State v. Warfield

The defendant was convicted in the municipal court of Milwaukee county of the offense of burglary in the nighttime. At about 6:30 p. m. of the day preceding defendant’s arrest, a rooming-house keeper, from whom he had rented a room, while engaged in making up the room discovered some clothing, a gun, and a flash-light. She became frightened and called up the police station. On the following morning three police officers, without a search warrant, or warrant for defendant’s arrest, went to the rooming house. The defendant was absent. The landlady opened the locked door of defendant’s room with…