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PEOPLE v. ONE DEVICE KNOWN AS "JOKER,"

Gen. No. 10,588.

346 Ill. App. 562 (1952)

105 N.E.2d 769

People of State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. One Device Known as a "Joker" or "Slotless" Slot Machine Bearing Serial Number 190284, Defendant, Beulah Whitsitt, Intervenor-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication May 22, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General of Illinois, of Springfield, for appellee; BERNARD J. MORAN, State's Attorney, of Rock Island, and HARRY L. PATE, Assistant Attorney General, of Tuscola, of counsel.

MR. JUSTICE WOLFE 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...

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