14 CONSOLE TYPE SLOT MACHINES v. COMMONWEALTH


273 S.W.2d 582 (1954)

14 CONSOLE TYPE SLOT MACHINES, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 10, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strother Kiser, Lexington, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., William F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

In a forfeiture proceeding under KRS 436.280, the jury found that 14 "console type" slot machines, which had been seized by the sheriff of Fayette County, were gambling devices, and judgment was entered that the machines be forfeited and destroyed.

On this appeal by the slot machines (through their owner), the main contention is that the machines were seized illegally, and therefore the forfeiture proceeding should have been quashed....

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