Commonwealth of Pa. v. Scanlon

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The enforcement of the law prohibiting the manufacture, traffic in, and possession of intoxicating liquors, (Act of March 27, 1923, P. L. 34), in aid of the 18th Amendment, would be greatly helped if officers charged with its execution would read the statute and acquaint themselves with its provisions before they attempted to carry it into effect.

We pointed out at some length in Com. v. Schwartz, 82 Pa. Superior Ct. 369, the requisites essential for a valid search warrant under the act: That not only must the complainant allege, on oath or affirmation, (1) that there is…