524, 532. See generally Brandeis and Warren, "The Right to Privacy," 4 Harv.L.Rev. A federal investigator was consulted, and it was arranged that Hoffman should continue to negotiate with the petitioners. Physical entry may be wholly immaterial. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. The Amendment provides no exception in its guaranty of protection. The next afternoon, one of the agents returned to the adjoining room with two others and a stenographer. Footnote 4 SHULMAN v. SAME. Surely the spirit motivating the framers of that Amendment would abhor these new devices no less. Insistence on its retention does not mean that a person has anything to conceal, but means rather that the choice should be his as to what he wishes to reveal, saving only to the Government the right to seek out crime under a procedure with suitable safeguards for the protection of individual rights, such as the warrant whose requisites are set forth in the Fourth Amendment. Contact us. Their homes were not entered. 376,8 Government officials could well believe that activities of the character here involved did not contravene the Constitutional mandate. [Periodical] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/usrep316129/. But for my part, I think that the Olmstead case was wrong. See generally Brandeis and Warren, 'The Right to Privacy', 4 Harv.L.Rev. 605, 47 U.S. C.A. The trial judge ruled that the papers need not be exhibited by the witnesses. 507; Jones v. Herald Post Co., 230 Ky. 227, 18 S.W.2d 972; O'Brien v. Pabst Sales Co., 5 Cir., 124 F.2d 167. See also Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) (detectaphone placed against wall of adjoining room; no search and seizure). 261. Argued February 6, 1942. of his thoughts, sentiments, and emotions regardless of whether those are expressed in words, painting, sculpture, music, or in other modes. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, Such Court decisions, - Trespass, - The decisions of this Court prior to the Olmstead case insisted on a liberal construction of the Fourth Amendment and placed within its compass activities bearing slight, if any, resemblance to the mischiefs known at the time of its adoption. This was for the purpose of overhearing a conference with Hoffman set for the following afternoon. 10. Cf. U.S. 129, 130] 219, 80 Am.St.Rep. Katz v. United States. We think it the better rule that where a witness does not use his notes or memoranda in court, a party has no absolute right to have them produced and to inspect them. 55; Holloman v. Life Ins. U.S. Reports: Betts v. It does not ordinarily connote the obtaining of what is to be sent before, or at the moment, it leaves the possession of the proposed sender, or after, or at the moment, it comes into the possession of the intended receiver. Hoffman refused. Moreover, the court held that what was heard by the use of the detectaphone was not obtained by trespass or unlawful entry and did not violate the Fourth Amendment. Criminal Code 37, 18 U.S.C. Article 1, Section 12 of the New York Constitution (1938). Footnote 8 [316 Global Legal Research Directorate, United States Reports (Official Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court). See Wigmore, Evidence, 3d Ed., vol. It prohibits the publication against his will. b(5) of the Bankruptcy Act2 by receiving, or attempting to obtain, money for acting, or forbearing to act, in a bankruptcy proceeding. 877. But it has not been the rule or practice of this Court to permit the scope and operation of broad principles ordained by the Constitution to be restricted, by a literal reading of its provisions, to those evils and phenomena that were contemporary with its framing. We hold that the overhearing and divulgence of what Shulman said into a telephone receiver was not a violation of Section 605. Brady., 316 U.S. 455 (1942). )Kyllo v. We are unwilling to hold that the discretion was abused in this case. 564, 570, 66 A.L.R. Suffice it to say that the spiritual freedom of the individual depends in no small measure upon the preservation of that right. The petitioners contend that a communication falls within the protection of the statute once a speaker has uttered words with the intent that they constitute a transmission of a telephone conversation. 11 U.S.C. At the preliminary hearing and at the trial, counsel for petitioners demanded that they be permitted to inspect the notes and memoranda made by the agents during the investigation, the agents having admitted they had refreshed their recollection from these papers prior to testifying. Gen., for respondent. [ 261, 65 L.Ed. Mr. Justice JACKSON took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases. 1, p. 625. 1064, 1103, 47 U.S.C. Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. The benefits that accrue from this and other articles of the Bill of Rights are characteristic of democratic rule. As has rightly been held, this word indicates the taking or seizure by the way or before arrival at the destined place. 