People v. One Slot Machine Owned by Telequiz Corp.

The only question presented for determination upon this record is whether a device known as “Quiz Bank,” an exhibit in this case, which is owned by appellant, Telequiz Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is or is not a gambling device as defined by par. 342, chap. 38, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 37.272].

The record discloses that during the night or early morning of September 14 or 15,1950, the Illinois State Police seized twenty devices, or machines, in a number of taverns and restaurants in Will county. Nineteen of the twenty machines were the type of device commonly called…