Creech v. United States, 8762.
| Decision Date | 17 June 1938 |
| Docket Number | No. 8762.,8762. |
| Citation | 97 F.2d 390 |
| Parties | CREECH v. UNITED STATES. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
R. A. Hendricks, of Miami, Fla., for appellant.
Herbert S. Phillips, U. S. Atty., of Tampa, Fla., and Lloyd C. Hooks, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Miami, Fla., for the United States.
Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.
This appeal is from a conviction on an indictment in two counts charging possession and concealment of tax-unpaid intoxicating liquor.
Agents of the Government executed a valid search warrant for the search of appellant's dwelling. The warrant accurately described the premises to be searched. No contraband was found in the house or on the lot described; but the officers found three gallons of liquor, upon which the charge was based, in an open space adjoining appellant's property, and some twenty feet from the dividing line. A motion to suppress the evidence and quash the indictment was filed prior to the date of the trial. The matter came on for hearing before the court, and, on a waiver of jury trial, the proceeding to suppress the evidence and quash the indictment was heard with the cause on the merits. The court denied the motion, found the defendant guilty, and imposed sentence. This appeal is from the judgment thus entered.
Appellant contends that the evidence did not support the finding of guilty; that, since the officers were acting under a search warrant at the time of the search, they could not search premises not described therein; and that the seizure of the whiskey used as evidence against him was unlawful and the evidence inadmissible.
The proof on which appellant was convicted was the finding of the liquor, and testimony that on numerous occasions he had gone on the lot where the liquor was found, had obtained objects or articles resembling liquor containers and dispatched them in the direction in which they would go for delivery to purchasers, and that on numerous other occasions he had directed and assisted persons in finding liquor at that location. It also appeared that containers and materials used and suitable for use in dealing in tax-unpaid liquor were found on appellant's premises when the search was made. None of this was questioned or denied by appellant. His defense on the merits consisted of a denial of ownership, possession, or concealment of the liquor in question. While the proof is circumstantial, we think it is sufficient to warrant a finding that it...
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