'The bankruptcy court refused to revoke the stay and Shulman again approached Hoffman stating that, if he agreed to the proposed arrangement, the bankruptcy petition could be dismissed and the plan consummated. Periodical. 564, 66 A.L.R. They had with them another device, a detectaphone having a receiver so delicate as, when placed against the partition wall, to pick up sound waves originating in Shulman's office, and means for amplifying and hearing them. Its benefits are illusory indeed if they are denied to persons who may have been convicted with evidence gathered by the very means which the Amendment forbids. 69, 70. 417; Munden v. Harris, 153 Mo.App. , 41 S.Ct. With the passing of the years since 1787 marked changes have ensued in the ways of conducting business and personal affairs. 524, 29 L.Ed. CasesContinued: Page . A warrant can be devised which would permit the use of a detectaphone. 110. 775. b(5). Their homes were not entered. Refusal of the judge in the trial of a criminal case in the federal court, to allow the defendant to inspect the memoranda of Govern- 51-2. [ The petitioners contend that a communication falls within the protection of the statute once a speaker has uttered words with the intent that they constitute a transmission of a telephone conversation. And, while a search warrant, with its procedural safeguards, has generally been regarded as prerequisite to the reasonableness of a search in those areas of essential privacy, such as the home, to which the Fourth Amendment applies (see Agnello v. United States, 269 U. S. 20, 269 U. S. 32), some method of responsible administrative supervision could be evolved for the use of the detectaphone which, like the valid search warrant, would adequately protect the privacy of the individual against irresponsible and indiscriminate intrusions by Government officers. 518, 522; Chafee, Progress of the Law, 1919-1922, 35 Harv.L.Rev. No. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, 251 U. S. 385; Gouled v. United States, 255 U. S. 298; Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States, 282 U. S. 344; United States v. Lefkowitz, 285 U. S. 452. of its use. 4, 6, 70 L.Ed. One of them, Martin Goldman, approached Hoffman, the attorney representing. 1312, the Supreme Court surveyed the cases and stated, "While this court has never been called upon to decide the point, the federal courts in numerous cases, and with unanimity, have denied standing to one not the victim of an unconstitutional search and . 4, 6), some method of responsible administrative supervision could be evolved for the use of the detectaphone which, like the valid search warrant, would adequately protect the privacy of the individual against irresponsible and indiscriminate intrusions by Government officers. ] See generally Brandeis and Warren, 'The Right to Privacy', 4 Harv.L. Defendants challenged the decision. Roberts, Owen Josephus, and Supreme Court Of The United States. 1a-42a) is reported at 615 F.3d 544. The facts are fully stated in the opinion below and we shall advert only to those essential to an understanding of the questions open in this court. 1031, 1038, 85 L.Ed. At the trial, the evidence was admitted over objection that its receipt violated the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and, as respects Shulman's talk into the telephone receiver, violated also 605 of the Federal Communications Act. It is strange doctrine that keeps inviolate the most mundane observations entrusted to the permanence of paper, but allows the revelation of thoughts uttered within the sanctity of private quarters, thoughts perhaps too intimate to be set down even in a secret diary, or indeed, utterances about which the common law drew the cloak of privilege -- the most confidential revelations between husband and wife, client and lawyer, patient and physician, and penitent and spiritual adviser. Where, as here, they are not only the witness' notes but are also part of the Government's files, a large discretion must be allowed the trial judge. For an account of the writs of assistance see Paxton's Cafe, 1761, 1 Quincy, Mass., 51 and Gray's appendix to Quincy's Reports. , 53 S.Ct. 1322, holding that it is discretionary with the trial court to require or not to require a witness to produce memoranda or notes from which he had refreshed his recollection before taking the stand, . 261, 65 L.Ed. Mr. Justice JACKSON took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases. 877. protected from examination by federal statute,7 but it could not rightly be claimed that the office carbon of such letter, or indeed the letter itself before it has left the office of the sender, comes within the protection of the statute. 