Kopp v. United States

BALTZELL, District Judge.

Appellant was charged by indictment with the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor on or about the 22d day of May, 1930, at the eity of Madison, Wis.

Prior to the trial, a motion to suppress the evidence was filed by appellant, which was heard by the eourt and overruled. It is charged in the motion that the search of the automobile, which was being driven by appellant, and in which ten cases of beer were being transported, was illegal and in violation of appellant’s rights under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

The facts…