United States v. One Hundred Thirty-nine Gambling Devices

PLATT, District Judge.

Two li'bel suits have been consolidated for trial and decision by this court. The libels allege that special agents oif the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized 139 gambling devices together with material *24parts therefor in one case and 496 gambling devices along with parts in the other case; that all of the machines, commonly known as slot machines, were seized in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois. The government seeks to condemn these machines and parts for the reason that they were possessed and used at the places set forth in the libels by persons who were…