TOWNSEND v. STATE


76 So.2d 888 (1955)

Wade Hampton TOWNSEND, alias Hamp Townsend, alias W.H. Townsend, alias Wade Hamp Townsend, Driskell Townsend, Eddie Nathaniel James and lke Gaston, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

January 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.C. Adkins, Jr., Gainesville, for appellants.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bart L. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant has brought here for review a judgment forfeiting several cases of gins and whiskies of standard brands and a Ford truck, in which they were being transported, directing that the property be sold, and that the proceeds be paid into the fine and forfeiture fund of the county. The judgment was based on a return of the Board of County Commissioners and testimony of a supervisor of the beverage department, the sole witness, who was introduced...

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