The PEOPLE v. Henderson

Defendant, Martin Henderson, who was tried by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County, was found guilty of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of six to eight years. He seeks review contending that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress certain evidence allegedly obtained by the police in violation of his constitutional rights against unlawful search and seizure.

Evidence adduced at the hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress discloses that at approximately 6 :oo o’clock on the morning of February 6, 1963, a vice squad, composed of…