United States v. One Cadillac Automobile Bearing Motor No. 61-v-238
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Libel of Forfeiture. Proceeding by the United States against one Cadillac automobile, bearing motor No. 61 — V—238, wherein Gus D.
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
It appears from the record and stipulation of the parties that some 228 quart bottles of distilled spirits containing more than one-half of one per cent, of alcohol, whisky, was being illegally transported in the car in question; that the owner was prosecuted for illegal transportation of same and convicted. The liquor was confiscated and the automobile libeled. The petitioner, intervening, claims the automobile by virtue of a chattel mortgage upon the same, the validity of which is beyond question.
[1] The libel is under section 3450 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St.…
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