ELLIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 14917.

270 F.2d 448 (1959)

Robert H. ELLIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1959.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William B. Bryant, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harry T. Alexander, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee. Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Jerome A. Cohen, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 23, 1959.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, having waived a jury trial, was found guilty and convicted of operating a lottery in violation of the District of Columbia lottery statutes.1

On appeal he contends first that number slips and other gambling paraphernalia were seized under warrants which were not supported by a showing of adequate probable cause; and second that the evidence...

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