United States v. Thirteen (13) Gambling Devices

In this in rem proceeding involving thirteen gambling machines, claimant Alexander Horner appeals from a judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, after a bench trial before John M. Cannella, J., ordering forfeiture of the machines under 15 U.S.C. § 1177. In his memorandum opinion, the judge held that the machines were gambling devices under 15 U.S.C. § 1171, that they were not exempt under 15 U.S.C. § 1172 or 15 U.S.C. § 1178, and that the evidence established that Horner “was well aware of the nature, function and use of the machines . . . . The…