Miller, Com'r. of Finance v. Franklin County

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

Section 436.280 of KRS, sec. 1962, Carroll’s Stats., prescribes that:

“Any bank, table, contrivance, machine or article used for carrying- on a game prohibited by KRS 436.230, together with all money or other things staked or exhibited to allure persons to wager, may be seized by any justice of the peace, sheriff, constable or police officer of a city, with or without a warrant, and upon conviction of the person setting up or keeping the machine or contrivance, the money or other articles shall be forfeited for the use of the state, and the machine…