Legal Opinion
Janney v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1953No. 6620_1PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether the actions of government agents in securing evidence which led to the conviction of Brown Janney of the unlawful possession of untaxed distilled spirits constituted a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
A criminal information was filed against Janney charging that on December 21, 1952, near Rising Sun, Maryland, in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 2803 of the United States Revenue Code, he had in his possession 95 gallons of whiskey in containers which did not bear stamps showing the quantity of the…
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