United States v. One Ford Coupe, 1937 Model, Engine No. 18—3902031, Va. License No. 267—183 (1939)

Findings of Fact.

BARKSDALE, District Judge.

The automobile which is the subject of this libel is a 1937 Ford Coupe, the property of one McDowell Thompson. At the time of the seizure, McDowell Thompson, his mother, Bessie Thompson, and his sister, Margaret Thompson, lived together at the mother’s residence in a remote section of Nelson County, and all three were engaged in the manufacture and sale of illicit liquor, the same being manufactured at an illicit distillery about three-fourths of a mile from the said dwelling house and which was in operation at the time of the seizure. Upon the…