Hall v. Maryland

The appellant was found guilty generally by the court sitting as a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore under an indictment containing four counts charging violations of the lottery laws. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 6 months and fined $1000, the sentence of imprisonment to be suspended upon payment of the fine and court costs. The sole contention on appeal from the judgment is whether there was probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant under the authority of which a search was conducted and articles seized thereby were received in evidence against the appellant at his trial.