Goss v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment on conviction of keeping a gambling house. The case was tried without a jury. The only question presented is whether a motion to quash a search warrant was properly overruled and evidence obtained by search under the warrant was properly admitted. The sufficiency of the evidence (if admissible) is not questioned. The question is, whether the facts stated in the affidavit and request for the search warrant are sufficient to show probable cause.

The affidavit, of a Cumberland Lieutenant of Police, dated March 16, 1951, states that: The premises in question are…