UNITED STATES v. MATHIS

No. 14700.

298 F.2d 790 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ollie Gus MATHIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reddy, U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Dale M. Quillen, Nashville, Tenn. (Philip M. Carden, Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Before CECIL and WEICK, Circuit Judges, and BOYD, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Northeastern Division, denying the appellant's motion to suppress evidence.

The evidence in question consisted of one hundred sixty-eight (168) gallons of non-tax-paid whiskey, which was found by a revenue agent in the car the appellant was driving, after a chase of about eight miles. This whiskey weighed about a ton and was stacked in the...

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