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Searches And Seizures - Right Of An Individual To Force The Return Of Goods Seized And Held By Police Officials, David Dow
Michigan Law Review
One of the most vexing problems which confronts a police officer investigating a crime is to determine how far he may go in seizing goods from the possession either of the person accused of the crime or of some other person. To him it is important not only as it may affect law suits against him for invasion of possessory rights, but also to make the goods thus seized admissible in evidence. To the individual this problem is important in securing full protection against unwarranted invasions of his possession. It is elementary in our legal system that the possessory rights …
Constitutional Law-Martial Law-Suspension Of The Law
Constitutional Law-Martial Law-Suspension Of The Law
Michigan Law Review
Fifteen thousand workmen in a county struck, forced business houses to close, cut off the milk supply even to hospitals, threatened electric and water company employees with violence, stopped all transportation services, and congregated in mobs. On request of the local authorities the governor issued a proclamation suspending the right to carry arms, the right of assembly, and the right to enter or leave the county, and directed the military to disperse all crowds, picketers, or other assemblages. A striker imprisoned by the military forces sued to enjoin the governor and military officials from carrying out the proclamation on the …
Criminal Law And Procedure-Contempt Of Court-Sheriff Allowing Federal Prisoners To Escape From County Jail
Michigan Law Review
Information was filed against a sheriff for contempt in negligently permitting the escape of federal prisoners from his county jail. Held, the sheriff was guilty of contempt of the federal committing court. United States v. Fanning, (D. C. W. Va. 1934) 6 F. Supp. 412. Affirmed, Fanning v. United States, (C. C. A. 4th, 1934) 72 F. (2d) 929.
Search And Seizure - Burden Of Proving Illegality Of Search For Purpose Of Suppressing Evidence
Search And Seizure - Burden Of Proving Illegality Of Search For Purpose Of Suppressing Evidence
Michigan Law Review
Defendant was charged with unlawful possession of five mink skins during the closed season. His motion made before trial to suppress the evidence because of unlawful seizure was denied. He was convicted, and now appeals assigning the refusal to suppress the evidence as error. Held, judgment affirmed. The court said, "Upon a motion to suppress evidence because of an unlawful seizure, the burden of establishing that his rights have been transgressed is upon the party asserting such transgression." State v. Drew, 217 Wis. 216, 257 N. W. 681 (1934).