United States v. Mack

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The United States sued Mack and the Surety Company upon a bond executed in the form prescribed by section 26, title 2, of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA § 40), on the thirty-first day of October, 1930. The condition read as follows: “The said principal shall return the aforesaid .conveyance or vehicle to the custody of the officer approving this bond on the day of the criminal trial to abide the judgment of the court.” The occasion for the bond was a seizure in the preceding July by the Collector of Customs of New York, of the motor boat “Wanda,” with a cargo of…