Commonwealth v. One 1956 Oldsmobile Sedan

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

These two appeals were taken by the Commonwealth from the dismissal by the lower court of petitions for forfeiture of automobiles filed pursuant to Article VI of the Liquor Code of April 12, 1951, P. L. 90, as amended, 47 P.S. §6-601 et seq.

The automobiles had been used to transport liquor in violation of the Liquor Code. For a time the for-, feiture of an automobile in a case like this was mandatory, but since the amendment of April 20, 1956, P. L. *573(1955) 1508, to section 602(e) of the Liquor Code, 47 P.S. §6-602(e), the forfeiture is subject to the discretion of the…