Supreme Court of Florida December 11, 1935 (Hardison v. Coleman)

lead-opinion

Ellis, P. J.

L. B. Hardison in November, 1935, kept in his place of business a mechanical device or machine commonly called and known as a “slot machine.”

A warrant for his arrest was issued by a Justice of the Peace upon an affidavit purporting to charge Hardison with

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the crime of conducting a lottery for money.