United States v. Thirty-Six Bottles of London Dry Gin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; John B. McPherson, Judge. Action by the United States against Thirty-Six Bottles of London Dry Gin; Sir Robert Burnett & Co., claimant. From a judgment in favor of claimant (205 Fed. Ill), the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, District Judge.
This is a proceeding'by the United States for the condemnation of certain bottles of gin alleged to be misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906. The eighth section of that act provides that an article shall be deemed to be mis-branded “if it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser or purport to be a foreign product when not so.” The cause went to trial before a jury upon the libel and amended libel and answer thereto by Sir Robert Burnett & Co., the claimant. The libel alleges that the bottles were labeled and branded so…
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