United States v. Vigneaux

BREWSTER, District Judge.

The defendant in this case, having been indicted for the illegal possession of intoxicating liquors, filed a motion to exclude at his trial evidence secured on a search warrant. The warrant was held to be bad and the search and seizure unauthorized. The evidence therefore was excluded, and, there being no other evidence to support the charges, a verdict of not guilty was returned by order of the court.

The premises searched was a dwelling house, used as such by the defendant, and the officer making the search seized a quantity of liquor found on the premises. The…