MERRITT v. UNITED STATES

No. 13138.

249 F.2d 19 (1957)

Regina MERRITT, James A. Myers, E. B. Phillips, Raymond E. Spencer and Wade Thronberry, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward Hudgins, Nashville, Tenn. (Harris Gilbert, Richard H. Frank, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellants.

Andrew M. Gant, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. (Fred Elledge, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Each of the defendants1 was charged under a separate criminal information with violation of Sections 7203 and 7262, Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. §§ 7203, 7262, for engaging in the business of accepting wagers without having registered and paid the tax required under the statute. Each defendant moved to suppress certain evidence secured by officers under a search warrant for the reason that the search warrant...

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