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CHAPTER
XIV. page 19
The extent to which gambling has been carried on in the street by
boys was shown by the following summary laid before the Committee
of the House of Commons on Gaming, in 1844:--
Boys apprehended for gaming in the streets--
Convicted. Discharged.
1841 .. .. 305 .. .. 68 .. .. 237
1842 .. .. 245 .. .. 66 .. .. 179
1813 .. .. 329 .. .. 114 .. .. 185
---- ---- ----
879 278 601
Only recently has any effectual check been put to this pernicious
practice. It is however enacted by the New Gaming Act, that--
`Every person playing or betting by way of wagering or
gaming in any street, road, highway, or other open and public
place to which the public have or are permitted to have access,
at or with any table or instrument of gaming, or any coin, card,
token, or other article used as an instrument of gaming or means
of such wagering or gaming, at any game or pretended game of
chance, shall be deemed a rogue and vagabond within the true
intent and meaning of the recited Act, and as such may be
punished under the provision of that Act.'