( 448 ) 



CHAPTER V. 



BETTING HOUSES AND GAMING HOUSES. 



Betting Houses. 



A Common Betting House .... 448 



Act for the Suppression of Bet- 

 tin;/ Ilotises 449 



" Using'" under this Act id. 



" Flace" ivithin this Act .... id. 



Moveable Desk 450 



Cricket Ground id. 



Figeon Shooting id. 



Race Course, Umbrella .... 451 



Moveable Box icithin Ring id. 



Betting at a Club 452 



Bur poses for irhich Houses or 



Places are not to be used .... id. 



Penalty for using them for such 



Purposes 453 



Penalty for receiving Money, ^-c. 



on certain Conditions id. 



Money, ^r. so received may be 



recovered from the Holder . . id. 



Act docs not e.rtend to Stakes in 



a Race, i^-c id. 



Penalty for advertising, ^-c id. 



Provisions of Betting Act, 1874, 



as to advertising 454 



Poicer to search suspected Houses, id. 



Power of Commissioners of Police. 455 



The Levy and Application of 



Penalties id. 



Where Party neglects to prose- 

 cute id. 



Ko Objection allowed on Matter 



of Form id. 



No Appeal from High Court . . id. 



The remaining Provisions 456 



Extension to Scotland id. 



Gaming Houses. 



A Common Gaming House .... 456 



Indictment for keeping one .... 457 



Charge in the Indictment id. 



Any Person may go on ivith it. . id. 



Statutory Provisions for an In- 

 dictment id. 



Notice by two Inhabitants .... id. 



Binding over the Party accused . id. 



Puty of Overseers of the Poor . . 458 

 Penalty where Constable neglects 



h is Duty id. 



Setting up or playing at Hazard, 



cjr id. 



Evidence that Hazard has been 



played id. 



Rent of a Gaming House id. 



A Subscription Club id. 



What is a Common Gaming 



House under 8 i^- 9 Vict. e. 109 . 459 

 Power of Justices id. 



In the Metropolitan Police 



District 460 



Penalties on Gaming House 



Keepers under 8^9 Vict. 



f. 109 id. 



Penalty for Flaying 461 



Evidence of Gaming id. 



Pijficulti/ of obtaining Evidence . id. 



17 cj- IS Vict. c. 38 id. 



Persons summarily convicted of 



obstructing Officers id. 



Persons giving false Names or 



Addresses 462 



Owner or Occupier may be fined 



500/., or imprisoned id. 



Persons apprclicnded may he 



made Witnesses id. 



Penalties and Costs id. 



On neglect to prosecute, another 



Person may be authorized to 



do so 463 



Remaining Provisions id. 



Billiards, Bagatelle, ^-c id. 



Regulations regarding Billiard 



licences id. 



Non-compliance ivith these Regu- 

 lations id. 



Offences against the Tenor of the 



licence 464 



When Billiard playing is not 



allowed id. 



Constables may visit licensed 



Houses id. 



A Common 



Betting' 



House. 



BETTING HOUSES. 



It is quite clear tliat any practice whicli has a tendency 

 to injure the public morals, is an offence at common 



