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BETTING HOUSES. 



advertisiug, 

 &c. 



Provisions of 

 Betting Act, 

 1874, as to 

 advertisins:. 



Power to 

 search sus- 

 pected 

 Houses. 



exhibited or publislied, any Placard, Advertisement, &c. 

 making it to aj^pear that any House, &e. or Place is 

 opened, kept or used for the purpose of making Bets in 

 manner above mentioned, or for the purpose of exhibiting 

 Lists for Betting, or with intent to induce any person to 

 resort to such House, &c. or Place, for the purpose of 

 making Bets or AVagers in manner above mentioned, or 

 any person who on behalf of the Owner or Occupier, or 

 person using any such House, &c. or Place, may invite 

 other persons to resort therein for the purpose of making 

 any Bets or "Wagers as above mentioned, is on summary 

 conviction before two Justices of the Peace (ii) liable to a 

 Penalty not exceeding oO/., and payment of costs, or to 

 imprisonment not exceeding two calendar months (,r) . 



And section 3 of the Betting Act, 1874 (37 Yict. c. 15), 

 further provides that where any letter, circular, telegram, 

 placard, handbill, card, or advertisement is sent, exhibited, 

 or published — (1) whereby it is made to appear that any 

 person, either in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, will, 

 on application, give information or advice for the purjDOse 

 of or with respect to any such Bet or Wager, or any such 

 event or contingency as is mentioned in the principal Act, 

 or will make on behalf of any other person any such Bet 

 or Wager as is mentioned in the principal Act ; or (2) with 

 intent to induce any person to apply to any house, office, 

 room or place, or to any person, with the view of obtaining 

 information or advice for the purpose of any such Bet or 

 Wager with respect to any such event or contingency as is 

 mentioned in the principal Act ; or (3) inviting any per- 

 son to make or take any share in or in connection with any 

 such Bet or Wager — every person sending, &c., or causing 

 the same to be sent, &c., shall be subject to the penalties 

 provided as above in the 7th section of the principal Act 

 with respect to offences under that section. 



A Justice of the Peace, upon complaint made on oath, may 

 authorize the search of any suspected House or Place by 

 special warrant to a constable, who may obtain necessary 

 assistance, and also use force if required to make an entry, 

 and arrest, search and bring before a Justice of the Peace 

 all persons found there, and seize all Lists, Cards or other 

 documents relating to Pacing or Betting (//). But the 

 warrant and arrest above provided for do not dispense with 

 the necessity of a regular information and summons giving 



(«) Or a Police Magistrate within 

 the Metropolitan Police District, 

 2 & 3 Vict. c. 71, s. 14. 



(.r) 16 & 17 Vict. 

 Appendix. 



(y) Ibid. s. 11. 



c. 119, s. 7, 



