Legal Opinion
Grainger v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1946No. 5494PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOBIE, Circuit Judge.
Malcolm Grainger, John Buffkin and Alex Weeks were tried in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina for violation of the federal revenue laws relating to the registration and taxing of liquor- stills. All three were found guilty and duly sentenced. They have appealed.
The only question that we need consider was the validity of the search of a certain cabin by government agents and the seizure there of a newspaper addressed to Grain-ger and a book described as a ledger. These two times, over objections, were used in evidence. Grainger…
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