 
a substance, to wit, legumes, had been substituted in part for coffee, whici 
the said article purported to be, and for the further reason that a substanc^ 
to wit, legumes, had been mixed and packed with the article so as to reduce an< 
lower and injuriously al'tect its quality and .strength.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, coffee, which it purported 
solely to be. 
On May 9, 1927, the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the infofc 
matiou, and the court imposed a tine of $50. 
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture. \