United States v. Davis

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Davis appeals from a judgment of conviction upon an information for having unlawfully in his possession “168 gasoline ration documents”- — coupons—which represented 504 gallons of gasoline. The only substantial point raised upon the appeal is whether the search was lawful which ended in the seizure of several sheets or “blocks” of gasoline coupons, and of some “bingo” sheets, the last, as we understand it, being officials forms on which used gasoline coupons have been pasted. The testimony upon which the validity of the search turns was heard by the judge, who at its…