Boyd v. United States

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

The issue is whether, under the circumstances, evidence of the finding of intoxicating- liquors in an automobile without a warrant by a federal prohibition officer should have been excluded in the trial of the defendant on a charge of illegally transporting intoxicating liquors.

There is high authority for the proposition that the person in possession of forfeited property has no right to the protection of his possession, and that the property is always rightfully subject to seizure on behalf of the government. United States v. Stowell, 133 U. S. 19, 10 Sup. Ct. 244, 33 L.…