Blager v. State

At the trial of the appellant on an indictment for the violation of the law relating to lotteries (Code, art. 27, secs. 336-350), he objected to the admission in evidence of certain lottery slips on the ground that they were taken from his possession by illegal search and seizure, contrary to section 4A of article 35 of the Code, as enacted by chapter 194 of the-Acts of 1929. The objection was overruled, and the trial resulted in a verdict and judgment convicting the appellant of the offense charged.

The appellant, being suspected of conducting illegal lottery operations, was accosted, as he…