209 F2d 511 Nos 14507-14510

209 F.2d 511

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant,

v.

AMERICAN LEGION HAROLD DOUGLAS MALONEY POST NO. 252, Inc., Claimant of 1-5¢ Mills Blue Bell Slot Machine Gambling Device, Serial No. 597119, etc.

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant,

v.

AMERICAN LEGION POST NO. 251, Claimant of 1-Mills (10¢) Slot Machine Gambling Device, Serial No. 590905 etc. (Joe McGeady, Commander).

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant

v.

ASA WARREN CANDLER POST NO. 65 AMERICAN LEGION, Inc., Claimant of Seven Slot Machines and Gambling Devices, viz: 1-25¢ Jennings Sun Chief, Serial No. 185071, etc.

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant,

v.

CEDAR CLUB, Inc., Claimant of 1-50¢ Mills Jewell Bell Slot Machine Gambling Device, Serial No. 388350, Appellee.

Nos. 14507-14510.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 1954.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; William Boyd Sloan, Judge.

1

J. Ellis Mundy, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Lamar N. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

2

Carter Goode, Ellis M. Creel, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee American Legion Harold Douglas Maloney Post No. 252.

3

William H. Whaley, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee American Legion Post No. 251.

4

Roscoe Pickett, Jr., W. Paul Carpenter, Roland Neeson, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee Asa Warren Candler Post No. 65 etc.

5

Marvin G. Russell Atlanta, Ga., for appellee Cedar Club, Inc., etc.

6

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and RIVES, Circuit Judges.

7

PER CURIAM.

8

Upon the authority of United States v. Five Gambling Devices, Labeled in Part "Mills," and Bearing Serial Numbers 593-221 etc. (United States v. Denmark; and United States v. Braun), 74 S.Ct. 190, the judgments in the above styled and numbered cases are affirmed.