State v. Jaeger

The single question presented is whether the search warrant was valid. If the search warrant was properly issued, the evidence secured upon the search established defendant’s guilt without question. If the warrant was improperly issued, the evidence obtained upon the search should not have been received upon the trial. There was no other evidence to establish defendant’s guilt.

The search warrant was issued upon the sworn testimony of a witness who had been confined in the county jail for thirty days before he gave his testimony. His knowledge of the possession of illicit liquor and of…