United States v. Federal Credit Co‪.‬

Shipman, Mississippi, is a village located eight miles from the town of Lucedale in George County; George County adjoins Mobile County, Alabama.C. C. Newbill, of Shipman, purchased a Ford automobile, by conditional sale, from the Wright Motor Company of Lucedale in August, 1939. Some months later, and before the car was fully paid for, the Government claimed a forfeiture of it on the ground that it was being used to transport tax-unpaid whiskey.