OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN



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Tau Sesy **County Attorney**  Pottvr county Amarillo, 

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### a osbiole .arrd**releted** proeeedia$e be r,emderedla **ooAwotiQA** vith **mad m**  **e** 

### pert or the 

### orl.m3.nel **pr000eutbua egeinet**  **the derendent,**  **or is**  **it ma**  800ery for the Set0 ‘to rib l eeperete l **uit on**  the civil doaket in order to obtain l uohup or

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Article **I, Seation**  **14, or**  **the Teue**  **Llqucw Con**  trol Act lo taken ana ror the moot pUrt, sopied tram &a**tan** 26 or Title d or the Petloeal Prohibition Aat 

### (Title 27, Sootlon 40, WCA), aov repe@lod. Wuee the tvo 

### eat0 are almoot ldentloel inrof8r au the preeorlbed proardure
ror rareiture 0r reeeelv aad whloleo uavd in 

### tivrul traruportatlon 

### 0r aleaholu bev*regeo, the deeielone 0r tba Pederrl Court0 oometr the Uetlon81 Problbltlan Aat in thle regard wet be eon01 -tared ee ~uvolve in oonvtruageliriler

p ovieio~

or the

2mae uor Cati **Act.**
fn Volun 39, pqe WI, of ToxavJwleprudenae, it ia **etated:**

**“ )**  140. **Adoptid 8tatutee.**  **-- A**  **#awea,** prateion or etatute adopted **rrca** the lave **or eaether**  etate (IF **osuntry** Vill 

### 0dbarl4 **be given**  the l ew **wnetrwtlen** inCue0thet **it** bed

reeoo:d in the **jurledlotiea** Rror uhleh it vu borxr it hod been given 8 rtlud a~0 doriait 

### tebelal~

by theoourteor thet 

### jur~eclh3tion, 1t Vlll be **giVeI%** the l apo meuoin(g

in TeXae. The rule **rbete** uponthe **peeumptlen** thet the Lo@*- &tare vee aver0 or the judleial **laterpretetlon** giVOA iA the jUPi~d%OtiCUX rrQI0Vhbh the et&t**ute** vu takea, aad **thet** in **aloptiaq** ***UC&** et&- **ute it**  **lx&ended eleo**  **to** 

### l **oeept eueh**  aonetcwt1oA.

e&lOOrdb&k~ the X'OfiOUO QOAOt&WtiOA Or enadopted l t8tute ril Pba re&eMed u l pert ofth0

la,Md vi11

be

### r0xm0d wl000 it ep peer0 to be eontrery to t&e 

### l plrlt es& polio of the furloprudeao* 0r Teaee. 

### Horeover,eu L 

### l 8qWAt

conetrwtlene 

### 0r co 4tlOpteQ **otatuto by**  the aourte 0r the rtate from vhiab At vee imjmrted ere atron& pereuaeive of the interpretetlenth.t ehould bo pleaed 

### UpW It IA th0 edopting l

### t*te

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. . . . Beroro dleaueeleg e8oh or your queetione, the gontsrel 

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ubjeot 

### 0r the procedure 

### for rorrelture 0r autcmobllee under the 

### repealad IUtlonal 

### Prohibitton **Act** will be notloed.
It 10nmlteet that thmre lo a la& or &rinlte powdure **preeerlbed,** both in the Texm Liquor Control mt W in the liatloaal 

### Prohibitlun hat, by vbloh to determine the 

### relative **right0** Or all pertlee oowemed la 

### theproperty 00 ae to peslude 

### themat cmeeurd r0r all tbrr 

### rp0I rurthw olaaing any intereat t&rein.

la the aaoe or Oalted 8t8tee v. QXM **Stephone Auto**  mobile, 272Pod. Rep. 188, lo rwad l rull and aoqdete dleaueelon or meny

### qwetlone Iavolved Inor oeudlnge 

### r’0rr0rrelture or &utamobllee under ths repo l d 8edua.l Act. For
a oamprehen8lva**undoretendlng** Or the ooneluelone **reeehed** 

### in thet oeea, a0 meybe or **ueleteaae** 

### in ocmetrulag 

### the **Texae Aot,**  **the tollou~**  **hngu&ge, deemed**  **pertlneat,** lo **quoted: (I**  The est denwwed by tUe l e6tloa lo 

