HAWTHORNE v. UNITED STATES

No. 2890.

37 F.2d 316 (1930)

HAWTHORNE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 14, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry O. Levin, of Baltimore, Md. (Samuel S. Levin, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellants.

O. Norman Forrest, Asst. U. S. Atty., and A. W. W. Woodcock, U. S. Atty., both of Baltimore, Md. (Wm. Childs Purnell, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for the United States.

Before WADDILL and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges, and McDOWELL, District Judge.


NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

On March 28, 1928, national prohibition officers arrested appellants in the state of Maryland, on a road leading into Baltimore. The officers were driving along the road when they noted a large truck directly ahead of them. The lights of the government car were directly on the rear of the truck, and revealed, through a space in the tail gate, what appeared to be drums used to contain alcohol. The...

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