United States v. One Chevrolet Truck Automobile, Motor No. K-4148408, & 1,800 Pounds of Sugar

PAUL, District Judge.

This proceeding is on an information for the forfeiture of a motortruck and a quantity of sugar found therein. It has been stipulated that all questions of law and of fact be submitted to the court without intervention of a jury. .

The facts, which are not disputed, are briefly and in substance as follows:

On the 13th of May, 1934, agents of the government raided a large illicit distillery in operation in Franklin county, Va., and captured several men who were working in and about the operation of the distillery. A few minutes thereafter and while the officers were still…