### tb*~t&uwt~tlon 0r llqbmre in violetian of lev, urd **requlree** thet, uhea 0 pereon 10 dieQovereG 

### fu 

### the

l et, 

### tha **llqwre** 

### bdng truuported ehell bo eeieed, the vehIale La lfhioh they
are **being** oarrled teken into pOOOOOOlOn by **the** orrhw, end the pueon b uherge **thereor** -- thet lo, 0r the 

### llquoreud vehlclo - 

### erreot**ed,** all to hollow preotio81ly ocurewrmtl~ vith

a **dleaovery** or the pert Or the 0rraOr or l pereon In the l 0t0r traaeportlng 

### l*qufm ofaitrery to lav. Thavehlo& ueed IA tmnepO*ta

### tloon or the liquor0 Psocuee um orrendlngthing, 88 

### thepereondleoovered la the eot Ie the ofIader, end lo to be dealt vith le eeotfoa 26 

### 0r tltle 2 0r t&m 

### eat rurthr provide*.
'Thie eeotlorr l

eome**to** oonte~lete **thet,** 

### UpOnOOWiOtiOA Sr the 

### piHOw ep~head0d ia the trpneportettan or the 

### lntoxloente, the vehicle or other ooeft ueod in euohtrenep8tetlaa: ,

**iionorebla Toa**  **my-, pege**  **8**

*hell be 0010in eny event. bmleeethe **ovner** ebw go& eeuee tc) the oontr&ry. United **Statee** v. ikockley (D. G.) 266 Fed. 1001. **When**eold, the proaesde thelcoof, efter the peyment of the expeasor attending the eeiruro end oak ud euah bone fide liene ee **ore** eetebllehed OgOS.nOt he property, am required to be oovered into the **treaeury** 

## or the Uaited 3tetee. 

### Afxer *ale, all lien8 qelnet the **propert** the **prweede.** Boneride T ore treneierred to I~IWmeybe oetebliehed by lntorvention **or** othervlee **‘ 8t**  raid hoerhg,’ or in other prooeedlng brought rm It hovewr no one ehell be KiTLEXT&ng t&e vehisli, it 10 provided thet **the** tekiag 0r the 

### l eme,vlth the **deeoription** thereof, em11 be edvsrtleed la **mower** provided, and, ir no elelment ehell ap9eer vithin 10 day0 titer the leet publleetlon of the edmrtleawnt, thw thet the **property** *hell be *old 8ndthe prooeede peld into the trereury of the **UnLted**Stats0 le eiIeo*lleeooue~r*celpte.
“lt would eppeer **thet** the prowdur* pro**vided,** vhere no one lo louad 6leIRln& the propertr, lo urple r0r diveetiture or **title,** 00 **eppproprlete** AotLM to interrated **pertIce** ie prowldo&, 6nd en opportunity for m claimerat to ep9ear cwl preeumably to be herrb lo AIEoFded. But IA the aret IrPetaaee, 80 we have **am, the eat dLreote that upanoonvtutlon of the pcreon mreeted, sroept uponaood ceuee ehovn by the ovmw, the oourt ehell order a **role et**  publie lwtlon of the property eelecd, thet lo, the vehlole or other oreft wed La tr8AOpOFtingthe iAtartarAte, aad thea hOVthe prowade oh011 be diepoeed of. Hodeoleretion Or #OFfeitUXO Or OOAdWAetiOAOr tha prOp@rty **eelead** ie provided ior. The pro*Leian for **trene** 

### Perrin~ the lien8 0r clelmente to **the** prooeede ol ths eels vould eeemto indtoete e legieletlm purpoee to sxtsnd to lien olelmrote the r&g&t to pureue t&f& OllLau,to the -tOAt or prooaedhg agaillat the procmsdeef’ter 

### l rlr) that lo to oeg, the aeh ltee~ VP0not doeQpwd to out err oontroveray a0 to the rigbte of bone fide clalaatlts tM&.i~ the pPbpaFty l 818ed6tid ordwed to be sold. So it ie 8e~Uaret thet the

ovum io not precluded by the ordm of eeleikonorebls foe 3eey, pegs 5



### and the 8ab mode In pureueme **thereor, nor**  **ore** the lien cleIment8.

“As to the 

### pxooedure, the 

### otfioer mklly the sole lo **required** to 9ey 811 **bane** tide llene which ere eetabliehed 

### byeIntervention or **other** vie6 et ‘said heerlng’ 

### or other proceeding **brought for**  th6 purpoer. b mbiguity 6xlete le to vhet lo went by the ulie of the vorde ‘uid heerIag.* Dothey rsrlate to the triel ot the pQreonwrested, **or to**  **t&c!**hoerlng **broqht** on **by** intervention or **otherviee,** 3r other proseeding **brought** for
the gurpcea of dete~ainlag the relldity of tho liens 

