United States v. Five Gambling Devices

PLATT, Chief Judge.

The United States, libelant in this-, libel action, seeks to condemn and have-forfeited five machines as “gambling device [s]” which were allegedly transported in interstate commerce in violation of the Johnson Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1172.

The respondents stipulated that the machines in controversy were transported in interstate commerce. The only remaining question presented by the briefs of both libelant and respondents, is the issue as to whether the machines are “gambling device [s]” within the *562meaning of Title 15, § 1171, U.S.C. which reads as follows:

“(a) The term…