Commonwealth v. Ferrone

Opinion.by

Jacobs, J.,

Appellee was arrested and indicted on charges of poolselling and bookmaking. On July 3, 1969, he filed an application to suppress all evidence which police officers had obtained from a search of his home. The main contention in this application was that there was no probable cause to justify issuance of tbe search warrant pursuant to which the search was made.

Trial on the charges took place on October 23, 1969. The first portion of this proceeding was directed toward establishing whether there was probable cause for issuing the warrant. Following testimony, Judge…