People v. Chomis

On July 20, 1922, police officers entered defendant’s near beer saloon in Detroit. Two persons were in front of the bar. Defendant was behind it. One officer went to the end of the bar from which place he saw a “bottle of whisky standing in back of the bar,” on the service bar. He saw the label, “Im*290perial Whisky.” There were also glasses. He attempted to go behind the bar. Defendant resisted on the ground that the officer had no search warrant, which was the fact. The officer got the whisky and took defendant into custody. The whisky contained 51 plus per cent, alcohol by volume. Defendant…