COGEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 89.

278 U.S. 221 (1929)

COGEN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sanford H. Cohen for petitioner.

Solicitor General Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, and Messrs. George C. Butte and John J. Byrne were on the brief for the United States.


Mr. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Cogen, with others as codefendants, was indicted in the federal court for southern New York on a charge of conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act. Before the indictment, certain papers had been taken from his person without a warrant. After the indictment and before trial, he applied to that court, in the criminal case, for an order requiring the United States Attorney to return the papers; and to...

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