United States v. Williams

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Appealing from a judgment remitting as to appellee, claimant below, the forfeiture of a Dodge Truck, but taxing the costs against the claimant, 1 the United States is here insisting that the court erred in remitting the forfeiture.

The primary reason assigned by it is that the evidence showed, and the court found, that, though the ostensible purchaser of the car and maker of the paper purchased by claimant was without any record or reputation as a violator, one who had such a record was a secret owner of a part interest in the car.

The secondary reason was: that the…