John M. Hart v. United States

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of transporting and concealing in interstate commerce a motor vehicle which he knew to be stolen, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312, § 2313. Prior to the trial, appellant filed a motion under Rule 41(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to return and suppress evidence obtained by an illegal search and seizure. This motion recited that defendant’s arrest was made without a warrant and without probable cause ánd that pursuant to this arrest and search without a search warrant, county authorities seized bills of sale, a…