GODETTE v. UNITED STATES

No. 6436.

199 F.2d 331 (1952)

GODETTE v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cameron S. Weeks and C. H. Leggett, Tarboro, N. C. (T. Chandler Muse, Tarboro, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

Cicero P. Yow, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, N. C. (Charles P. Green, U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Walter Alexander Godette was found guilty in a trial before the judge without a jury in the District Court of violating 26 U.S.C.A. § 3116, of possessing property, to wit, 12,000 pounds of sugar contained in 120 bags, which was intended for use in violating the provisions of the internal revenue laws, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500. During the trial the defendant moved the District Judge to suppress the evidence which was secured by the seizure...

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