United States v. Milstone

ROBB, Associate Justice.

This is a writ of error to the municipal court of the District. The case was disposed of below on an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears that on April 26, 1924, “while in the act .of transporting ten gallons of com liquor,” a Eord automobile was seized in behalf of a deputy collector of internal revenue. The automobile just prior to the seizure had been in the possession of James Jackson, who had hired it from the defendant in error, who had no knowledge that Jackson intended to use it for an illegal purpose. Just before the seizure Jackson abandoned the…