Wardell Pegram v. United States

The principal question raised on this appeal concerns the District Court’s denial of a motion to suppress certain evidence. Appellant waived trial by jury and was found guilty by the court of possession of untaxpaid liquor under 26 U.S.C. § 5008(b). Appellant urges that probable cause for search and seizure of appellant’s automobile and the contents thereof did not exist and that his motion to suppress the evidence should have been granted.

It is conceded that about 12:00 noon on December 5, 1957, a criminal investigator of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division received information that a 1949…