### alaimed, or their reletlve prlorltles?
“I up 0r the vlev thet the letter vee LA**tended.** The order of eele vould leemto follov 

### l UtQWtiC6lly

U9OR WAtiOtiOA. There lo ~0 **pro** vlelonfor 8 trlel touoh%ngthe rl@te of aleImente to the **property** et **the** tlw 0r the trlel of the pereon arreeted. Ln feet, euoh l. hearing VGdd eeemto **be** oollet6r8l to eny luau6 ee to th6 guilt of the pereon erreeted. lo **aottre** 0r the eelewe OStbe property 18provided by vlliab 

### to preolude partlee 

### intereetsd therein, unleee It be thet the eelture iteelr lo deemedeuffialent, whyprorlde later for 

### l **dvertlelng** the l

8l.6 la oe8e ~0 **one** *hell b6 fsimd clelmlng the prop**erty,** cud opportunity r0r olei.menteto appeu IA pureuenamof the edvertlwrUat?
“It ie menlfeet that there Lo 144kof definite prooedur6 prsecrlb6d 

### l ppllceble In the **firat** inetOnoe **by** vhioh to **determlas** tha relative rights OS811putiee sowerned in th6 pro90 erty, 00 00 to **prealude** thea l t 01109 end r0r l

ll tincrSramrurther cleFPing eny intereet **therein. IWv,**  **t.h6 governa4nt**  **h40, vlth**  **4 vtev**  **t4 4ond4m**  fng the property eeieed enBaffording e hearing
to 011 9ert:ee comerned, aad dieposing or the eemaor the low **dlreete,** iaetltuted the lprownt proeeedlng, though m6erm or vhet lo t6rinede libel, and 

### theprlsery qwetlon lo vhether euoh prooaedfng lo l

pproprlete aad 06~ be eveil6d of for the pkwpoee.

### i&nor&la TomSexy, page 7

“met conviction~88 bed %n the c~t&aLnal
oaure 18 a pertinent allegation to the @overnwrit’s right to condemn the automobile. For the went of such ellegetion, the libel or I.nfomatiou **nuut** be held to be b8UffiCi4Qt.
. . .”

in the cat34 of **aoneral** Motor8 kcceptence Corpore

### tion v. iJnfted

3tetes, 23 Fed. (26) 799, by 6 Fcderel Co&z% of’ Clrcult kpjwfilo in Rorth CurOUR&, an autosaobile war seized by Pederal Prohibition&Ult, end Upon 88iaUre **VW** sound to contein thirty-fiveEjallonsof 

### l loobO~io liquor upor? vh,lchthe tax had not been paid. UpOn motion of ths Uorted State@’ Attorney the aourt 

### enteredan orc?sr cenbemning 'andfozSeLtlr&g the autornoblle

under 3eotlorr

26 of Title 2 of the HatLone PrOhibltlonAct (27 USCA, Seation &I), end ordered the automobile turned over to the ProhlbltionAdminl8trator for ~84 in the **snforosmsnt** of the **iEationa1 Ro**  hlbltlon Act. **tkxerm].** biotorlr AoOeptence Corporetion held a valid but **unrecorded** 

### lienon the autOmobile. This sect wea 

### well. known to the PrOhZbltlcn~ent 84f%iA& the eutcirnotlle, yet the 

### haoeptonaeCmpor8tlon ~88 not notified 

### OS the p-c+- oeedfng and &Fd not learn OS it until the omwt had placed the e4hlolQ in tbe hands bf the Prohlbitiun **A&enta** for their IA remuti1n.g

the wne to the lover court far further %iOA the OoWt 8Qid;

I)

. . . .
"It would **neem, in**  view of the fbat that the **governmerit~s** agent8 kneu of the cleSe Of 

### the appellant, that fair dealing would have rquired SoiiIQ notice to appellellt 

### of the pro444ding to 

### fortelt

. Certainly the govemiaent end ita offloerr **o&m do**  **no** 108.9 then **to** mooo~d t5 the p8rties st lntere8t that 8~14 fair deel3.q and good felth thet 18 

### rsguirad**in deal-,**  vlth the government and its weIIt8. in no other way ottrk the enforoemuat of the lt3aW

be mede uhole8olaely rerpsoted.

