United States v. Joseph L. Belculfine

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is the second time that we have considered issues arising from this case. Appellant was originally convicted for thé possession and mailing of a pipe bomb, which exploded in the South Boston Postal Annex. An important piece of evidence in that prosecution was a piece of wire which had been seized by Postal Inspectors, acting pursuant to a warrant, from a workbench that was located in a workshop in the rear of the offices of the Bell Music and Amusement Company. The affidavit that the postal inspectors submitted in support of their application for the search warrant…