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GAMING HOUSES. 



marily con- 

 victed of 

 obstructing 

 Officers. 



Persons 

 giving false 

 Names or 

 Addresses. 



Owner or 

 Occupier may 

 be fined 500/. 

 or impri- 

 soned. 



Persons ap- 

 prehended 

 may be made 

 Witnesses. 



Penalties 

 and Costs. 



under this Act before two Justices of the Peace of thus 

 obstructing the officers, and, in the discretion of the 

 Justices, may be fined a sum of money not exceeding 

 100/., or be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, 

 for any period not exceeding six calendar months (y). 

 And the mere fact of obstructing the officers is to be 

 evidence of the House being a common Gaming House (z). 



Persons found there, and giving false names or ad- 

 dresses, or refusing to give their names and addresses, may, 

 iipon summary conviction, be fined 50/., or imprisoned for 

 one month {a). 



The Owner or Occiipier, or any person " having the 

 use of any House, Room, or Place, who shall open, keep 

 or use the same for the purpose of unlawful gaming being 

 carried on therein, and any person, who being the Owner 

 or Occupier of any House or Poom, shall knowingly and 

 wilfully permit the same to be opened, kept or used by 

 any other person for the purpose aforesaid, any person 

 having the care or management of or in any manner 

 assisting in conducting the business of any House, Room 

 or Place opened, kept or used for the purpose aforesaid, 

 and any person who shall advance or furnish money for 

 the purpose of gaming with persons frequenting such 

 House, Room or Place," may be summarily convicted 

 before two Justices of the Peace, and be adjudged to pay 

 any sum not exceeding 500/. and costs, or may be im- 

 prisoned, with or without hard labour, for twelve calendar 

 months {h). 



Under this Act the Justices of the Peace, before whom 

 persons found in a Room or Place of this description shall 

 be brought, may require any of the persons apprehended 

 to be sworn and to give evidence under a penalty for 

 refusal (r) ; but persons making a full discovery may be 

 freed from all penalties (r/). 



The Penalties and Costs inflicted under this Act may 

 be levied by distress (c), whicli shall not be unlawful for 

 want of form (/). And one-half of each Penalty shall be 

 applied in aid of the Poor Rate of the Parish in which 

 the offence shall have been committed, and the other half 

 shall be paid to the person laying the information ( g). 



(//) 17 & 18 Vict. c. 38, s. 1, Ap- (r) Ibid. s. 5. 



pendix. (d) Ibid. s. 6. 



(=) Ibid. s. 2. {e) Ibid. s. 7. 



(a) Ibid. s. 3. (A) Ibid. s. 12. 



[b) Ibid. s. 4. {(/) Ibid. s. 8. 



