KETTING HOUSES. 455 



the defendaut notice of the charges made against him ; 

 and the want of such information and summons will 

 render the proceedings on the hearing invalid (s) . The 

 information need not, however, be laid before two Justices 

 — one is sufficient (a). 



Within the Metropolitan Police District, and the Dublin Power of 

 Metropolitan Police District, a Commissioner of Police Commission- 



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may authorize any Superintendent of Police, accompanied 

 by such Constables as may be directed to assist him, to 

 enter any suspected House, &c. or Place, and to use force 

 if necessary, and take into custody all persons found there, 

 and to seize all Lists, Cards or other documents relating to 

 Racing or Betting {h). 



Penalties and costs may be levied by distress (c) . Half The levy and 

 of ever}' pecuniary penalty is to be paid to the Informer, ap^cation 

 and the remaining half to be applied in aid of the Poor 

 Rate of the parish or extra-parochial place where the 

 offence was committed (d). 



In ease a person who has laid any complaint or informa- Where party 

 tion do not appear at the time at which the defendant may neglects to 

 have been summoned to appear, or on the adjournment of 

 the summons, or neglect to prosecute, any Justices having 

 authority to adjudicate may authorize some other person 

 to proceed on such summons, or take out a fresh one, as if 

 the previous summons had not been granted (e) . 



An Appeal is given to Quarter Sessions (/), and no No objection 

 objection is to be allowed to the Information or Convic- allowed on 

 tion on matter of form (g). Thus, in a case in which the form, 

 information charged the defendant with having " on the 

 5th of October, and on divers other days and times 

 between the said 5th of October, and the laying the in- 

 formation (Nov. 16), being then the occupier of a certain 

 House in the said city knowingly and wilfully kept and 

 used the same for the purpose of his betting with persons 

 resorting thereto ;" a conviction for so keeping and using 

 the house on the 8th of November was held to be good and 

 valid (/0._ 



A conviction before justices under this Act is a " criminal No appeal 



(z) Blake v. Beech, L. R., 1 Ex. (r) Ibid. s. 8. 



D.'320 ; 45 L. J., M. C. Ill ; 24 (d) Ibid. s. 9. 



L. T., N. S. 764. {c) Ibid. s. 10. 



[a) Zee v. Gold, 44 J. P. 395— (/) Ibid. s. 13. 

 Q. B. D. (q) Ibid. s. 14. 



(b) 16 & 17 Vict. c. 119, 88. 12, (h) OhIoj v. Gee, 30 L. J., M. C. 

 18, Appendix. 222. 



