State v. Washington

* Rehearing denied March 1, 1937. The supervisor of public accounts ruled the defendant to show cause why his automobile should not be decreed forfeited to the State, and sold by the sheriff of DeSoto parish, as authorized by Act No. 15 of the Legislature of 1934, because, as alleged, said car had been used to transport untaxed alcoholic liquor.

It is specifically charged that defendant, on July 22, 1936, did unlawfully transport in said automobile, from place to place, one and one-half pints of said liquor, which was subject to, but on which no tax had been paid as required by the laws of the…