United States v. William Garland Bradshaw

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant appeals from his conviction upon a jury verdict that he possessed non-tax-paid whiskey in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5205(a), 5604(a). The only question raised by this appeal is the admissibility, at defendant’s trial, of certain jugs of moonshine whiskey, together with testimony concerning their discovery, found in a truck parked on defendant’s property near his residence by Agent Williams of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division of the United States Treasury Department. On the basis of Agent Williams’ testimony concerning events leading up to this…