Town of Mayesville v. Clamp

(concurring) : If the view taken by Mr. Justice Cothran is adopted by this Court, I fear the result will be to almost paralyze the enforcement of the laws of the State against crime. Throughout the whole history of the State, magistrates, formerly called trial justices, have been issuing, warrants of arrest for persons, charged with crime, upon affidavits made “on information and belief,” without going further to set forth the sources of the information and the grounds of the belief. If this conduct is to be declared absolutely illegal by this Court, it means, in my opinion, the escape from…