United States v. Chicago Express, Inc.

FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

An inspector of the Interstate Commerce Commission halted defendant’s tractor, moving along Illinois Route 3, after that vehicle had been loaded with 33,210 pounds of paranitroanaline at the Monsanto Chemical Company’s plant. After identifying himself to defendant’s driver, that inspector asked for, and examined, the bill of lading, now government exhibit 1, covering the cargo then being hauled by Chicago Express, Inc., the defendant-common carrier. Exhibit 1, bearing defendant’s driver’s signature, is plainly and clearly stamped: “Class 'B' Poison Label Applied”.…