Wiretaps and a Liquor Ring

A man ran a large business bringing in and selling liquor while the national ban was in force. Federal agents tapped eight telephone lines serving the business offices and the homes of the men involved. They listened for nearly five months and typed up around 775 pages of conversations. No agent ever entered a house or office to do it; the wires were tapped outside. He argued the secret listening was an unlawful search and that his own recorded words should not have been used against him.