GAMING HOUSES. 463 



On the neglect of the person laying the information to On neglect 

 prosecute the summons, the Justices may authorize any ^° P^®f*^*°' 

 other person to proceed thereon, or to lay a fresh informa- gg^ ^^y ^g " 



tion [h). authorized to 



An appeal is given to Quarter Sessions (?"), but no <io «"• 

 objection is to be allowed to matters of form at the hearing Remaining 

 of that appeal (/.•). And the judgment of the Justices thus P^^'^^®^'^^^'^- 

 given is not removable by certiorari (/). 



By 8 & 9 Vict. c. 109, s. 10, a Licence is required for Billiards, 

 every House (in), Room or Place where a public Billiard Bagatelle, &c. 

 table, or Bagatelle board or instrument used in any Game 

 of the like kind is kept, at which persons are admitted to 

 play, except in Houses or premises specified in a Yictualler's 

 licence (»). 



Justices of the Peace are authorized at their general Regulations 

 annual licensing meeting to grant Billiard Licences to ^.|,'!'^"'^°§' 

 such persons as, in their discretion, they deem fit and Licences, 

 proper to keep such public Billiard tables, on payment of 

 six shillings, and such licences are to continue a year (o). 

 And no appeal lies against a refusal by Justices to grant 

 a Billiard Licence (7;). The words "Licensed for 

 Billiards" are to be legibly painted in some conspicuous 

 place on the outside of the House and near the door (q) . 



Every person neglecting to comply with these regula- Non-compli- 

 tions may be proceeded against as the keeper of a common ^nce with 

 Gaming House, and in addition to the penalty to which ^^^^^ ^^^" ^" 

 he is liable for that offence, he may be fined any sum the 



(/t) 17 & 18 Vict. 0. 38, s. 9, Ap- the Superior Coiu-ts or of Her 



pendix. By the 22 & 23 Vict. c. 17, Majesty's Attorney- General or 



s. 1, no bill of indictment for keep- Solicitor- General, 



ing a Gambling House (amongst (i) 17 & 18 Vict. c. 38, s. 10, 



other offences) shall be presented Appendix, 



to or be found by any Grand Juiy, (/.) Ibid. s. 11. 



unless the Prosecutor or other per- [1) Ibid. 



son presenting such indictment has {iii) If a Billiard Table stands in 



been bound by recognizance to a House, and the House should, in 



prosecute or give evidence against respect of such Tablo, let at a higher 



the person accused of such offence, sum, it is rateable, while the Table 



or unless the person accused has continues there and it is so let at a 



been committed to or detained in higher rate ; perWilles, J., Hex v. 



custody, or has been bound by re- St. Nicholas, Gloucester, cited in Reg. 



cognizance to appear in answer v. South Western Eailwaij Co., 1 Q. 



to an indictment to be preferred B. 581. 



against him for such offence, or {») 8 & 9 Vict. c. 109, s. 11, 



unless such indictment for such Appendix, 



offence, if charged to have been (o) Ibid. s. 10. 



committed in England, be preferred {p) Ex parte Chamberlaui, 8 E. & 



by the direction or with the consent B. G44. 



in writing of a .Judge of one of {q) 8 & 9 Vict. c. 109, s. 11. 



