United States v. One Reo Truck

GALSTON, District Judge.

The Government seeks forfeiture of this automobile truck pursuant to the provision of Sec. 3450, U. S. Revised Statutes, Title 26, U.S. Code, Sec. 1441, 26 U.S.C.A. § 1441. At the trial the claimant, James Ward, at the conclusion of the Government’s case, moved to dismiss the complaint for failure of proof.

It appears that the truck was seized by representatives of the Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, at 156th Street and Whitlock Avenue in the city of New York, and there were found in the truck 180 bags of sugar, 400 pounds of yeast, 182 five gallon tin…