Hord v. United States

Under what theory the plaintiff concluded that this court had jurisdiction in this case does not clearly appear. It will be necessary to recite some of the facts.

In a county in the State of Texas one Jimmie Stovall and J. A. Pust were discovered in possession of an automobile, a search of which developed that it contained a large quantity of distilled spirits, and they were arrested and the spirits seized. The search was made by deputy marshals, and the warrant under which they were held recites a violation of both the national prohibition act and the tariff act.. *587It appears that they were…