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STATE v. 25 SLOT MACHINES

No. 14252.

256 S.E.2d 595 (1979)

STATE of West Virginia v. 25 SLOT MACHINES.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Gottlieb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for P. E.

Carl N. Frankovitch, Frankovitch & Anetakis, Weirton, for D. E.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

On September 7, 1977, twenty-five slot machines were seized at four fraternal organizations in Brooke County.1 On September 29, the State petitioned the circuit court of that county for authority to destroy the machines under W.Va.Code, 61-10-1. The petition alleged that the State did not know who owned them. The machines had benevolent friends who employed counsel for them. Acting upon his advice they admitted...

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