State v. Williams

The defendants were convicted in Atlantic county upon an indictment charging them with having unlawfully and illegally in their possession opium. They assign error upon bills of exceptions and specify causes for reversal under sections 136 and 137 of the Criminal Procedure act.

At the trial the evidence tended to show that on the night of November 30th, 1929, a raid was made upon premises in Atlantic City leased and occupied by the defendant Hoffman, with whom lived the other defendants, Florence Williams, Josephine Baroody and Toufeek Baroody. The officers entered a room in which was Toufeek…