Sheriff of Lander County v. Nevada National Bank

*91OPINION

On September 27, 1972, Justice of the Peace Frank A. Bertrand of Austin Township issued a search warrant authorizing the sheriff of Lander County, George E. Schwin, appellant herein, to conduct a search “any time of the day or night” of the bank records of three depositors of the Nevada National Bank in Austin, Nevada, respondent in this appeal.

The search warrant was supported by an affidavit of Schwin, indicating that a reliable informant had disclosed the deposit of two specified checks otherwise payable to Lander County to the personal account of a certain public employee. Although…