"

. to maqulre **jurirdlction,** the cowt isAy noi &ly alone **upon** tha seiz.ure of the prohibition ef$elltl,



### but there 8hotid be e libel filed
**or** other 8pproprimt.e pl"Oaeeaing

had. Thlo ve8 not b.me in thie c&w, but the order es entered Vail bmaad solely upon the ileisure of thu pmhlbitlon agent.

. . .“The government oontand8 th8t ke8uw the

contra& cf a818held by tha .p&tnt Ita8not reaorded, it v18 sot efteotlre agafaat the Oltim og the United state0 for iorfelture, md **that** under the North Carollna 

### regfatr~tlon atbtute (C. 9. 1 3308et seq., aa meaded), reqtirlng the 

### reglakriag of auah Qaatr&ota 

## to 88ke thea mud, a$ apin@t &W8dltOr8 G? pwohuers for ralue, the f*llurv to register rendera appellant’r lfm void 

### ma awlnat the government98 ol8fa or forfeiture. we MJUXOt MMDt 

## thh ViUU.

out **ZlOtlOe,** and the government or the IJaded water, in e r6rreftfae praoee~ng or ma klad, dew not OQI w&or olther 

### 6lua. St&a v. all* 91 u. 

### Y8. 648, ill 8. 8. 8fiojoi wotorr co. f. JMk8oJa,la4 II. c 380 ilk 8. 5. 4793 United State8 v. Torrra b.C.j iI91t. 3.38. la t&e ease laat oltwl, ln UL able opinloa, Jvdw 

### Sow dl8ouwea thl8 quaatlen, U propart~, ve think, readm the oeaoluaion that, evea tn the 8baenoe of reo6m¶atioa, the right0 of tbeunlted 5tateeu brmdbf the muonal iwhfbftfcm llct u-0 l berdia6tod

to the

rlgtr, ti Loa tide 

### &fumra vltbout ~otlve of the il- &al we 0s the ourylag whlole.

‘A&n, it 

### ia owtendvd on behalf of the
Lahe avorawnt that the 

## l ppelUmt V*a tilty of
a in delaa to set up it0 ck l8 uat11 Mmoh 18, l9i27, v&en 

### the o&m fat lorf*iture
vu entered on Ootober 4, 1926.

. . . Appellant did not k.?&ov oi tha ~ooeodbg Under the 19atloaal Pxwhlbltloa A& urrdil %mad.Utrly before the ill&q of it0 petttion. m govwasent could ham notiiled 6ppsll@nt of the wtlan taken at my Mae, but did not do w, md BPpellaxtt w3ted 

### irudl*telz at learnLog the true altuntlon. Under 

### these el&wumstM~e~. VI do not feel tkat the &arge &sfU&&e8 ma propmly be la16 at appellant ‘a doe,.

. I

. . . .IIoaorbble Tom Seay, m 9

Without going further ta quote froa addithnal eaaee re2atlve 

### to

the g ureral l bJMt 

### involved,

It 

### to **deemed** eufS%olent to atete that ve heve aereiully rarieved the w 

### aeaea **Qitud in**  the 

### 8naotat~oM **under !&Otion**  **40,** Title **27,** of USOA, the applloclble l eatlmu of the Pederal Wgeat, the sxhauatlve treatment given the 

### l ubjaot in A. L. E. emImany other authorltiea touahing 0~ the 4generil 

### l ubjeot.

Slnoe the prltxlpler aruaounoed lo the a8888 just quoted **from** have
never 

### l

uaoeaatully been ahallen&ed, it 

### ia thou&t tUt thoae a6888 nL&htbe wad aa ~uldea lo p”oaeedlnga Sor the forSeltuca al automobile8 wader 

### the e-8 Liquor Control 

### Aat.

Pro8 t&e l

uthorltloa thw revleved, lnoludlng the apDlUable protlaiona of the TUIi Liquor Control Aat, ve vlll attempt to dlaouaa **the qU8OtiOlU**  raioed **in your**  lottor vlthout reiexenoe to thalr n8nerloal order OS l uah queatlone.

