United States v. One Buick Automobile

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

In this case one J. A. Roberts, having used a parked Buick eoupé as a place in which to store and from which to sell whisky, was tried and convicted for possession and sale of intoxicating liquor. The ear, having been seized by the officers, was libelled under section 3450, Rev. St. (26 USCA § 1181).

The Brazos Valley Buick Company and Bob Sullivan, the one holding a mortgage and the other being an indorser on the notes secured by the car, intervened, pleading and proving innocence and want of complicity in the unlawful act, or any guilty knowledge.

The bottles…