LOWELL, District Judge.
This bill in equity was brought by a citizen of Illinois in a suit involving more than $3,000 to enjoin the chief of police of Watertown, Mass., from taking proceedings to confiscate the plaintiff's coin-controlled vending apparatus as a gambling device. There is no allegation that the applicable Massachusetts statute is unconstitutional.
The question of jurisdiction arises at the outset. Although in the form of a civil suit, this is...
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