The PEOPLE v. Nardone

An information filed in the municipal court of Chicago charged Frank Nardone with unlawfully keeping a book for the purpose of registering bets. (111. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 38, par. 336.) Trial was set for July 13, 1959, and, on this date, Nardone filed a motion to quash a search warrant which had been issued by a judge of the criminal court of Cook County, and to suppress the evidence seized under its authority, alleging as grounds: (1) that the “warrant fails to contain a statement of facts by the complainant(2) that the complaint is not verified by an affidavit; (3) that the warrant was…