2403. Alleged Adulteration of oysters.    V. S. v. Isaac W. Lawson and Norman E.
Lawson (I. W. Lawson & Co.). Plea of nolo contendere. Judgment of 
not guilty. (F. D. C. No. 4180. Sample Nos. 21886-E, 42303-E, 42304-E, 
42309-E, 42313-E. 42314-E, 42317-E.)
This case was instituted on charges based on the alleged presence of excess 
water in certain shipments of oysters.
On September 16, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land filed an information against Isaac W. Lawson and Norman B. Lawson, 
copartners, trading as I. W. Lawson & Co., Crisfield, Md., alleging shipment 
within the period from on or about November 8 to on or about December 18, 
1940, from the State of Maryland into the States of Pennsylvania and California, 
of quantities of oysters that were adulterated in that a substance, namely, 
water, had been substituted in part for oysters; and in that water had been 
added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase their bulk or 
weight and reduce their quality.
On October 3, 1941, the defendants having entered a plea of nolo contendere, 
the court entered a judgment of not guilty.