State v. Heckstall

The search warrant was based on a proper affidavit of the officer who stated that he had information from three previously reliable sources that on that day Felix Heckstall had whisky in his house and had sold whisky to numerous persons on Friday and Saturday nights; that affiant has “personally seen crowds accumulating, and numerous vehicles going to and from Felix Heck-stall’s house on Friday and Saturday nights.”

The warrant gave the officers authority to search the described premises. Hence the right to make a reasonable search did not depend on anyone’s consent. It was the duty of the…