Zaft v. Milton

This is a bill for an injunction to restrain the prosecutor of the pleas of Hudson county from destroying certain vending machines, under the Criminal Procedure act. Comp. Stat. p. 1875 § 168.

The defendant, as the prosecuting officer of Hudson county, has seized a large number of machines that had been placed by the complainant in a warehouse in Jersey City, upon the ground that the same were intended to be used for gambling purposes within the intent and meaning of the statute mentioned. Upon his declaration that he intended to destroy them, a restraining order was granted to prevent the…