Pittsburgh Taxicab Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; D. C. Westenhaver, Judge. Proceeding by the United States against the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company to condemn and forfeit an automobile taxicab and certain intoxicating liquor. Judgment for the United States (U. S. v. One„W. W. Shaw Automobile Taxi, 272 Fed. 670), and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DONAHUE, Circuit Judge.
On the 15th of September, 1920, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, filed in the District Court, on behalf of the United States of America, a libel to condemn and forfeit a W. W. Shaw automobile taxicab and 186 quarts of whisky, under section 26, title 2, of the National Prohibition Act (41 Stat. 315). This taxicab was seized at Youngstown, Ohio, while being used in the illegal transportation of whisky from Pittsburgh^ Pa., to Cleveland, Ohio. Both the owner of the whisky and the driver of the car were arrested and convicted of the offense of…
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