State v. Duffy

A brief review of the proceedings had in the circuit court is necessary as a prelude to a consideration of the assignments of error. We shall first review the testimony adduced upon the motion to suppress the evidence. Four peace officers had information that a distillery was in operation in a house located on Council Crest drive, which is a street in a residential section of Portland known as Portland Heights; their information, however, did not mention any particular house. Having this information the officers drove to Council Crest drive, and when they were approximately half a block…