In re Certain Gambling Devices

Knight, P. J.,

On August 6, 1949, police officers seized certain articles of personal property, in a raid on a gambling establishment in the Borough of Bridgeport. William G. Garber and Grant Fullerton were indicted on the charge of setting up and maintaining a gambling establishment. Garber pleaded guilty and Fullerton was found guilty by a jury.

On May 15, 1950, the District Attorney of Montgomery County presented a petition for the condemnation of certain gambling devices, machines and other equipment. Among the articles sought to be condemned and destroyed, were a number of gambling…