Hardison v. Coleman

L. B. Hardison in November, 1935, kept in his place of business a mechanical device or machine commonly called and known as a “slot machine.”

A warrant for his arrest was issued by a Justice of the Peace upon an affidavit purporting to charge Hardison with the crime of conducting a lottery for money. The language of the warrant issued, and upon which he was arrested, charges the alleged offense in the following words: “One L. B. Hardison did then and there unlawfully and feloniously set up and conduct a lottery for money.” That language is followed by a description of the so-called lottery,…