Mezzatesta v. State

Southerland, C. J.:

Acting under authority of search warrants, two state police officers entered and searched two apartments in the Clifton Park Apartments on the Edgemoor Road in New Castle County. Apartment 8, Building 81, was occupied by defendant Mezzatesta and Apartment 9, Building 92, was occupied by defendant Williams. On observing the Mezzatesta apartment through a partly opened door they saw the two defendants (and Mezzatesta’s wife, Ann) processing “number slips”, i.e., papers evidencing or relating to bets in connection with lotteries. The defendants picked up some of the slips and…