16003. Alleged misbr.anding' of feed. V. S. v. Edward "William Bailey, ; 
George Carter Bailey, and Imciias Dennison Taft (E. W. Bailey & s 
Co.). Tried to a jury. Verdict of not guilty. (P. & D. No. 12298. J 
I. S. No. 12740-r.) 
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On July 8, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Vermont, J 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District j 
Court of the United States for said district an information against EdwardI 
William Bailey, Geoi'ge Carter Bailey, and Lucius Dennison Taft, copartners, \ 
trading as E. W. Bailey & Co., Montpelier, Vt., alleging shipment by said If 
defendants, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about March 15, 1919, j 
from the State of Vermont into the State of Massachusetts, of a quantity 
stock feed which was alleged to be misbranded. The article was labeled in - 
part: " Pennant Brand Stock Feed Manufactured by E. W. Bailey & Co., 
Swanton, Vt. Guaranteed to Contain 10-12 per cent. Protein, 6^-8 per cent. 
Fat, 10 per cent. Maximum Fibre."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that| 
the following statements, to wit, " Guaranteed to Contain: 10-42 per cent. 
Protein, 6%~8 per cent. Fat, 10 per cent. Maximum Fibre," borne on thft| 
tags attached to the sacks containing the article, were false and misleading! 
in that the said statements represented that the article contained not lesgfj 
than 10 per cent of protein, not less than 6% per cent of fat, and not moref 
than 10 per cent of fiber, and for the further reason that it was labeled <sM 
aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that iff 
contained not less than 10 per cent of protein, not less than &yz per cent off 
fat, and not more than 10 per cent of fiber, whereas it contained less thai 
10 per cent of protein, less than 6% per cent of fat, and more than 10 per cent of 
fiber.
On June 28, 1929, the case came on for trial before the court and a jw$ 
After the submission of evidence and arguments by counsel the jury retirfl 
and, after due deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. 
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AaTHtra M. HYBE, Secretary of Agriculture: