7105. Adulteration of eggs, V. S. * * * v. William J, Benjamin and 
Fred JJ. Gillet (Benjamin ?fc GjHet). Nolle prosequi entered as to 
'William J. Benjamin. Plea of g-nilty oy Fred L. Gillet. Fine, $25 
and costs.     (F. & D. No. 0807.    I. S. No. 5553-r.)
On May 21, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of South 
Dakota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against 
William J. Benjamin and Fred L. Gillet, a partnership, trading as Benjamin & 
Gillet, Golome, S. D., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 7, 1918, from the State of South. 
Dakota into the State of Nebraska, of a quantity of shell eggs which were 
adulterated.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that in 8 cases there were 75 inedible eggs, or 6.9 per cent.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On June 26, 1919, a nolle prosequi was entered as to William J. Benjamin, 
and on the same date Fred L. Gillet entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting- Secretary of Agriculture.