Scher v. United States

The appellant was found guilty under two counts of an indictment charging him with unlawful possession and transportation of distilled spirits, the containers of which did not have revenue stamps affixed thereto. The offenses charged were violations of section 1152a, title 26, U.S.C., 26 U.S.C.A. § 1152a.

Investigators of the Alcohol Tax Unit at Qeveland, Ohio, received confidential information from a source previously proved to be reliable that a load of tax-unpaid distilled spirits in bottles would be tak$n from a certain address in a car, the make, model, and license number of which were…