DURANT v. BENNETT

No. 306.

54 F.2d 634 (1931)

DURANT v. BENNETT, Sheriff et al. KIZER v. SAME.

District Court, W. D. South Carolina.

November 3, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Taylor, of Greenville, S. C., T. L. Kirkpatrick and H. L. Taylor, both of Charlotte, N. C., and Dunlap & Dunlap, of Rock Hill, S. C., for petitioners.

John M. Daniel, Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, Cordie Page, Asst. Atty. Gen., R. E. Babb, of Laurens, S. C., Nicholls, Wyche & Russell, of Spartanburg, S. C., and Harold Major, of Anderson, S. C., for respondents.

Before PARKER, Circuit Judge, and WATKINS and GLENN, District Judges.


GLENN, District Judge.

For the last several years the state of South Carolina has been peculiarly vigilant in its activities to enforce its criminal statutes directed against gambling devices. Particularly have these activities been directed against the operation of so-called slot machines which have been placed in the state and which are undoubtedly operated primarily as gambling devices. It appears that these machines are so constructed as to yield an enormous return...

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