51 (1761) and Gray's appendix to Quincy's Reports. Court cases, - So considered, there was neither a "communication" nor an "interception" within the meaning of the Act. 1030, Boyd v. United States, His case was dismissed at the district court in Utah for "lack of standing.". GOLDMAN et al. For guidance about compiling full citations consult 104, 2 Ann.Cas. 376. . U.S. 438 It was not the intention of petitioners to project their conversations beyond the walls of petitioner Shulman's private office. Henry v. Cherry & Webb, 30 R.I. 13, 73 A. We hold that the overhearing and divulgence of what Shulman said into a telephone receiver was not a violation of 605. 647; Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States, 282 U.S. 344, 51 S.Ct. 702. 101, 106 Am.St.Rep. The trial judge ruled that the papers need not be exhibited by the witnesses. On the subject of the general warrant see Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. 775. Gen., for respondent. 564, 568, 72 L.Ed. But as they have declined to do so, and as we think this case is indistinguishable in principle from Olmstead's, we have no occasion to repeat here the dissenting views in that case with which we agree. 153, 47 U.S.C.A. Argued Feb. 5, 6, 1942. 705; United States v. Classic, 313 U.S. 299, 316, 61 S.Ct. [ Their files were not ransacked. At the trial the evidence was admitted over objection that its receipt violated the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and, as respects Shulman's talk into the telephone receiver, violated also 605 of the Federal Communications Act.4. Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) 46 Griffin v. . 22-138 in the supreme court of the united states _____ billy raymond counterman, petitioner, v. the people of the state of colorado, respondent. Goldman v. United States: 316 U.S. 129: 1942: Milcor Steel Company v. George A. Fuller Company: 316 U.S. 143: 1942: Federal Trade Commission v. Raladam Company: 316 . 182; Gouled v. United States, ] United States v. Yee Ping Jong, D.C., 26 F.Supp. 944, 66 A.L.R. With the passing of the years since 1787, marked changes have ensued in the ways of conducting business and personal affairs. Otherwise, it may become obsolete, incapable of providing the people of this land adequate protection. 420, 82 A.L.R. 7 Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928). To this end we must give mind not merely to the exact words of the Amendment but also to its historic purpose, its high political character, and its modern social and legal implications. This was for the purpose of overhearing a conference with Hoffman set for the following afternoon. We hold there was no error in denying the inspection of the witnesses' memoranda. This we are unwilling to do. Silverman v. United States Media Oral Argument - December 05, 1960 (Part 1) Oral Argument - December 05, 1960 (Part 2) Opinions Syllabus View Case Petitioner Silverman Respondent United States Docket no. 386; Cooley, Constitutional Limitations, 8th Ed., vol. 518, 522; Chafee, Progress of the Law, 19191922, 35 Harv.L.Rev. Evidence of petitioner's end of the conversations, overheard by FBI agents . MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court. App. We are unwilling to hold that the discretion was abused in this case. The judge was clearly right in his ruling at the preliminary hearing, as the petitioners should not have had access, prior to trial, to material constituting a substantial portion of the Government's case. They were convicted and sentenced and the judgments were affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. Case missing case number; United States Supreme . [ A warrant can be devised which would permit the use of a detectaphone. on writ of certiorari to the colorado court of appeals, division ii brief of southwestern law student elena cordonean, and professors norman m. garland 746. The error of the stultifying construction there adopted is best shown by the results to which it leads. ] 11 U.S.C. The case of Goldman v. United States, 1942, 316 U.S. 129, 62 S. Ct. 993, 86 L. Ed. Mr. Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court. This Case Noted is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Miami School of Law . b (5) of the Bankruptcy Act [2] by receiving, or attempting to obtain, money for acting, or forbearing to act, in a bankruptcy proceeding. 4. Rights intended to protect all must be extended to all, lest they so fall into desuetude in the course of denying them to the worst of men as to afford no aid to the best of men in time of need. 277 261, and United States v. Lefkowitz, No. U.S. 727 Lawyers and legal services, - Decided December 18, 1967. U.S. Reports: Cochran v. Kansas, 316 U.S. 255 (1942). The listening in the next room to the words of Shulman as he talked into the telephone receiver was no more the interception of a wire communication, within the meaning of the Act, than would have been the overhearing of the conversation by one sitting in the same room. The same view of the scope of the Communications Act follows from the natural meaning of the term 'intercept'. 