Stanley v. State

This action was instituted by the State through her prosecuting attorney for the seizure of a certain gambling device in the form of an electric baseball marble slot machine operated in a barber shop in the city of Little Rock. A search warrant was issued and the machine seized. Appellant intervened claiming to be the owner, and that it was operated for. the purpose of amusement and not for gambling. He prayed that it be returned to him.

The facts are stipulated, as follows: “That S. L, Stanley, is the owner of a coin-operated novelty baseball game entitled ‘Home Run.’ That said game is played…