CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 17811.

272 F.2d 70 (1959)

Elmer Samuel CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Sewell Elliott, Macon, Ga., for appellant.

John C. Bracy and Floyd M. Buford, Asst. U. S. Attys., Frank O. Evans, U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Before RIVES, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and JONES, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a conviction on a four count illegal liquor indictment presents principally the question whether the trial court erred in not suppressing evidence and testimony of the prosecuting witnesses resulting from a search without a warrant.

The search, which appellant contends was illegally conducted, was made by local state officers in Bibb County, Georgia. The circumstances under which the search was made are somewhat different...

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