386; Cooley, Constitutional Limitations, 8th Ed., vol. No. Co. of Virginia, 192 S.C. 454, 7 S.E.2d 169, 127 A.L.R. 68; Bazemore v. Savannah Hospital, 171 Ga. 257, 155 S.E. 182, 64 L.Ed. [316 Royal instruction of July 22, 1761 concerning proceedings in criminal cases where preventive detention of the U.S. Reports: Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942). Please try again. U.S. 129, 140] 962, 963, 980. 962 Argued: Decided: April 27, 1942 [316 U.S. 129, 130] Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel, of New York City, for petitioner shulman. a party authored this brief in whole or in part and that no person [Footnote 2/9] Whatever may be said of a wiretapping device that permits an outside telephone conversation to be overheard, it can hardly be doubted that the application of a detectaphone to the walls of a home or a private office constitutes a direct invasion of the privacy of the occupant, and a search of his private quarters. A preliminary hearing was had, and the motion was denied. 962, October Term, 1940. The petitioners were not physically searched. Ex parte Jackson, 96 U.S. 727, 24 L.Ed. U.S. 438, 466 So considered, there was neither a 'communication' nor an 'interception' within the meaning of the Act. Papers taken from an office in the course of an unreasonable search are taken in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The petitioners contend that the trespass committed in Shulman's office when the listening apparatus was there installed, and what was learned as the result of that trespass, was of some assistance on the following day in locating the receiver of the detectaphone in the adjoining office and this connection between the trespass and the listening resulted in a violation of the Fourth Amendment. Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel, of New York City, for petitioner shulman. 285 U.S. 385 It is urged that where, as in the present case, one talks in his own office, and intends his conversation to be confined within the four walls of the room, he does not intend his voice shall go beyond those walls, and it is not to be assumed he takes the risk of someone's use of a delicate detector in the next room. It prohibits the publication against his will 420, 76 L.Ed. 1. Insistence on its retention does not mean that a person has anything to conceal, but means rather that the choice should be his as to what he wishes to reveal, saving only to the Government the right to seek out crime under a procedure with suitable safeguards for the protection of individual rights, such as the warrant whose requisites are set forth in the Fourth Amendment. 277 One of the great boons secured to the inhabitants of this country by the Bill of Rights is the right of personal privacy guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment. They were convicted and sentenced and the judgments were affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals.3 The facts are fully stated in the opinion below and we shall advert only to those essential to an understanding of the questions open in this court. 607. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, 251 U.S. 385, 40 S.Ct. Defendants filed a motion to suppress the evidence, alleging violation of 605 of the Federal Communications Act (Act), specifically 47 U.S.C.S. [316 8, 2184b, pp. While the detectaphone is primarily used to obtain evidence, and while such use appears to be condemned by the rulings of this Court in Gouled v. United States, The conditions of modern life have greatly expanded the range and character of those activities which require protection from intrusive action by Government officials if men and women are to enjoy the full benefit of that privacy which the Fourth Amendment was intended to provide. One of the great boons secured to the inhabitants of this country by the Bill of Rights is the right of personal privacy guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment. It suffices to say that we adhere to the opinion there expressed. 