City of Milwaukee v. Burns

This action is to recover a penalty for violation of section 1069 of the Milwaukee Code of 1914, which section provides:

“No person shall possess, keep, own, operate, use or cause to be kept, operated or used in any room, tent, booth, shed, *298tavern, building, inclosure or upon any premises, or part thereof, or in any place within the city of Milwaukee any clock, joker, tape, or slot machine, or other device of any kind or nature whatsoever, upon, in, by or through which money is or may be staked or hazarded, or into which money is or may be played or paid upon chance, or upon the result of the…