United States v. Moore

PE TEES, District Judge.

The defendant was indicted under the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. 'Ann. Supp. 1923, § 1007114 et seq.) for unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors. He promptly filed a motion to suppress the evidence against him, being certain bottles of liquor, on the ground that it had been taken from his possession under the authority of a search warrant issued and served contrary to law and in violation of his constitutional rights. A hearing was had on this preliminary matter, from which I find that on January 10, 1924, an inspector of the customs made an affidavit that…