Legal Opinion
The City of Miami v. Miller
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 29, 1941PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, J.
In January, 1941, police officers of the City of Miami entered Slapsie Maxie’s Frolic Club, an amusement place of Sam Miller; they arrested Miller and forty-eight of his employees. They took approximately $27,000 from the cashier’s cage and various gambling devices but permitted several hundred patrons to leave the premises unmolested.
Miller and forty-seven of the employees were tried and convicted in the municipal court in Miami for promoting and conducting games of chance contrary to Sec. 7669, Comp. Gen. Laws of 1927, and Ordinance 319 of the City of Miami. At the time of the arrest and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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