Warner v. Gregory

The actual inquiry now is, Does this permission granted to the district attorney to examine the books constitute an invasion of the rights of the protesting individuals by compelling them to submit to an unlawful search and seizure, although the ultimate result may be the introduction in evidence of some portion of the records here sought ?

This state has accepted the doctrine that courts must consider the means used in obtaining evidence and not receive it if obtained by violation of constitutional rights of an accused. Hoyer v. State, 180 Wis. 407, 193 N. W. 89. In practice the result is the…