Giles v. United States

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In the New Hampshire district Giles was indicted for a violation of the National Prohibition Act, by unlawfully having in his possession at Concord, N. H., two quarts of alcohol fit for beverage purposes. Pursuing the procedure approved in Weeks v. United States, 232 U. S. 383, 34 Sup. Ct. 341, 58 L. Ed. 652, L. R. A. 1915B, 834, Ann. Cas. 1915C, 1177, he seasonably filed motions to quash the indictment, alleging that it was founded solely upon evidence obtained by unlawful search and seizure, and for a return of the property so seized. These motions were denied and…