North Beach Amusement Company, Inc., a Body Corporate v. United States

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.

The subject matter of this appeal is a number of gambling devices of the slot machine variety, seized in Prince George’s County, Maryland, under a libel instituted by the Government. The appellant intervened as claimant and, the facts being undisputed, the Government’s motion for summary judgment was granted. Thereupon, the Marshal was ordered to deliver the machines to the Attorney General for destruction, and this appeal followed.

Title 15 U.S.C. § 1172, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1172, enacted on January 2, 1951, makes it “unlawful knowingly to transport any gambling device to…