268 A.D. 798 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1944
Judgment of a city magistrate, holding a Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, convicting the defendant of a violation of section 982 of the Penal Law, affirmed. The defendant1 kept a device) known as “Kicker and Catcher”, in a penny arcade. The device released only three metal balls for play. The balls were kicked by a robot “ football kicker ” and if any was caught by á robot “ football catcher ”, it dropped back to its original starting point, where it was in position- to be kicked again, with any other unused ball. The user of the machine thus was