The People v. Scaramuzzo

An information was filed on November 20, 1931, in the municipal court of Chicago, charging Louis Scaramuzzo (hereafter referred to as defendant) with unlawfully altering, removing and obliterating the manufacturer’s number upon a certain fire-arm designated as one 38-caliber blue-steel Colt automatic revolver. A motion to quash the search warrant involved in the case was overruled and a motion to suppress evidence and return certain fire-arms seized from defendant’s place of business was presented. A hearing was had thereon and the motion denied by the court. A trial was then had before a…