29801. Adulteration of crab meat.    IT. S. v. Howard W. Shaw and John R. Shaw.
Plea of nolo contendere by Howard W. Shaw. Imposition of sentence 
suspended and defendant placed on probation for 5 years. Information 
dismissed as to John R. Shaw. (F. & D. No. 42541. Sample Nos. 13277-D, 
On July 16,1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Flor- 
ida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Howard W. Shaw and John R. Shaw, trading as the 
Gulf Coast Fisheries at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging shipment by said defendants 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act within the period from on or about 
February 12, 1938, to on or about February 15, 1938, from the State of Florida 
into the States of New York and Pennsylvania of quantities of crab meat which 
was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On October 3,1938, the defendants filed a demurrer to the information, motion 
for bill of particulars, and motion to quash. On October 14, 1938, the court 
denied the motion to quash and overrule the demurrer, and granted the de- 
fendants' motion for bill of particulars as to the nature of the filthy animal 
substance alleged to be the gist of the offense charged. On October 26, Howard 
W. Shaw withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of nolo contendere 
and on the same day, on motion of the United States attorney, the information 
was dismissed as to John R. Shaw. Imposition of sentence was suspended as 
to Howard W. Shaw and he was placed on probation for 5 years.
HARBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.