Keehn v. United States

In the opinion and decision of the majority I cannot concur. The question is of minor importance in the practical administration of the Prohibition Act, but of much importance in its relation to the security of persons and homes, under the spirit as well as the letter of the Fourth Amendment.

In Park v. United States (C. C. A.) 294 Fed. 776, 790, I was constrained to protest against the extension of police powers “by judicial ruling, not by congressional enactment, at a time when the task of organizing and maintaining an honest, law-abiding, and generally competent police force is infinitely…