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MATHIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 1875.

129 A.2d 178 (1956)

James M. MATHIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 24, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Bryant, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Harold H. Greene, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and David Kindleberger, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted by the court, sitting without a jury, of violating the statute prohibiting the possession of tickets and other paraphernalia designed for the purpose of conducting a lottery.1 On appeal his sole contention is that the trial judge erred in not granting a motion to suppress evidence obtained from his person and also from his locker as the result of a search incident to his arrest. Appellant...

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