The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the order of Supreme Court, Broome County, reinstated. The question certified is answered in the negative.
Before a Magistrate may properly issue a search warrant, he must first conduct a "full and searching inquiry into the facts on which the warrant application is based." (People v Potwora,
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