Beck v. State

McMurray, Judge.

This case involves the authority of one of the associate judges of the State Court of Dougherty County who acted as magistrate in the issuance of a search warrant. Certain gambling paraphernalia and other assets were seized in its execution. The defendants brought an action in the State Court of Dougherty County *362seeking the return of property seized from them during a search conducted pursuant to a warrant issued by John Tracy, acting as Judge of the State Court of Dougherty County.

The contention of the defendants, Beck and Hyman, is that John Tracy, an Albany lawyer, who…