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tion for the issuance of the warrant. The only possible explanation
for the issuance in that case is the necessity of fishing for evidence
of the commission of a crime. Such a fishing expedition is
indicative of the absence of evidence to establish a probable cause.
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CONCEPCION, C.J.:
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Upon application
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of the officers of the government named
on the margin hereinafter referred to as Respondents
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6 Inter alia,.
7 "Without prejudice to explaining the reasons for this order in the
decision to be rendered in the case, the writ of
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14 Reading: x x x A search warrant shall not issue but upon probable
cause to be determined by the judge or justice of the peace after
examination under oath or affirmation of the complainant and the
witnesses he may produce, and particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
15 x x x A search warrant shall not issue but upon probable cause in
connection with one specific offense to be determined by the judge or
justice of the peace after examination under oath or affirmation of the
complainant and the witnesses he may produce, and particularly
describing the place to be searched and persons or things to be seized.
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No search warrant shall issue for more than one specific offense. (Sec.
3, Rule 126.)
16 People vs. Defore, 140 NE 585.
17 Wolf vs. Colorado, 93 L. ed. 1782.
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"If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and
used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the
protection of the 4th Amendment, declaring his rights to be secure
against such searches and seizures, is of no value, and, so far as
those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from
the Constitution. The efforts of the courts and their officials to
bring the guilty to punishment, praiseworthy as they are, are not to
be aided by the sacrifice of those great principles established by
years of endeavor and suffering which have resulted in their
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embodiment in the fundamental law of the land."
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21 Even if remote.
22 Particularly, Jones vs. U.S. 362 U.S. 257; Alioto vs. U.S., 216 Fed.
Supp. 48; U.S. vs. Jeffries, 72 S. Ct. 93; Villano vs. U.S., 300 Fed. 2d 680;
and Henzel vs. U.S., 296 Fed. 2d 650.
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invalid by the court which held that even though Birrell did
not own the premises where the records were stored, he
had "standing" to move for the return of all the papers and
properties seized. The court, relying on Jones vs. U. S.,
supra; U.S. vs. Antonelli Fireworks Co., 53 F. Supp. 870,
Aff'd 155 F. 2d 631: Henzel vs. U.S. supra; and Schwimmer
vs. U.S., supra, pointed out that
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