United States v. One Thousand Five Hundred & Eight Dollars & Forty Cents

MERCER, District Judge.

This cause is brought as a libel to forfeit certain property, being money contained in three cigar boxes introduced in evidence as Exhibits 4, 5, and 6, the action being brought under Section 7301 of Title 26 United States Code. At the hearing an amendment was allowed which brought the action under Section 7302.

The evidence submitted by the government was uncontradicted by the respondent. The respondent offered no evidence. The testimony disclosed that certain Special Agents of the Internal Revenue Bureau went to the Smoke House, a restaurant and poolroom in Galesburg,…