No Autos Sold Here Under Mapp Act, Prohibition

1922

At the trial of a recent liquor case, the question was raised as to the number of cars confiscated by the State under the Mapp Act and the proceeds turned into the state treasury. Under the prohibition law if ardent spirits are found in an automobile the car, if belonging to the person arrested with it is automatically seized and, in the event of an conviction should be sold.

City Sergeant P. H. Boisseau said today that no cars have been sold under the law, although many have been turned over to him through the usual processes of the law. However, the city sergeant cannot sell seized automobiles unless the court issues an order and in every case so far registered, it has been found that the automobiles did not belong to the persons arrested and therefore could not be taken in possession. In many of the cases prior liens were held on the machines while in others the men supposed to own them were able to show that they belonged to other people.

--The Bee, Danville, Virginia, January 5, 1922, page 1.