PEOPLE v. ONE DEVICE

No. 32018.

410 Ill. 318 (1951)

102 N.E.2d 122

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ONE DEVICE KNOWN AS A "JOKER" OF "SLOTLESS" SLOT MACHINE, etc. — (BEULAH WHITSITT, Intervenor, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STEWART & LYTTON, of East Moline, (BEN A. STEWART, of counsel,) for appellant.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BERNARD J. MORAN, State's Attorney, of Rock Island, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.


Cause transferred.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by Beulah Whitsitt, intervenor and appellant herein, from a judgment of the county court of Rock Island County, whereby a certain machine belonging to her was ordered destroyed as a gambling device and her counterclaim praying for a return of said machine was denied.

On January 4, 1951, at about 9:30 P.M., two police officers entered the tavern of the intervenor...

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