United States v. One Bally Bounty In-Line, Bingo-Type, Multiple Coin, Multiple Free-Play Pinball Machine, Serial No. B799

NORTHROP, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court and a jury upon a libel filed by the United States of America, under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1171,1 1172,2 and 11773 on November 5, 1964, and upon the answer to the libel filed for and on behalf of the claimant, State Sales and Service Corporation, a Maryland corporation, with its principal place of business at 1825 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.

The respondent, a highly sophisticated pinball machine, was transported in interstate commerce from Chicago, Illinois, to Baltimore, Maryland, in March, 1964, and was seized in Baltimore,…