SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The defendant (appellant), on January 15, 1948, was on the road from Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Arkadelphia, Arkansas, with 30 one-gallon jugs of non-tax-paid distilled spirits, commonly known as moonshine whiskey, hidden behind the back seat of his Plymouth sedan automobile. He was stopped by government officers (Investigators of the Alcohol Tax Unit of the Treasury Department), who, although they had no search warrant, searched his automobile...
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