United States v. Old Dominion Warehouse, Inc.

(after stating the facts as above). The warrant recites that Grill’s affidavit has shown that “certain intoxicating liquor” was in the warehouse, and directs him to search for “said liquor” and seize “the same.” It seems to us that the warrant was limited to the 10 or 12 barrels which Grill saw to enter; in short, that it incorporated by reference the description in the affidavit. As it is conceded that the liquors seized were necessarily greater in amount than the possible contents of 12 barrels, the petitioner argues that the warrant cannot justify the trespass. Indeed, the seizure was of…