Agnesia v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Jefferson County declaring contraband a roulette wheel and forfeiting same to the State, on account of said machine or device having been possessed as a gambling device.

The evidence presented in the proceedings below shows without dispute that two police officers, armed with a search warrant, entered the residence of Joe Agnesia in the City of Birmingham.

In the living room of the residence they found a wooden crate, addressed to Joe Agnesia, which crate was securely fastened. Upon opening the crate there was found what is…