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· 7/28/1921

Dwyer & Co. v. City of Seattle

Citations

  • 116 Wash. 449
  • 199 P. 740
  • 1921 Wash. LEXIS 852

Syllabus

<p>Gaming (10)—Devices Pbohibited—Slot Machines. A machine known as a “silent salesman,” containing 3,000 tickets purchasable for five cents each as they appear in the slots of the machine, the large majority of which entitle the purchaser to nothing more than a postal card of the value Of one cent, some few of the tickets entitling the purchaser to articles of merchandise of considerably more value, is a gaming device within the inhibition of the Seattle ordinances and the statutes of the state against gaming devices.</p>

Judges: Tolman

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