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Adams v. New York

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 23, 1904No. 504PublishedCited by 418 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP 'THE STATE OP NEW YORK. . This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP 'THE STATE OP NEW YORK. . This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The plaintiff in error at the April term, 1903, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York was tried before one of the justices of that court and a jury and convicted of the. crime of having in his possession, knowingly, certain gambling paraphernalia used in the game commonly known as policy, in violation of section 344a of the Penal Code of the State of New York. This section and the one following, section 3445, relating to the offence in question, are as…

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Day,

after making the foregoing statement, delivered, the opinion of the court.

We do not feel called upon to discuss the contention that the Fourteenth Amendment has made the provisions of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, so far as they relate to the right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures and protect them against being compelled to testify in a criminal-case against themselves, privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States of which they may not be deprived by .’the action of the States. An…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Fong Yue Ting v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Mahon v. JusticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  5. State v. EdwardsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by418 opinions

  1. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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