Voorhies v. States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to and Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Petition by Sidney Voorhies against the United States and others. Petition denied, and petitioner appeals and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
[1] The plaintiff in error filed a petition, praying that a search warrant under which his home was searched be quashed, and that a quantity of intoxicating liquor which was seized thereunder be returned to him. The search warrant was defective, in that it was not supported by a charge that the dwelling was being used for the unlawful sale of liquor. Section 25, National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, §■ lOlSSi/om). The District Court quashed the warrant, but refused to order the return of the liquor, which is described in the petition as 9 cases and 35…
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