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WELSH v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 12205, 12206.

220 F.2d 200 (1955)

Isaac WELSH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Alice C. WELSH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Curtis P. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George E. C. Hayes and John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Harold H. Greene, Asst. U. S. Atty., Silver Spring, Md., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Lewis A. Carroll and E. Riley Casey, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

These cases raise the question whether the accused in a criminal case is entitled to the return of money illegally seized from him by the police of the District of Columbia, when it appears that the United States claims that the money is subject to a lien for taxes.

On July 1, 1953, pursuant to warrant, members of the Metropolitan Police Department searched premises of which the appellants were in possession. In addition to other...

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