United States v. 579 Sacks of Whisky

BREWSTER, District Judge.

In a proceeding to forfeit, for violation of the tariff laws and the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA), a quantity of intoxicating liquor, a claimant has appeared who offers no evidence to establish his proprietary interests in the liquor or to show that it was lawfully acquired or possessed by him. , He seeks to defeat the forfeiture by attacking the validity of the seizure and the jurisdiction of this court.

The important facts bearing on these questions, stated briefly, are that eleven men were arrested in East Brewster, a town on the shores of Cape Cod Bay, and…