Marggraf v. Lewis

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a proceeding to forfeit a Chevrolet truck on the ground that it .was used in connection with an illegal brewery. It is brought under National Prohibition Act, title 2, § 25 (27 USCA § 39). The facts are as follows:

Federal prohibition officers discovered an illegal brewery in operation in Methuen,Mass. Shortly before the officers took temporary possession of the brewery, the truck drove into the brewery yard a,nd backed up to the loading platform. The plaintiff admitted to the officers that the brewery belonged to him, and that the truck in question was his also;…