United States v. Burchfield

ROBT. L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

Hearing has been had on defendant’s motion to suppress evidence and return seized property. The indictment, in three counts, charges violation of sections 2803(a) and 2913 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 2803(a), 2913.

On or about August 4,1949, officers of the Alcohol Tax Unit and a deputy United States marshal, having during previous days received numerous complaints that defendant was engaged in an illicit liquor business, watched the house where defendant was residing. This house was located within the city limits of Madisonville, Tennessee,…