United States v. One Fargo Truck

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

This proceeding is brought for the forfeiture of a certain truek which, when seized, had in it 39 cases of' alcohol and 473 bottles of whisky. The facts as to the place where and the circumstances under which the seizure occurred are as follows:

Two patrol inspectors for the United States Immigration Service, while patrolling one of the main highways in Webb county, Tex.,' known as the Mines road, in their search for aliens unlawfully entering the United States, saw the truck in question coming down the road, and stopped it to investigate whether it had aliens aboard.…