Hall v. State

Hall, Judge.

The defendant in each of these cases was convicted in the Criminal Court of Fulton County on an accusation alleging that the defendant “did keep, maintain, and operate a lottery, known as the number game, for the hazarding of money.” The defendants appeal from judgments of the superior court denying their petitions for certiorari.

The only issue before this court is whether evidence admitted at the trial was obtained by use of an illegal search warrant. The affidavit upon which the judge of the Municipal Court of Atlanta issued the warrant stated: “Reliable informer, who have [has]…