926 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



MISCELLANEOUS CASES. 

 ASSAULTS ON DEPARTMENT INSPECTORS. 



Two instances of apparent violations of section 62 of the Criminal 

 Code of the United States (84 Stat., 1088, 1100), based upon assaults 

 upon inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry in connection with 

 or on account of the performance of their duties, occurred during the 

 period covered by this report. These cases were promptly reported 

 to the Attorney General with requests that they be vigorously prose- 

 cuted. In one of these cases both of two defendants pleaded guilty 

 and were fined $50 each. In the other case the defendant pleaded 

 not guilty, and after a vigorous defense was found guilty by the jury 

 and sentenced to 90 days in the house of correction. (Department of 

 Agriculture Mscellaneous Cases Nos. 128 and 135.) 



IMPERSONATION OF AGENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT. 



During the year six cases were reported to the Attorney General in 

 which the defendants were charged with violating section 32 of the 

 Criminal Code of the United States (34 Stat., 1088), in falsely repre- 

 senting themselves to be employees of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. All of these cases were promptly referred to the proper United 

 States attorneys and are now in their hands for prosecution. (De- 

 partment of Agriculture Miscellaneous Cases Nos, 124, 136, 137, 138, 

 150, and 156.) 



FRAUDULENT INDORSEMENTS OF CHECKS. 



There were four cases in which the disbursing officer of the depart- 

 ment called attention to the fact that the signatures of payees to 

 checks drawn by district fiscal agents of the department had been 

 forged. These cases were promptly reported to the Attorney General 

 and are now in the hands of the United States attorneys for appro- 

 priate action. (Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Cases Nos. 

 132, 133, 134, and 155.) 



COUNTERFEIT WEATHER FORECASTS. 



There was reported to the Department of Justice an apparent 

 violation of section 61 of the Criminal Code of the United States by 

 the New York & London Drug Co., the company publishing or 

 issuing counterfeit weather forecasts or warnings under the title of 

 "Uncle Sam's Predictions." This case was referred to the United 

 States attorney for the Southern District of New York and was 

 pending at the close of the fiscal year of 1912. (Department of 

 Agriculture I^IisceUaneous Case No. 130.) 



FRAUDULENT USE OF THE MAILS. 



On information received from George E. Trowbridge, assistant to 

 the Solicitor at Denver, Colo., the Postmaster General was advised 

 of the facts concerning an alleged violation of section 215 of the 

 Criminal Code of the United States by C. J. Patton for use of the 

 mails in a scheme to defraud the United States. Patton was indicted 

 and will be tried at the September, 1912, term of court. 



