United States v. Seiler

CHESNUT, District Judge.

The indictment in this case is in the usual form for alleged illegal liquor manufacture. The third count charges a violation of 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Code, § 2834 in the unlawful making and fermenting of whiskey mash. The defendants have filed a motion to suppress evidence of an illicit still on their premises obtained under a search warrant. It is contended that the affidavit for the warrant did not show probable cause. The affidavit was made by two experienced investigators of the Alcohol Tax Unit and in substance states that (while lawfully on defendants’ premises…