It 

### ia only aStor the final aaavl#iloa OSthe per000la ohargo of the automobile at the tlm of it0 l aixura that any prooeedlng uy be had relative to the ZorSeltora~ After the flaal ooavlotion,vlriohm8y bram lnatmee8 owa

### sum m month8 eapaoiall~ ii t&a 

### dotendaat appeala, a petltloa l

hould be filed la 'a oourt ef Wmptent jiWlOdl~- tiffn." The oaae la om in ramuul the mHXmAUe 10 tbr 

### real 6oSeadaut. %sepetltlon should aUe@ the aeisure and olrgumatuuses 

### l

urroundiiqg 

### abm u veU u the deaarlption of the automobile. It should allege the nay of the peraoA in oharga

OS mm at the

time ofthe l

Uure and the raot OSauoh 

### peraonw8 f-1 aonvlotlm. It vould AOt be lA&wOpW
ve thlak to allege that the ptoaeedbing, la one to eatorae the forS*lture that 

### ha0 raauZted bin&r Seattan 44 US&tie18 I OSthe 

### T#aa Llquox Control Aat from the coovlotlon OSunlavful trensportation 0P lntoxicetlng liquor, 1,nthe comilaalon of vhleh offense the m&mobile 

### v&a used 

### (Phariar Y. kirbxoqgh, 128 9. U. (ad) 661). The prayer should bolt Sor
a Judiaial dea~ee or foFielture and far an ordbc of aale end the dlrtrf~butioa

of the prooeed8 of the bale in aoaordanoe vlth the prorlalona oZ &tie& I, Seatiofa 44, of the Tenr Liquor CQatrol Aat. ;Lnordar to .&ford a;11interested part188 ~1.opportunity of being heud, the petition l hould be prersnted **to** the Judge OSthe **oourt hbviag**  uriadictlon whoshould a& the matter dovn for hewlug, i 8l ovl.ngaufflaient tl.ae for 

### thoae intoreated **in** l tmh oue to be notlSi86. ii0 partioular fore of notlee la pra8orlbed. In thir aonneotion, Ve think it vould be popor far tho8e oliioera Sntsrsatcd in the proaeautlon to meertala, &a beat they 0~1. thoae olaimfag 

### am fntereat in the 

### rahiela W to aobify auoh 

### pa&tleaBonorable TOASeay, page 10

of euah hearlog. Neither the form of the notice nor the length of time required are presorlbed. If the owner of the whlale has been duly notlfled of the hearing end fails to appear, doubtless his rights in the vehicle will. be terminated. If the owuer has not beeh notified of the hearing and does not aFppearand assert his olalm, then the vehicle should be advertised as prescribed In the statutes. After the hearIng at whI?h interested partlea mu& have had an opportunity to be 

### head, and If ~theou Is ordered eold, it is provided:

The orfloer making the aale

. . . shall. pay aU. liens, 

### aooording to their prlorltlsa, which are eetabllshed by Intervention or otherwlae at said hearing or In other prooeed1nc-s brought for said :.~~;~pose.~ What Is a “oourt of oompetent jurIsdIotion* aa used in the **Act?** Obviously the orimlnal prooeediag against the defendant must be brought in the county aourt. Under the ~~a~~~~fg~~(up”~s~u~~l~rou~, oupra, It would afrpear that In the manyrederal oases reviewad,

upon the oonriotlon or thtl one In charge; the automobile Is forfeited alpso laoto.* Any prOOe8dlng brought thereafter to %ieouxew or ***enform** and forfelture,” as those terms are’ used in Pharlss v. YAbrough 1s neoessarily aaoillary **pr** *a mere Incident to the arintlnal 0asa.w In M.llIs, et al.,
v. State, 150 3. w. 904, it Is saldr

“That provision **or** our oontltutlon (artl01s 3, 1 81, whlo:l gives the dlatriat oourt jurlsdlcti~n *or all suits In behalf or tho atata to 

