20273. Adulteration of apples.     U.S.  v. 44 Bushels, et al.,  of Apples.     De¬
fault decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   (F. & D.
nos. 29143, 29157.    Sample nos. 24878-A, 24885-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of quantities of apples that were 
found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered the 
article injurious to health.
On October 4, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 139 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce, in part on September 28 and in part 
on September 29, 1932, by Hill & Son, from Benton Harbor, Mich., to Chicago,