Lawson v. United States

EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

The three defendants were convicted under an indictment charging them, in various counts, with the unlawful possession of personal property which to their knowledge had been stolen from a railroad while being transported in interstate commerce. There were various other charges set forth in the indictment, but as to'them defendants were acquitted.

The only assigned error with which we will deal relates to the introduction of evidence which the government officers seized under a void search warrant. Objections were made to the reception of this evidence and to the…