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Search Warrant

"For the next few minutes men drifted in
and out. When the older man [in the suit]
realized that David was not in he said to go into
the living room. It was then, after having been
in our house for about five minutes, that he
handed me a carbon copy of a search warrant
(sworn out by Mr. Deavers at 1:05 p.m. and
sealed by justice of the peace, J. Grayson
Johnson)."

The warrant read in part, "[the residence]
at or near 1541 Virginia Avenue. . . .unlawfully
contains. . .controlled drugs, chemicals and
apparatus used in the manufacture of
controlled drugs." It further read, "these
[officers] are therefore, in the name of the
Commonwealth, to command you forth with in
the day or night to enter the said premises
above described and there diligently search for
the said controlled drugs, chemicals, and
apparatus."