United States v. Charles

KERRIGAN, District Judge.

The question here presented is: May narcotic officers, who have arrested the proprietor of a hotel for a violation of the narcotic laws (Comp.. St. § 6287g et seq.) committed in its lobby within their presence, and who immediately thereafter seareh his living quarters and storeroom for evidence of similar violations, seize intoxicating liquors found by them while so engaged?

It appears that under the circumstances outlined intoxicating liquors were found and seized, some of them being in plain, view, both in the rooms occupied by defendant, and in the storeroom of the…