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In Re Petition of Supt. of Police
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 20, 1934No. Appeal 160PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Cunningham, J.,
Mills Novelty Company, the owner of approximately three hundred nickel slot machines seized by police officers of the City of Philadelphia as gambling devices, has appealed from an order of the court below adjudging them forfeited and directing that they be publicly destroyed.
The machines were seized while in the possession and use of numerous lessees. The representatives of the city and the Commonwealth rely upon Section 55 of the Penal Code of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, 397, as amended by the Acts of March 26, 1923, P. L. 32, and April 7, 1925, P. L. 185, 18 PS…
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- Ad-Lee Co. v. MeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- Fleischer v. Maryland Cas. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
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- Urban's AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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- Commonwealth v. KeppelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
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