People v. Stein

The defendant was tried on an information containing two counts, one for permitting a boy under sixteen years of age to be placed in a situation likely to impair his morals (§ 483 P. L.) and the other for keeping a room to be used for gambling (§ 973 P. L.)

As a retail vender of candy, stationery and cigars he permitted the installation, in his business premises, of a contrivance for dispensing gum by chance. It can scarcely be called a slot machine because there is no machinery to be set in motion. A penny inserted in a convenient slot or opening falls by gravity and is guided by channels…