State v. . Humphries

Criminal action, tried upon indictment charging the defendant with possession of a slot machine in violation of chapter 282, Public Laws 1935.

The State's evidence tended to show that the defendant was in the possession of a machine or device adapted to be operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot. It was called a marble game or table. By placing a nickel coin in the slot the user or operator was entitled to shoot five balls or marbles, one at a time, by means of a plunger attached to a spring. This causes the balls to roll about over the table under a glass top. If the balls fall in…