Leogrande v. State Liquor Authority

The petitioner’s restaurant liquor license for premises in the Bronx has been cancelled by the State Liquor Authority on charges that petitioner on several occasions had “ suffered or permitted gambling on the licensed premises ” and that his ‘ ‘ conduct ’ ’ was of such a nature as to warrant revocation.

It is not disputed that if all the evidence before the Authority were properly admissible, there would be fully adequate ground to cancel the liquor license. But substantial parts of the evidence obtained were either seized in pursuance of search warrants which were subsequently vacated by the…