HALL, JR. v. State

Per Curiam. At a trial without a jury, the lower court found the defendant guilty of violating the lottery laws, and sentenced him hr a prison term and suspended it on condition of good behavior and payment of a fine. The defendant appealed. He claims, as he contended below, that the search warrant did not authorize the police to search the office he used on the third floor of the premises in connection with the operation of the grocery and confectionery store on the first floor.

Among other things, the application for a search warrant shows that prior to' obtaining the warrant, the police officers, who conducted the search, had observed a clerk go out the rear door of the store to an area used in connection with the premises to get the item which one of the officers sought to purchase. The search warrant, which authorized the officers named therein to search for lottery paraphernalia on “the premises known as Randy’s Confectionery, 1436 Holbrook Street, in the City of Baltimore,” specifically identified and described the premises as being “located on the southwest corner of Oliver and Holbrook Streets, * * * which is a three-story brick store front building having the front entrance leading to the store * * * on Holbrook Street and a side entrance that leads to the house on Oliver Street” and stated that “[t]he store is connected to the house by means of a door which leads to the