Machines v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In a forfeiture proceeding under KRS 436.280, the jury found that 14 “console type” slot machines, which had been seized by the-sheriff of Fayette County, were gambling devices, and judgment was entered that the machines be forfeited and destroyed.

On this appeal by the slot machines (through their owner), the main contention is that the machines were seized illegally, and therefore the forfeiture proceeding should have been quashed.

The machines were seized without a warrant, by the sheriff of Fayette County on May 6, 1953, upon their arrival in a truck in front of the…