UNITED STATES v. 178 GAMBLING DEVICES

Nos. 18912, 18913.

107 F.Supp. 394 (1952)

UNITED STATES v. 178 GAMBLING DEVICES. UNITED STATES v. 48 GAMBLING DEVICES.

United States District Court S. D. Illinois, S. D.

September 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Doyle, U. S. Atty., and Marks Alexander, Robert G. Heckenkamp, Asst. U. S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., for the United States.

Schaefer O'Neill, O'Neill & O'Neill, Alton, Ill., Wilber F. Hacker, Gibbons & Hacker, Jerseyville, Ill., Ralph T. Smith, Alton, Ill., for various claimants.

Robert M. Magill, Springfield, Ill., for various claimants.


BRIGGLE, Chief Judge.

In each of these cases the United States Government has seized certain gambling devices commonly called slot machines under the provisions of an Act of Congress prohibiting the transportation of gambling devices in interstate and foreign commerce, Title 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1171-1177, and is asking for an order of destruction of such devices on the theory that such machines have been possessed, used, owned and repaired in violation of the...

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