STATUTES. 541 



management of or in any manner assisting in condncting the 

 business of any house, room or place ojieued, kept or used for 

 the purpose aforesaid, and any person who shall advance or 

 furnish money for the purpose of gaming with persons fre- 

 quenting such house room or place, may, on summary convic- 

 tion thereof before any two justices of the peace, be adjudged 

 by such justices to forfeit and pay such penalty not exceeding 

 five hundred pounds as to such justices shall seem fit, and 

 may be further adjudged by such justices to pay such costs 

 attending such conviction as to them shall seem 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 time not exceeding twelve 

 calendar months. 



5. It shall be lawful for the justices before whom any 73er- Justices may 

 sons shall be brought who have been fovmd in any house, require any 

 room or place entered in pursuance of any authority granted ^^^' 

 under the provisions of the said act of the eighth and ninth handed to * 

 years of her majesty, to require of any such j^ersons to be be sworn 

 examined on oath and give evidence touching any unlawful an<i give 

 gaming in such house, room or place, or touching any act evidence, 

 done for the purpose of preventing, obstructing or delaying 



the entry into such house, room or place or any part thereof 

 of any constable or ofiicer authorized as aforesaid ; and no 

 person so required to be examined as a witness shall be ex- 

 cused from being so examined when brought before such jus- 

 tices as aforesaid, or from being so examined at any subse'quent 

 time, by or before the same or any other justices, or by or before 

 any court, on any proceeding, or the trial of any indictment, 

 information, action or suit in anywise relating to such unlaw- 

 ful gaming or any such acts as aforesaid, or from answering 

 any question put to him touching the matters aforesaid, on 

 the ground that his evidence will tend to criminate himself ; 

 and any such person so required to be examined as a witness Penalty on 

 who refuses to make oath accordingly, or to answer any such refusing to 

 question as aforesaid, shall be subject to be dealt with in all ^® sworn, 

 respects as any person appearing as a witness before any 

 justices or court in obedience to a summons or subpoena, and 

 refusing, without lawful cause or excuse, to be sworn or to 

 give evidence, may by law be dealt with. 



6. Every person so required to be examined as a witness Persons re- 

 as aforesaid, who upon such examination shall make true ^^^ed to 

 and faithful discovery to the best of his knowledge of all aswiSSsses 

 things as to which he is so examined, shall receive from the and making' 

 justices or judge of the court by whom he is examined a cer- a full dis- 

 tificate in writing to that efi'ect, and shall be freed from all covery, to be 

 criminal prosecutions and penal actions, and from all penal- ^^^^^ ivom 

 ties, forfeitux'es and punishments to which he may have &(. ^^^' 



