Virginia v. Stiff

PAUL, Chief Judge.

This matter originated as a criminal prosecution against the defendant in the Trial Justice Court of Frederick County, Virginia, which has been removed to this court pursuant to the provisions of Title 28 § 1442, United States Code.

*170The facts have been stipulated and are, so far as essential to narrate, substantially as follows: On February 9, 1956, the defendant was operating on one of the highways of the State of Virginia in Frederick County a semi-trailer on which was loaded a large crane-crawler. The crane and the vehicle on which it was being transported were both the…