Ira Tucker v. United States

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Ira Tucker, seeks to convince us that there was reversible error in his conviction of the possession of unstamped moonshine liquor in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 5008(b) (1), and of the concealment of liquor with intent to evade and defeat a tax in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 7206(4).

Deputy Sheriff Martin, of Orange County, Florida, was driving in Orlando, Florida, with Agent Pace, of the Florida State Beverage Department. About five-thirty o’clock, before daylight, on the morning of January 20, 1959, Martin threw his spotlight on a pickup truck and saw two…