SEARCH WARRANT OF PROPERTY AT 5 W. 12TH ST. v. MARCUS

Nos. 46900-46905.

334 S.W.2d 119 (1960)

In re SEARCH WARRANT OF PROPERTY AT 5 WEST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, v. William MARCUS and Title News Company. In re SEARCH WARRANT OF PROPERTY AT 3105 EUCLID, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, v. Jack K. RAYBURN and Ted's News Shop. In re SEARCH WARRANT OF PROPERTY AT I EAST 39TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, v. Harvey HAMMER and Town Book Store. In re SEARCH WARRANT OF PROPERTY AT 123 EAST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, v. Harvey HAMMER and Ruback's News Stand. In re SEARCH WARRANT OF PROPERTY AT 104 EAST 10TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, v. Homer SMAY and Kansas City News Distributors. In re SEARCH WARRANT OF PROPERTY AT 221 EAST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, v. Jack GORDON.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris A. Shenker, Sidney M. Glazer, Bernard J. Mellman, St. Louis, Attorneys for Appellants.

Louis Wagner, Kansas City, for appellants Harvey Hammer, Ruback's News Stand and Town Book Store.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Fred L. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.


STORCKMAN, Presiding Judge.

These appeals are from proceedings under §§ 542.380-542.420 RSMo 1949, V.A. M.S., which provide for the seizure of publications alleged to be obscene and authorize their destruction if, after a hearing, they are in fact found to be obscene. Six search warrants were obtained on October 10, 1957, from the Circuit Court of Jackson County by an officer of the Police Department of Kansas City. One of them was directed against the premises...

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