8 This is a disambiguation page.It lists works that share the same title. The petitioners contend that the trespass committed in Shulman's office when the listening apparatus was there installed, and what was learned as the result of that trespass, was of some assistance on the following day in locating the receiver of the detectaphone in the adjoining office and this connection between the trespass and the listening resulted in a violation of the Fourth Amendment. U.S. 298 As respects it, the trespass might be said to be continuing and, if the apparatus had been used it might, with reason, be claimed that the continuing trespass was the concomitant of its use. Full title: GOLDMAN v . ] See Pavesich v. New England Life Ins. Citing Primary Sources. [ We think, however, the distinction is too nice for practical application of the Constitutional guarantee and no reasonable or logical distinction can be drawn between what federal agents did in the present case and state officers did in the Olmstead case. ] 'It is not the breaking of his (man's) doors, and the rummaging of his drawers, that constitutes the essence of the offense'-those are but 'circumstances of aggravation'. [316 Whatever trespass was committed was connected with the installation of the listening apparatus. U.S. 727 Court opinions, - Supreme Court of the United States - Roberts, Owen Josephus, Supreme Court of the United States - Black, Hugo Lafayette. Meantime, two federal agents, with the assistance of the building superintendent, obtained access at night to Shulman's office and to the adjoining one and installed a listening apparatus in a small aperture in the partition wall with a wire to be attached to earphones extending into the adjoining office. 962 Argued February 5, 6, 1942 Decided April 27, 1942 316 U.S. 129 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. . was to create interest in the case of United States v. Goldman, see note 16, infra, at the time when the Supreme Court was about to consider a motion for a rehearing of the accused's petition for certiorari. Grau v. United States, On the basis of the narrow, literal construction of the search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment adopted in Olmstead v. United States, Law School Case Brief Goldman v. United States - 316 U.S. 129, 62 S. Ct. 993 (1942) Rule: What is protected by 47 U.S.C.S. [Footnote 2/1] It compensates him for trespass on his property or against his person. The duty . P. 316 U. S. 135. United States v. Yee Ping Jong, D.C., 26 F.Supp. But, for my part, I think that the Olmstead case was wrong. An Air Force regulation mandated that indoors, headgear could not be worn "except by armed security police in the performance of their duties." 386; Cooley, Constitutional Limitations, 8th Ed., vol. b (5), 11 U.S.C.A. 52, sub. 605 is the message itself throughout the course of its transmission by the instrumentality or agency of transmission. 1006; Hillman v. Star Publishing Co., 64 Wash. 691, 117 P. 594, 35 L.R.A.,N.S., 595; Atkinson v. John E. Doherty & Co., 121 Mich. 372, 80 N.W. The protection intended and afforded by the statute is of the means of communication, and not of the secrecy of the conversation. To this end we must give mind not merely to the exact words of the Amendment but also to its historic purpose, its high political character, and its modern social and legal implications. Telecommunications, - They connected the earphones to the apparatus but it would not work. The Olmstead case limits the search and seizure clause to 'an official search and seizure of his (defendant's) person or such a seizure of his papers or his tangible material effects, or an actual physical invasion of his house 'or curtilage' for the purpose of making a seizure.' The opinion of the court of appeals (Pet. 'It is not the breaking of his (man's) doors, and the rummaging of his drawers, that constitutes the essence of the offense'those are but 'circumstances of aggravation'. Certiorari, 314 U.S. 701, to review the affirmance of convictions of conspiracy to violate the Bankruptcy Act. The lettres de cachet are discussed in Chassaigne, Les Lettres de Cachet sous L'ancien Regime (Paris, 1903). 8 Weeks v. United States, 232 U. S. 383. Footnote 2 285, 46 L.R.A. Henry v. Cherry & Webb, 30 R.I. 13, 73 A. Cf. It may prohibit the use of his photograph for commercial purposes without his consent. Facts of the case Goldman was a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, an Orthodox Jew, and an ordained rabbi. 544, 551, 19 Ann.Cas. 944, 66 A.L.R. 55; Holloman v. Life Ins. They argue that the case may be distinguished. , 48 S.Ct. Jurisdiction covered: Spain. As has rightly been held, this word indicates the taking or seizure by the way or before arrival at the destined place. The same view of the scope of the Communications Act follows from the natural meaning of the term "intercept." Letters deposited in the Post Office are Don't Miss Important Points of Law with BARBRI Outlines (Login Required). As the Supreme Court said in Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129, 133, People v. Ross (P. 68, 69 L.R.A. 193 (1890). Cf. Footnote 6 38, 40, and cases cited. 389 U.S. 347. 