People v. Margelis

Defendant was charged with and convicted of having had unlawfully in his possession one half pint of whisky, and he has appealed. Defendant by motion timely made sought return of the whisky as having been unlawfully obtained and was refused. He was not charged with the possession of other intoxicating liquor. Due objection to the use of the whisky in evidence was made.

Police officers, in plain clothes as we infer, visited a near beer saloon of one Decker in Detroit. They had no warrant for arrest or for search. One officer entered the saloon, the others remaining without, and said to Decker…