State ex rel. Douglas v. Stratiner

— Certain iron piping was stolen from the Crane Company, a corporation. The prosecuting attorney of King county and special deputy sheriffs visited the place of business of I. Stratiner and J. Salzman, «junk dealers in Seattle, in an effort to find the stolen property. They found the property in possession of these parties, and later took it away. They also took away with them certain papers found in the junk company’s office, which papers, it is contended, tended to implicate the junk dealers. The prosecuting- attorney claimed that he made the search for the piping and papers and took them…