GAM 
and anfwered to the latter part of our January, ‘ad the be- 
its name from: ticing facred to Jupiter and 
Juno, diftinguithed by the epithet Papnari:, becaufe they pre- 
fided o ver marrnges, 
GamELIoN, or Gam clium, a poem, or compolitdn in 
verfe, on the fabject of a ae 3 more ufually called an 
Sa ae 
GAM LORA, i in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Me- 
dhereanctn, near the N.EE. coait of Tunis; 3 miles 
of cape Zibeeb. 
GAMELSBACH, a town of Germany, in the county 
of Erbach; 7 miles E. of Erbach, 
GAMES FIELD, a towa of Franconia; 5 miles S.W. 
of Rothenburg. 
GAMET, or Old Mendoe, a {mall ifland in the arch: 
fea, belone ging to Denmark, 3 miles from the continent. 
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. lat. 55° 20’. E. long. 8° 30’. = 
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ney is thus loft, is pay again by i. 
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min ga as nage eBlackitone very pointedly obferves, the 
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idlenefs, theft, and debauchery amon 
ng perfons of a fuperior rank, it hath ‘frequently 
the fudden ruin and defolation of ancient 
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de a facrifice 5 and it isa paffion which has la 
mentably prevailed in our own country, and which we feem. 
to have derived from paluetuaiges noc ei ae who, 
Mor. Germ. c. 24.), were bewitched with a: fpirit of play 
to. a moft exorbitan e. ‘ They addi& themfelves, 
fays he,, to dice (which is wonderful) when fober, and as a 
fertous employment ; wit h‘a mad defi winnin 
Jofing, that, when {tripped very thing elfe, they will 
flake . their liberty, and their very : a The lofe 
gives into. a voluntary flave nd, though younger and 
ae are his. antagonift, fuffers himfelf to be bound and 
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eae that Tacitus was Riki a modern. eect 
ga ainft a {pirit fo frantic, laws can be of little avail ; becaufe 
appealing to th 
Yet itis Proper that reftriGting and puniihing laws fhould be 
enatted, and that they fhould be publicly announced and re- 
peatedly ieee if poffible . preferve the unwary, - 
not to. reclaim thefe who are on the brink of ruin. Accor 
ingly we fhall here recite {ome of the principal ftatutes Thich 
the- eAldoin of the = oie has formed.with a view of pre- 
venting this.ev.i 
GAM 
By 16 Car. II. cap. 7. if any aera by playing or bet- 
tin "al lofe more See och a al » he fhall ye 
ay th 
e king, and’ the other 
moiety to him that fhall fue for i it, ‘with treble cofts. By 
Anne, cap. 14. 18 Geo. IL. cap. 34. all notes, bills, 
bonds, judgments, mortgages, or other fecurities, given for 
money won by playing at cards, dice, tables, tennis, bowls, 
or other games, or by betting on the fides of fuchas play at 
any of thofe games, or for repayment of any money know- 
ingly lent for fuc! 
where lands are granted by fuch mortgages or fecurities, they: 
all go to. the next perfon who ought to have the fame, .as if 
the granter were aCtually dead, and ithe grants ae been made: 
tothe perfon fo catilleds after the death of the perfon fo in- 
cumbering the fame. If any peifon playing at ¢ar ee ae 
> oth , or ae. “Thal lofe the value of iol. a 
tine, to one or more oa Hoke and fhall pay the money, 
Eicon of debt Ww ithin thre e 
ie may ane it a recover oe cs a ‘treble ie value 
with cefts, one moiety to the profecator , and the other to 
the poor; and the perion profecuted fhall antwer upon oath, 
on preferring ab: He in equity to difcover what fums he hath 
ise in any of thefe fuits no privilege of parliament 
fhall be alloy 
Perfons . i frand or ill Saar in playing at cards, dice, 
or by bearing a fhare in the ftakes, &c. or by betting, 
ment as in cafes of vilful perjury, being con 
indi@ment or information ; and the pen 
by ation, by {uch perfon as will fue for the fame; and if 
any one fhall affault and beat or saci to fight. oul other, 
perfon, on account of money won by ga: ing, upon convi 
tion thereof by indictment or infor om he fhall for fede alt 
his goods, and fuffer Ly aad or two -years. at. 
1 i y two or more juftices of 
fi ) Chae no vilible eftates, profeffions, &c. to 
maintain them 3 < make ear, that the 
al part of their expences is got by other means than. 
gaming, the juftices fhall require : fecurities for their good be- 
haviour for a twelvemonth, and in default of fuch interes ;: 
commit them to prifon until they find it ; and playing or bet-: 
ting during the time, value ef 20s. fhall be deemed a. 
breach of ¢ go behaviour, and a forfeiture of the recogni- 
zance. 
This flatute of Anne is farther enforced by flat. #8 Geo. 
ome deficiencies 
y now be recover 
Ged, _upon in- 
formation or indi€tment, of winuing or lofing at any fitting 
tok or 20/. within twenty-four hours, he. fall be liable to 
, be indi@ed for fuch offence in fix months, either i im the 
charg 1 go to the poor. fh 
ifcover another offender, the ahece fhall be difeharged. 
from all penalties by reafon of fuch nee,.if not betore 
convicted thereof,-and fhall-be admitted as an evidence to 
preve the fame. (9g Ann. c. 14.) By feveral ftatutes of the 
reign of kin eorge II, wiz. 12 Geo. JI.- ‘cap. 28, 1 
Geo. II. cap 19. and 18 Geo. II. cap. 34.: all private] oe 
teries by tickets, cards, or dice, ‘and. particularly the games. 
of -faro, baflet, ace of hearts, hazard, paflage, roly poly, 
and. oll other games with dice, except backgammon, Be pro- 
ibi 
ited, 
