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Criminal Law And Procedure - Searches And Seizures - Sufficiency Of Description In Warrant
Criminal Law And Procedure - Searches And Seizures - Sufficiency Of Description In Warrant
Michigan Law Review
Prosecuted for unlawful possession of liquor, defendant moved to suppress the evidence on the ground that the following description in the warrant, under authority of which the liquor was seized, fails sufficiently to describe the premises searched: " . . . on the northwest cor. in Block 'A,' Robinson Addition in the City or Town of Elk City (Cor. 9th and Oliver Sts. Beckham County, State of Oklahoma)." Block A was originally not subdivided and was without streets. It was later subdivided and 9th and Oliver Streets crossed near the center of the block. The house searched was on Lot …
Reports Of The National Commission On Law Observance And Enforcement
Reports Of The National Commission On Law Observance And Enforcement
Michigan Law Review
The article section of this issue of the Law Review is devoted to a consideration of the work of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, commonly called the Wickersham Commission.
Preliminary Report On Observance And Enforcement Of Prohibition And The Report Supplemental Thereto, Edson R. Sunderland
Preliminary Report On Observance And Enforcement Of Prohibition And The Report Supplemental Thereto, Edson R. Sunderland
Michigan Law Review
The Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement was organized on May 28, 1929. Within six months it issued a Preliminary Report on Observance and Enforcement of Prohibition, under date of November 21, 1929, and shortly thereafter issued a Report supplemental thereto.
Report On The Enforcement Of The Prohibition Laws Of The United States, Albert E. Sawyer
Report On The Enforcement Of The Prohibition Laws Of The United States, Albert E. Sawyer
Michigan Law Review
An attempt will be made in this comment to state the important points in the Report, and to bring together the scattered references to the various groups of information contained in the third collection now being printed by the Senate and to outline very briefly in an appendix the principal relationships between this and the Commission's report. This last is offered in the hope that it may stimulate interest in a closer analysis of this mass of very useful information which might otherwise suffer neglect, not only because of its bulk, but also because of its lack of organization.
Searches And Seizures-Right To Search A House As Incident To Lawful Arrest
Searches And Seizures-Right To Search A House As Incident To Lawful Arrest
Michigan Law Review
On a reasonable belief that the prohibition law was being violated, officers entered Marcucci's basement and arrested Marcucci and the other men present. On the table, when the officers entered, were several gallon jugs of wine, and several of the men were intoxicated. Observing that the door at the end of the passageway leading from the room was open, one of the officers investigated and found in the sub-cellar twenty-five barrels of wine. Also, noting a locked door in the sub-cellar, the officer requested the key of Marcucci who at first denied possession but finally produced it. In the closet …
The Doctrine Of "Hot Pursuit"--A New Application
The Doctrine Of "Hot Pursuit"--A New Application
Michigan Law Review
A recent decision of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina involves a point apparently unique in the records of international law. The Vinces, a schooner of British registry, laden with a cargo of intoxicating liquors not under seal, was discovered by the United States Coast Guard cutter Mascoutin seven and one-half miles off the coast and within one hour's sailing distance from the United States headed in the direction of land. On being hailed by the Mascoutin, the Vinces turned about and headed for the high seas. The cutter followed in continuous chase and overtook …
Constitutional Law-Searches And Seisures-Distraction Between Searching A Building And An Automobile Without Warrant
Michigan Law Review
An officer observed the odor of boiling mash and fermentation issuing from the dwelling of the defendant. The officer, without warrant, entered the basement and there found the defendant operating two stills. Considerable whiskey was found stored within the room. Defendant was arrested and convicted. On appeal he contended that the search was unlawful. Held, the search without warrant was unreasonable and in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Schroeder v. United States, 14 F. (2d) 500.