Vaught v. United States

HUNT, Circuit Judge.

Vaught was convicted of unlawful possession of certain property designed for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, maintenance of a common nuisance, unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor.

Before trial he filed a motion that some beer and other property referred to in the information be excluded from evidence and use on the trial, on the ground that the premises in which the property was found were searched, and that the property was seized without reasonable ground for believing that an offense had been or was being…