United States v. One Five-Ton Federal Truck

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

Prohibition officers going in one direction on the public highway between Easton and Doylestown, Pennsylvania, passed an ordinary closed Federal truck traveling in the opposite direction. On returning, they found the truck stuck in the mud and abandoned. An examination of its contents disclosed 100 half-barrels of beer which on analysis showed about 4 per cent, alcohol. The barrels carried no stamps indicating that the tax on the beer had been paid. The officers then seized the truck. As the driver was not discovered and prosecuted, the government was not able to…