United States v. One 1941 Buick Coach Automobile

McDUFFIE, District Judge.

Findings of Fact.

Robert E. Hoskins, the claimant, rented a room at 254 N. Franklin Street, in the City of Mobile, Alabama, and regularly ate his meals at the Twilight Cafe, located at the corner of Davis Avenue and Clay Street, approximately twelve blocks from his rooming house. On the afternoon of January 13, 1949, Hoskins was approached by an unidentified white man, who engaged him to deliver three gallons of “moonshine” whiskey on which the revenue tax had not been paid. Hoskins agreed to meet the white man later in the evening in the vicinity of the Twilight Cafe…