### recover penaltied, forfeitures end esaheate,* applies and has aLeaye been ooustrued by all the oourts to mimnoxolusl.vely aivll oases. Andhaa never been oonstrued **by my**  **court to**  **apply to**  forfeitures of bhfl ‘bonds In orlmminal.oases. Both the Suprend Cmrt and this oourt hold that the rorfeiture of .&ail boixls in orkLual oases is a Aere Inoident to tha orlalnal oaso, and that, while aft’er the rendition Of the judgmmt nisi the proceedings shall be conducted 6,s oIvI1 oases, yet that all suoh eases are criminal
oaees **and Noel;** **oivil oasc;a,**  and the **state oen**  not a peal therefrom. e 2330 8000 or th0 ~a333 oolla ed from this and tho Supreme Court ln

S&tiOn 437, p. 320, Of White’3 C. C. Y.*Bonorabke TODbuy, page ll

8inoe a proauding to fwf4lt I ball bond "18 8
mere imldent to the orlminal aa88," YOthlmkthat by the
um analogy, a **prweediag** to seawe or 

### enforoe a 

### forfeiture of an automobile under the Texas Liquor Control Aot is llk4- uise P 'mere incident of th4 orftinel oa8e." 

### It **ir** 

### not ala original prooeedlng but la merely anailla~y **to** the ~rim.lnal oaure, a8 18 pointed out in United **St&tea V.**  **One Stephena** Automobile, rupra. If th4 oounty court ha8 juri8diotion 

### of the original offen80, 

### it neoe88arily follow8 tUt it bar jurlrdiotlen of a subsequent 

### prooeoding to "enforoe the forfeiture that Mu ruulted under the statute.' The 

### value of the m&tomobile, in our opinion, 1s not material in detemfniag jwirdiotlon. Undsr authority of Yllli8, et al., v. State, ve thlnktba prooeeding(toenf~oethe forfeiture shouldbe filed on the ariai dwkst.

Par a fuller under8tanding 

### of the Qwrtlon herein dlmua8ed someof th4 deoirions pertain&& to evlden4e and 

### burden of proof vi11 be noticed.

Under 

### &otlon 40 of 27 USCA (11 Stat. X5), a8 well a8 under 

### 8eotion 44 of Artiole I **of** the Tour Liquor Control 

### Aot, the 

### bunion 18 uponthe lienor to ertabU8b that hi8 lien 

### is bona

### fide and thatIt vu oreatedwithout **hi8** 

### havingany notiae or **rouon** to believe tht the wryI- vehicle Ya8 beyUyu% or was to be wed, for the llle&al tren8portatlon

.T&Bgood faith of the partier, and 

### l8ek of knowledge
or reuon to sp ehend, on the venda'8 pt, that the vehiole

upon mhicrh

the fen is t&m or roeerred will be rued in viof@ l&ion of the law, mut be ert8blMMd a8 of the 

### date of itr 

### we&ion.
This burden 18 4~ually inombent upontbe b88ignor ~;h~ta881gm4 

### of the lien, uhloheveP ir alaimlq **rights** (28) 

### 387: UnitedStates **V.** 

### OneBtiakCoupe**Auto** 

### 58 Ped.

See al80 

### 47A.L.R. 1058; 61 A.L.R. 54; 

### 73 **A.L.R,** 

### 1093;and 82A.L.R. 609.

40 Fed. (23 the ease of C. I. T. Corporation v. tinlted States,

82~,byClrcuitCourt of 

### A purohesed an iY la,

automobile from one !&arrha O'R481. on4 c&o~;18e
ifter tb4 8alr the purohaee 

### note VU dlrpomd of 

### to the C.I.T. Corporatlan, vblsh ie a dealer in thlr aheraoter of oommeroial

p Pwr l Both Lee and O'Seal lived in a 813~11 townIn South Pakcts where the 8ale ooourred. The purchaser of the not4had its offioe in a distant oity 

### f8r fra the p]uOOof the 

### Origirulsale. It i8 UndiS uted -t th. c. 1. 9. CWJIOWtiOnhad
no notice 

### of the ooniempated Illegal we of the ou, or before t sefare, of th8 8otual illegal u8e. Tha Ooivt held however that if O'Jleal,



### the original 

### seller, had 

### SUOb notloo, that 8uOh notlae would ba imputedto his Usl&nae, C. I. 4. ~OrpOXWtion.

In thlr o8se the Court aaldr "@Hotloe,l within this st8tute, hamtha 

### ordinary legal meanlPg

### of knowledge of the lllewl 

### U88or Of faOt8 vhloh vould put l 

### reuoerbly dent manuponlnqulr~. The l vldemoe

1s a8 fo - ‘“- 

### 1OUSc O'Xe8l had 1lVed all hi8 

### life in XuroA, a uall 

### olty in South Dnkota. For about 8evua year8 he **Md** been in the gro8ery **bu8inrsa and**  **f6r about**  eighteen monthshad **been** rellin(, mutwObile8 

