The following excerpt is from Agnello v. United States, 290 F. 671 (2nd Cir. 1923):
The use of search warrants is confined to cases of public prosecutions, instituted for the suppression of crime or the detection and punishment of criminals. In such cases their legality has long been recognized as established on the ground of public necessity. In Adams v. New York, 192 U.S. 585, 598, 24 Sup.Ct. 372, 375 (48 L.Ed. 575), the court said:
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