Ritkofsky v. United States

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence -by the District Court for the District of New Jersey upon an indictment charging the defendant with transportation and possession of 215 gallons of distilled spirits, being intoxicating liquor containing more than one-half per cent, of alcohol and fit for use for beverage purposes. By agreement the case was tried before the District Judge without a jury.

The testimony showed that a police officer of Jersey City, while patrolling the Newark turnpike, noticed a truck, loaded with large packing eases, which aroused his…