UNITED STATES v. A QUANTITY OF CANDY, ETC.

Misc. No. 7384.

95 F.Supp. 490 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. A QUANTITY OF CANDY CONTAINING TRINKETS et al.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

February 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Eley, Asst. U. S. D. A., Norfolk, Va., Geo. R. Humrickhouse, U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., for plaintiff.

Edwin C. Kellam, Norfolk, Va., Kellam & Kellam, Norfolk, Va., for defendants.


BRYAN, District Judge.

The contents of two slot machines have been libeled as adulterated food, specifically, balls of candy and chewing gum as containing deleterious and non-nutritive substances, contraband under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 52 Stat. 1040, 21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq. With the evidentiary facts undisputed, the lone question is whether the gum or candy was adulterated by the admixture of...

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