United States v. One Haynes Automobile
District Court, S.D. Florida
Forfeiture Libels. Eleven separate libels by the United States for the condemnation of one Haynes automobile, of one Buick automobile, of one Cadillac automobile, of one Kissel touring automobile, of one Reo automobile, of the gas screw vessel Voyager I, of one Hudson Super-Six automobile, of one Dodge automobile, of one Roamer automobile, of one G. M. C. truck, and of one seagoing yacht, No. V 69, each of which had been used for the transportation of liquors.
1Opinion of the Court
CALL, District Judge.
Each of the above cases is brought to forfeit the vessel or automobile, as the case may be, charging a violation of section 3450 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 6352). The sufficiency of the libel in each case is challenged on the ground that, so far as distilled spirits is concerned, that section has been repealed by the Volstead Act, passed October 28, 1919 (41 Stat. 305, c. 85), pursuant to the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Each violation is charged to have occurred since the 17th of January, 1919. The libels in each case charge that the vessel or…
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- United States v. One Essex Touring AutomobileDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1920
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