Williams v. Justice Court

Appellants are nine individuals who either owned pinball machines, operated restaurants or taverns in which the machines were kept or were employed in these establishments. On March 25, 1963, law enforcement officers in Butte County filed affidavits with respondent justice court, seeking search warrants to permit entry into these establishments and seizure of the machines. The search warrants were signed and issued, then executed by the police, who took the machines into custody. Seven of the nine appellants filed applications in the justice court seeking to have the search warrants set aside…