Nobriga v. United States

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

The defendants were convicted in the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island under an indictment which charged' them in six counts with a violation of the internal revenue laws in relation to distillation of spirituous liquors. The evidence upon which they were convicted was secured by a search warrant issued on December 20, 1926, by a United States Commissioner upon the affidavit of James J. Walsh, a federal prohibition agent. This affidavit was as follows:

“I, James J. Walsh, federal prohibition agent and the above-named complainant, on…