State of Arizona v. Fifteen Slot MacHines

The trial court disposed of this case as it did case No. 3472, State of Arizona v. Gambling Equipment, ante, p. 112, 40 Pac. (2d) 746, just decided. The proceedings in the two cases are very much alike. They differ in this very material respect: In case No. 3472 the gambling equipment was seized under a search warrant and was thereafter in custodia legis. In the present case the slot machines were seized by the sheriff and taken away from the operators or owners without any warrant or process whatever. The owners or operators were not arrested or charged with any offense. These slot machines…