### 8180. Xe had knoun G. A. Lu fa nbout 8even yurS Md hadl SpUkiRg UQUbint~OOí With 

### hi8 son,Eelwyke. B, knw that C. A. 

### Leo had been in the pool ml BuIiuas, but fop l po~lod 

### of )a feuyoulrg he Us not doln& uythiae. At thetlms of the 8810 he did not know thebrui

### ness of &nrr Lse aor at Us reputatlan and made
no ln~ulry in th8t regtard. Xenry Lu h6d purehued 8 Xudson 

### oar thsretofwe md &d **browt y$yoruto**  **O ’** **Heal in**  rogud **to the**  **urohue**

iie testlfled ha did not EL w of the OO~te8@4& illOP;ti USeOf tb **OU** Or Of it8 be

### ing so **used**

### before it Ui **selsed** by th8 fedor authOPltle8. Xe ude no lnvestigat~on of th8 bu8¶.WSS Of C. 

### A. tie or fOr what pU.VpOM th8
**oar vu**  to be 

### used, **but** did **knbutlat ha**  **U p=m~ty~**  **PO meet**  **this** proof, **the** government established th8t **the** 

### purahUer ukd his wmleted ~$~e~op.her in 7011 uad 

### mere urtlvely

ootleggw 8t the time of this A prohibition 

### offioer,a deputy 

### 8herlff, the kef of polioe, and a patrolman te8tlfled po8ltlvely that tha reput*tlon of the 

### pumhaser, at the time of the sale in -on, was that he vu 8 ‘bootlegger. * On the other haad, 

### there was the testimony of on@Yltness, Mother **autowJbile** dealer vho had sold one **of** the I&es e 6cU?,th8t he did not knowof this reputbtlon.ilonorable Tar Se8y, pa&e 4

“Considering 

### th8t HurQn 18 **BOt 8**  **large** plaoe and therefore Mtters of ganaral knowledge oould roarcely eso8pe the rttentlon of 8 urahant whohad lived there ill of **his** life and been engaged in bullliIe88for seven years, the oourt WASin no ulse bound to belleve th8 testinony of O'Weal that he had 

### never haam of the reputatlon of C. A. be. 

### Ubue tha queatlon requlrlng proof involves 8 state of knoV&dge or of ml&, triers of fast ju8tly relf upon oiroumtbnbes mhlaboould shov knovledge or rtate of rind r8th4r than uponthe bare st8t4nent of the ln**tensted** party himself. WrO it 18 8hOVn by 

### l vldanoe, vhloh tha trial oourt believea, that the purahaser h8d the fen4ral raputatlon in a 8~11 tom of bein& l bootlegger' at the tlma of the creation of the lien, 

### tha llener oannot bs held to have ocmaltulvely 

### l ot8bllshed laok of notlue merely by te8tlfybq that ti did not than knou Qf suoh bualness or of ruab reput8tlon. 

### Uh4resuah a ret **of** olxomstaaee8,18 sham by the evldanae, It is for tha trial oourt to datermine vhathar th8 llenor did oc did not have knouledge **Of** 8uOhbWin*SS **OP &** **‘ OpUt~tiOXl**  **Uld 8Wh**  **klWll&d438** votid ZMnotloe vfthln t&a above statute. zb burdenof proof is upontha lionor toestabll8h laok of notlo thitti stat.8 V. ih8 DO&8 Coupe, etc., 1'

D. G. ) I.3F. (Pd) 1Olgj United St&es v. QnaIi. Y. ShawAutomobile Taxi, eta*, (0. C.) 272P. 4 1, St&es (C. C. A.3 and ZIholUday v. Ilnlted 25 8. (24) 372, 374."
For other aue8 holdlngth8tthe burden is ontha o~i8mnttoe8tab~ahthathi8 lien is bonafide andVU !aada vlthout notice that the vehl6le vas to be rued in vlolatfng th8 liquor laws, see Thellarbour Srader, 42 Fed. (2d) 858, and U. S. v. Bailey, 42 ied. (ad) 908.

A& Amg

BY B. O.Pharr EOPrdb ASSiStAnt