CASTRO v. UNITED STATES

No. 2016.

23 F.2d 263 (1927)

CASTRO v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 27, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. B. Wilcox, of San Juan, Porto Rico (Benicio F. Sanchez, of San Juan, Porto Rico, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

John V. Spalding, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass. (John L. Gay, U. S. Dist. Atty., and Jesus A. Gonzalez, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Juan, Porto Rico, on the brief), for the United States.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error from a judgment of the District Court of Porto Rico in a libel of information brought to condemn as forfeited to the United States certain liquors alleged to be in the possession of the federal prohibition administrator of Porto Rico.

The libel, except for the prayer, reads as follows:

"The United States of America, by John L. Gay, United States attorney for the district of Porto Rico, who prosecutes...

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