UNITED STATES v. ONE 1955 PONTIAC STARCHIEF, ETC.

Civ. A. No. 1492-D.

148 F.Supp. 755 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Libelant, v. ONE 1955 PONTIAC STARCHIEF CUSTOM HARDTOP COUPE, Motor No. P-855-H-17900 and Velva L. Robinson, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Illinois.

March 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Young, Asst. U. S. Atty., Danville, Ill., Jack Morris, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for libelant.

Ray M. Foreman and Kenneth Clapper, Danville, Ill., for claimant-intervenor.


PLATT, Chief Judge.

This is a libel alleging that the Pontiac was used to transport or to facilitate the transportation of contraband narcotic drugs. 49 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. Velva L. Robinson filed an answer as claimant and owner of the vehicle.

The facts were stipulated. The government offered five affidavits of persons who stated that Howard Robinson was engaged in the traffic of narcotics and that he had used the automobile in question in obtaining...

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