One Plymouth Automobile v. United States

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of forfeiture and sale of one Plymouth coupe .and forty-two tires. The statutes upon which the seizure, detention, and forfeiture were based are the. Espionage Act of 1917, as amended, 22 U.S.C.A. § 401 et. seq., and the Export Control Act of 1940,. as amended, 50‘U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 701 et. seq.

The libel of information charged that the claimants were exporting, intending to-export, and attempting to ship and takeout of the United States, said merchandise,. *187in violation of said Export Control Act of 1940. More specifically, the libel…