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APPENDIX. 



7 & 8 Geo. 

 c. 28. 



Certiorari 

 taken away. 



Commence- 

 ment of Act. 



year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled " An 

 Act for improving the administration of Criminal Justice in 

 England," and in case any such appeal shall be dismissed, and 

 the order or conviction affirmed, the reasonable expenses of 

 all such witnesses attending as aforesaid, to be ascertained 

 by the court, shall be repaid to the said treasurer by the 

 appellant. 



11. No information, conviction or judgment of the justices in 

 general or quarter sessions shall be removed by certiorari into 

 the Court of Queen's Bench (I). 



12. [Distress not unlawful for want of form (m).] 



13. Tender of amends (n).] 



14. [Limitation of actions (o).] 



15. This Act shall commence and come into operation on 

 the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- 

 four. 



Definitions. 



Horse-races 

 unlawful 

 ■within ten 

 mUes of 

 London unless 

 licensed. 



42 ife 43 Vict. Cap. 18. 

 An Act for the Licensing of Metropolitan Suburban Eacecourses. 



Whereas the frequency of horse-races in the immediate 

 vicinity of the metropolis is productive of much mischief and 

 inconvenience, and the holding of such races in thickly popu- 

 lated places near the metropolis is calculated to cause, and 

 does in fact cause, annoyance and injury to persons resident 

 near to the places where such races are held : 



Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent 

 majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords 

 spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parlia- 

 ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows ; 

 (that is to say,_) 



1. A horse-race within the meaning of this Act shall mean 

 any race in which any horse, mare or gelding shall run or be 

 made to run in competition with any other horse, mare or 

 gelding, or against time, for any prize of what nature or kind 

 soever, or for any bet or wager made or to be made in respect of 

 any such horse, mare or gelding, or the riders thereof, and at 

 which more than twenty persons shall be present. 



2. From and after the twenty-fifth day of March, one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and eighty, it shall not be lawful that 

 any horse-race be held or take place on any pretext whatso- 



(l) The previous portion of this 

 section is repealed hy the Summary 

 Jurisdiction Act, 1884. 



()») Kepealed hy the Summary 

 Jurisdiction Act, 1884. 



(h) This section and s. 14 are 

 repealed by the Statute Law Eevision 

 Act, 1894. See Public Authorities 

 Protection Act, 1893. 



(o) See note (n), supra. 



