Soper v. Michal

This is an action of replevin to recover ninety-eight machines of the variety commonly designated as “slot machines,” a roulette wheel and the appurtenant mechanism, which had been siezed by the appellants as Police 'Commissioners of Baltimore City.. At the time of the seizure all of the articles were in the possession of the appellee, in a single room, part of the first floor of a building on Bom Alley, the remainder of the floor being occupied and used as a carpenter shop. The ownership of the property in question is not entirely clear. Some portion of the machines seem to have belonged to…