652, 134 S.W. Divulgence of a person's telephone conversation, overheard as it was spoken into the telephone receiver, does not violate 605 of the Federal Communications Act, as in such case there is neither a "communication" nor an "interception" within the meaning of the Act. The circumstance that petitioners were obviously guilty of gross fraud is immaterial. Boyd v. United States, 116 U. S. 616, 116 U. S. 630. In asking us to hold that the information obtained was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and that its use at the trial was, therefore, banned by the Amendment, the petitioners recognize that they must reckon with our decision in Olmstead v. United States, Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) (the use of a detectaphone by the police to eavesdrop on conversations through the wall of an adjoining office without trespassing on private property does not violate the Fourth Amendment. The ruling in that case therefore also adversely disposes of all the relevant constitutional questions in this. The decisions of this Court prior to the Olmstead case insisted on a liberal construction of the Fourth Amendment and placed within its compass activities bearing slight, if any, resemblance to the mischiefs known at the time of its adoption. [Footnote 2/3] These are restrictions on the activities of private persons. Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) Goldman v. United States No. He did so. A federal investigator was consulted and it was arranged that Hoffman should continue to negotiate with the petitioners. I cannot agree, for to me it is clear that the use of the detectaphone under the circumstances revealed by this record was an unreasonable search and seizure within the clear intendment of the Fourth Amendment. 376. 194; Kunz v. Allen, 102 Kan. 883, 172 P. 532, L.R.A.1918D, 1151; Foster-Milburn v. Chinn, 134 Ky. 424, 120 S.W. 69, 70. 702 Argued December 13, 14, 1917 Decided January 14, 1918 245 U.S. 474 Syllabus The Selective Draft Law of May 18, 1917, upheld as constitutional on the authority of the Selective Draft Law Cases, ante, 245 U. S. 366, in a case of conspiracy to violate the act by dissuading persons from registering. Law, - PETITIONER, V. L. B. SULLIV Brief for Appellee, Brief for Appellee In the Supreme Court of the United States No. . [316 793, 19 Ann.Cas. This we are unwilling to do. Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383, 34 S.Ct. Words spoken in a room in the presence of another into a telephone receiver do not constitute a communication by wire within the meaning of the section. Officers conducting an unreasonable search are seeking evidence as such; the form it takes is of no concern to them. GOLDMAN v. UNITED STATES (1942) No. Communications, - U.S. 383 Footnote 5 We hold that the use of the detectaphone by Government agents was not a violation of the Fourth Amendment. Letters deposited in the Post Office are. invasions of privacy, unless they are authorized by a warrant issued in the manner and form prescribed by the Amendment or otherwise conducted under adequate safeguards defined by statute, are at one with the evils which have heretofore been held to be within the Fourth Amendment and equally call for remedial action. The order of the court of 993, 86 L.Ed. Contributor Names White, Edward Douglass (Judge) Supreme Court of the United States (Author) Created / Published 1917 Subject Headings - Law - Law Library - Supreme Court - United States - Government Documents - Judicial review and appeals - Evidence - Criminal code - Jurisdiction Cf. On the value of the right to privacy, as dear as any to free men, little can or need be added to what was said in Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. The next afternoon, one of the agents returned to the adjoining room with two others and a stenographer. Cf. The petitioners were not physically searched. 1076; Flake v. Greensboro News Co., 212 N.C. 780, 195 S.E. 277 Get Goldman v. Weinberger, 475 U.S. 503 (1986), United States Supreme Court, case facts, key issues, and holdings and reasonings online today. See Ex parte Jackson, 96 U. S. 727. The lettres de cachet are discussed in Chassaigne, Les Lettres de Cachet sous L'ancien Regime (Paris, 1903). Footnote 6 1064, 1103, 47 U.S.C. , 48 S.Ct. Footnote 9 Meantime, two federal agents, with the assistance of the building superintendent, obtained access at night to Shulman's office and to the adjoining one and installed a listening apparatus in a small aperture in the partition wall with a wire to be attached to earphones extending into the adjoining office. [ Decided April 27, 1942. Physical entry may be wholly immaterial.6 Whether the search of private quarters is accomplished by placing on the outer walls of the sanctum a detectaphone that transmits to the outside listener the intimate details of a private conversation, or by new methods of photography that penetrate walls or overcome distances, the privacy of the citizen is equally invaded by agents of the Government and intimate personal matters are laid bare to view. 420, 76 L.Ed. We hold there was no error in denying the inspection of the witnesses' memoranda. [316 Co., 122 Ga. 190, 50 S.E. 928, 18 Ann.Cas. [Footnote 2/4], There was no physical entry in this case. 110. 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