United States v. Contee

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

Defendant Contee has been indicted for violation of the District of Columbia Code provisions prohibiting gambling. 1

On May 19, 1958, two members of the Metropolitan Police Department swore out a warrant for the search of Apartment “A”, 810 C Street, N. E. At 3:30 p. m., on the same day, the warrant was executed and certain property seized. Defendant Joan Contee, also known as Joan Williams, the tenant of the apartment entered and searched by the police, seeks to have evidence seized on her premises suppressed at her trial.

Defendant asserts that any of the following…