Commonwealth v. Ryan

Smith, P. J., and Alessandroni, J.,

The petition of Michael J. Ryan sets forth that he was the president of Girard Avenue Title & Trust Company, which was taken into possession by the Secretary of Banking on October 7,1931; that at the time of closing of the bank defendant was the owner of a desk located in his private office in the bank, in which were contained certain canceled checks and personal property; that thereafter the Secretary of Banking and the district attorney, without any warrant or lawful authority, broke open the desk and seized the defendant’s personal property; that at the…