DE HART v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 7231, 7243, 7244.

237 F.2d 227 (1956)

Sam Abraham DE HART, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee (3 cases).

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Dillard, Roanoke, Va., and J. B. Allman, Rocky Mount, Va., for appellant.

Thomas J. Wilson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Harrisonburg, Va. (John Strickler, U. S. Atty., Roanoke, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and SOBELOFF, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

These are appeals in cases involving the possession of a large quantity of sugar intended for use in the manufacture of whiskey in violation of the internal revenue laws. One of the cases was a criminal prosecution, the others were brought for the forfeiture of the sugar and of the truck in which it was being transported at the time of seizure. Jury trial was waived and all of the cases were heard together by the District Judge, without a jury, who found...

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