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Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924)
Hester v. United States No. 243 Submitted April 24, 1924 Decided May 5, 1924 265 U.S. 57
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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1. In a prosecution for concealing spirits, admission of testimony of revenue officers as to finding moonshine whiskey in a broken jug and other vessels near the house where the defendant resided and as to suspicious occurrences in that vicinity at the time of their visit, held not violative of the Fourth or Fifth Amendments, even though the witnesses held no warrant and were trespassers on the land, the matters attested being merely acts and disclosures of defendant and his associates outside the house. P. 58.
2. The protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their "persons, houses, papers, and effects," does not extend to open fields. Id.
Affirmed.
Error to a judgment of the District Court sentencing the plaintiff in error, who was convicted by a jury of concealing distilled spirits in violation of Rev.Stats. § 3296.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924) in 265 U.S. 57 Original Sources, accessed July 2, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=P7FU9Q978XER3NF.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924), in 265 U.S. 57, Original Sources. 2 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=P7FU9Q978XER3NF.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924). cited in 1924, 265 U.S. 57. Original Sources, retrieved 2 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=P7FU9Q978XER3NF.
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