United States v. One Reo Sedan

BREWSTER, District Judge.

These are proceedings on information to forfeit under 19 USCA §§ 482 and 483 (Rev. St. §§ 3061, 3062), a Reo sedan whieh had been used by one James F. McDonough in the transportation of intoxicating liquors, claimed to have been illegally imported into the United States. The matter is presented upon the claim of the C. I. T. Corporation, the holder of a conditional contract of sale whieh, by reason of defaults on the part of McDonough, the conditional vendee, entitled the corporation to the immediate possession of the ear. Trial by jury was duly waived.

The evidence…