United States v. Wilson

KNIGHT, District Judge.

Defendants move in each of these cases to vacate search warrants and set aside seizures made thereunder. The motions may properly be considered together. The facts are stipulated. In the Wilson case the seizure was made on January 13, 1934. In the Lazar case the seizure was made on June 26, 1934. The question at issue is the authority of certain officers, either as prohibition investigators or deputy collectors of internal revenue to execute the warrants and make the seizures herein.

The National Prohibition Act (27 USCA) became effective January 16, 1920. Enforcement of…