Commonwealth v. Seventeen & One-Half Barrels & Seventy-Two Tanks of Beer

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The proceeding in the court below: was in rem by the Commonwealth for the forfeiture and condemnation, under sub-section (D) of section 11 of the Snyder Act of March 27, 1923, P. L. 31, of seventeen half barrels and seventy-two tanks of beer, seized under a search warrant by police officers of the City of Philadelphia on June 3, 1926. The seventeen half barrels were seized in a portion of a dismantled brewery, located at the southwest corner of 31st and Master Streets, occupied at that time by J. Bloom and Sons under a lease (dated about six months prior to the…