State v. Arnold

Defendant is the lessee of an oil station in the city of Milwaukee. As a part of the service equipment, defendant maintains two wash-rooms, one for women and the other for men. Two detectives of the Milwaukee police department entered the station on December 19, 1933, and asked permission to use the men’s wash-room. One of the officers found attached to the wall of the wash-room a slot-machine. He inserted ten cents in this slot-machine and received a cartridge containing a rubber article, commonly used for contraceptive purposes. This is the basis of the prosecution. On this machine was a…