People v. Lawrence

Per Curiam :

Section 137/ of the Criminal Code provides, that whoever, in any room, saloon, inn, tavern, shed, booth or building or enclosure, or in any part thereof, operates, keeps, owns, rents or uses any slot machine or any other device upon which money is staked or hazarded or into which money is paid or played upon chance, or upon the result of the action of which money or other valuable thing is staked, bet, hazarded, won or lost, shall, upon conviction, for the first offense be fined not less than $100; and for a second offense be fined not less than $500 and be confined in the county…