James Hannifin, of One Electronic Pointmaker, Also Known as the Joker MacHine Serial Number X550378 v. United States of America, James Hannifin, of One Electronic Pointmaker, Also Known as the Bingo MacHine Serial Number X550518 v. United States

248 F.2d 173 James HANNIFIN, Claimant of One Electronic Pointmaker, Also Known as the Joker Machine, Serial Number X550378, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. James HANNIFIN, Claimant of One Electronic Pointmaker, Also Known as the Bingo Machine, Serial Number X550518, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. No. 15195. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. September 3, 1957. John M. McCarvel, Great Falls, Mont., Edwin V. Magagna, Rock Springs, Wyo., Charles de Y Elkus, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. Krest Cyr, U. S. Atty., Butte, Mont., Dale F. Galles, Billings, Mont., Michael J. O'Connell and Frank M. Kerr, Asst. U. S. Attys., Butte, Mont., for appellee. Before DENMAN, BONE and POPE, Circuit Judges. DENMAN, Circuit Judge. 1 Hannifin appeals from two judgments and decrees of condemnation entered by the District Court for the District of Montana, Butte Division, ordering the forfeiture to the United States pursuant to Section 1177, Title 15 U.S.C.A., of two electronic pointmaker machines on the ground that said machines were gambling devices within the meaning of Section 1171, Title 15 U.S.C.A., which had been transported in interstate…