Legal Opinion
In re Holcomb
New York County Courts
Decided December 15, 1921Published
Motioft to vacate and set aside a search warrant issued pursuant to section 802-b of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
1Opinion of the CourtNoonan, J.
For some time previous to May 5,1921, the R. S. Brown Hotel Company, Inc., owned- the hotel situated upon premises known as Nos. 7 to 17, inclusive, Delaware street, Tonawanda, N. Y., and also conducted said property as a hotel, Ralph S. Brown being-president and general manager. On May 4, 1921, Joseph E. Holcomb, then a corporal of the New York state troopers, a peace officer, stationed at the city of Batavia, N. Y., purchased of the bartender of the said hotel company a half pint of intoxicating liquor, for which he paid the sum of two dollars. On May 5, 1921, said Holcomb applied to this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Robert Simpson Co. v. KempnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- People v. McDonaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Clement v. Two Barrels of WhiskeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- In re Geschwinder, New York County Courts1910