United States v. Johnnie James Young and Gene O'Neal

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

Convicted of violations of the revenue laws relating to whisky, the defendants have appealed, contending that their preliminary motions to suppress evidence were erroneously denied. We affirm, for we find no illegal search or seizure.

Shortly after dark one evening, revenue agents stationed themselves in some woods from whence they could observe the rear of a house owned by the defendant, O’Neal, and in which he resided. To the rear of the house and not far from the woods was a small barn or washroom. The record contains no precise measurements of the distances, but…