State v. Bruce

KELLY, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a proceeding under the provisions of § 149.055.2 RSMo.1969, and a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County forfeiting to the State of Missouri a 1970 Chrysler Tudor automobile seized from Amos W. Bruce on June 15, 1976, when he was arrested in Clayton, Missouri, on a charge of possession of unstamped cigarettes with intent to sell in violation of § 149.051 RSMo.1969. Pursuant to the authorization of Rule 81.13 a “Partial Transcript,” approved by the trial judge, counsel for the state and the defendant, Amos Bruce, was filed in this court.

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