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APPENDIX. 



Obstructing 

 entry of 

 constables 

 to be evi- 

 dence of 

 bouse being 

 a common 

 gaming 

 house. 



Penalty on 

 persons ap- 

 prehended 

 for giving 

 false names 

 or addresses. 



Penalties on 



persons 



keeping 



gaming 



houses. 



thereof, may for every such offence, on a summary conviction 

 of the same before two justices of the peace, be adjudged by 

 such justices to forfeit and pay any penalty not exceeding 

 one hundred pounds, together with such costs attending the 

 said conviction as to the said justices shall appear reasonable ; 

 and on the nonpayment of such penalty and costs, or in the 

 first instance, if to the said justices it shall seem fit. may be 

 committed to the common gaol or house of correction, with 

 or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding six 

 calendar months. 



2. Where any constable or officer authorized as aforesaid 

 to enter any house, room or place is wilfully prevented from 

 or obstructed or delayed in entering the same or any part 

 thereof, or where any external or internal door of or means 

 of access to any such house, room or place so authorized to be 

 entered shall be found to be fitted or provided with any bolt, 

 bar, chain or any means or contrivance for the purpose of 

 preventing, delaying or obstructing the entry into the same 

 or any part thereof of any constable or officer authorized as 

 aforesaid, or for giving an alarm in case of such entry, or if 

 any such house, room or place is found fitted or provided 

 with any means or contrivance for unlawful gaming, or with 

 any means or contrivance for concealing, removing or destroy- 

 ing any instruments of gaming, it shall be evidence, until the 

 contrary be made to appear, that such house, room or place is 

 used as a common gaming house within the meaning of this 

 act and of the former acts relating to gaming, and that the 

 persons found therein were unlawfully' playing therein. 



3. If any person found in any house, room or place entered 

 by any constable or officer authorized as aforesaid to enter the 

 same, upon being arrested by any such constable or officer, or 

 upon being brought before any justices, on being required by 

 such constable or officer or by such justices to give his name 

 and address, shall refuse or neglect to give the same, or shall 

 give any false name or address, he may, upon summary con- 

 viction thereof before the same or any other justices, be 

 adjudged to pay any penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, 

 together with such costs as to such justices shall appear 

 reasonable, and on the nonpayment of such penalty and costs, 

 or in the first instance, if to such justices it shall seem fit, 

 may be imprisoned in the common gaol or house of correction 

 for any period not exceeding one month. 



4. Any person, being the owner or occupier, or having the 

 use of any house, room or place, Avho 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 room, shall knowingly and wilfully permit 

 the same to be opened, kept or used b}' any other person for 

 the purpose aforesaid, and any person having the care or 



