United States v. Orion Prince

This appeal involves the legality of a search, without a warrant, of defendant’s automobile. Such search disclosed that defendant was transporting one hundred gallons of nontaxpaid whiskey. Defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence so obtained and his motion for direction of acquittal were denied.

At 1:45 A.M. on the date of the arrest and search an agent of the U. S. Alcohol Tax Unit received a call from an informer, known to be a reliable source of information, advising that defendant Prince was then transporting in his 1955 Cadillac automobile (license number identified) a cargo of…