United States v. Montalbano

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

In this case defendants have filed a motion to quash the search warrant issued to Coley C. White, a federal prohibition enforcement officer, by W. McMahon, a United States commissioner, and to suppress the evidence obtained thereunder.. The ground for quashal is that White was not one of the persons to whom a search warrant could issue, he not being “a civil officer,” as that term is used in the Espionage Act, authorizing search warrants. The evidence showed that White held a commission designating him federal prohibition officer, signed by D. H. Blair, Internal…