Poulas v. United States

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for violating 26 U.S.C.A. § 1287 and section 1441, in transporting and concealing non-tax paid liquor.

The sole question in the case is whether evidence assertedly obtained by illegal search and seizure should have been admitted.

The case made by the prosecution is that defendant Poulas was concealing and transporting in an automobile, of which he had control, a certain quantity of liquor on which no tax had been paid. There is no dispute that the liquor was found concealed in his car and that it was illegal or “moonshine” whisky. The…