State v. Village of Garden City

KEETON, Justice.

Claiming that numerous defendants, appellants here, were publicly maintaining and operating places in Garden City where gambling was permitted and games of chance were played for money, credits, checks or other representations of value, and places where coin-operated amusement devices known as slot machines, punch-boards, chance spindles and chance prize games were played by the general public, plaintiffs (respondents here) brought this action to have such activities enjoined and abated, and for other relief. The complaint claimed that such operations and businesses so engaged…