United States v. One 1956 2-Door Chevrolet, Etc., United States of America v. One 1957 Ford, Etc.

JOHNSEN, Chief Judge.

One Hardesty and one Banfield had been charged, in the Western District of Missouri, with attemping to transport intoxicating liquor from Missouri to Oklahoma (then a “dry” State), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1262. On a trial without a jury, the court acquitted them of the charge, after suppressing as evidence the liquor involved, on the ground of illegal search and seizure.

The Government further had instituted forfeiture proceedings, under 18 U.S.C.A. § 3615, against the liquor and against a Chevrolet automobile belonging to Hardesty and a Ford automobile belonging to…