Cleek v. Commonwealth

On July 22, 1947, W. S. Boyd, of the State police force, seized a certain Ford coupe, bearing a Tennessee license, and found sixty gallons of whiskey being illegally transported therein. The necessary legal steps prescribed by section 38 *16of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (Acts 1934, p. 100), to have the coupe forfeited to the Commonwealth, were taken. Katherine Cleek became a party to the proceedings as provided by section 38a of the Acts of 1936, page 429, amending the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, Michie’s 1942 Code, sec. 4675 (38a). She alleged that she was the owner of the coupe and…