Vasile v. District of Columbia

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal by the owner of a 1969 Lincoln Continental from a judgment of forfeiture of that auto to the District of Columbia in a libel action under D.C.Code 1967, § 22-1505 (c) (Supp. V, 1972).

Pursuant to a search warrant, a police officer searched the above car, then operated by appellant Vasile, 1 at 20th Street and Florida Avenue, N.W., in this city, and found on the front seat three rolled-up newspapers containing three envelopes in which there were numbers slips.

The following are the sketchy facts leading to the search. A police officer observed the…