Freeman v. State

On or about the 26th day of October, 1933, the circuit .judge of the 11th judicial circuit, having been informed that certain gambling devices, commonly called slot machines, were being operated in Jefferson County, under the mandatory provisions of § 2630-37 of Crawford & Moses’ Digest, caused to be issued a warrant to the sheriff directing him to make search for such devices and to seize the same, if found, for such further action as the court might find proper. Acting on this warrant, the sheriff and his deputies, on the 27th of October, 1933, seized some twenty-one slot machines of…