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Of offences against public policy. 1847 113 (1847)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0627 and id is 1 raw text is: OQences against Public Policy. 113 the same injurious to health, shall be punished by confinement in the jail not more than twelve months and by fine not exceeding five hun- dred dollars, and the drugs and medicine so adulterated shall be for- feited and destroyed. CHAP. X. Or OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY. SECTION SECTION 1. Gaining tables prohibited; to be 2'. Provisions against gaming, &c. re- burnt, &a. medial. 2. Persons permitting gaming tables 23. Attorney's fee. On their premises. 2.1. Denying property of owner in 3. Resisting the seizure of gaming slave. tables, &c. 25. Incendiary publications. 4. Acting as doorkeeper, &c. 26 Duty of postmasters, &c. r. Ganing at public places. 27. Duty of justice, &c. 6. Winning or losing more than twen- 28. Dealing with slave. ty dollars in twenty-four hours. 29. Permitting slave to go at large, 7. Ordinary keepers permitting un- &c. lawful gamning. 30. Permitting insane slave to go at 8. Guilty knowledge presumed. large. 9. Ordinary keeper letting house for 31. Unilwful importation of slav*, ganing purposes. &c. 0 a Chatning at aes. , 2. Selling ardent spirits, &r. to iI. IBetting on elections. slaves. I. Setting up or promoting illegal 3. Permitting slave to obtain aruent lotteries. spirits with intent, &e. 13. Selling lottery tickets or aiding 34. Slave emancilated unlawfully re- therein. I nailing ill state. 14. 1Alaking or selling tickets in a ic- 35. [Importation or' free negroes an i titious lottery. mulattoes. 15. Defendant to prove genuineness, 16. Free negroes unlawfully coming &C. into this state, [ow dealt with. 16. All prizes forliited to the comnmon- 37. Free negroes migrating front the wealth. state, &C. 17. Unchartered association for bank- 38. Persons permitting slaves to re- ing illegal. main on their tenements. 18. Passing or receiving notes of un- 39. Unlawful assemblies of slaves, &c. chartered banks. 40. White person associating with 19. Private banking . slave, &e. in au unlawful assem- 20. Passing or reelving notes of prs- bly. vate bankers. 41. Crediting students, &c. 21. Winging into this state, &c. fo. 42. Inspectors of tobacco delivering reign bank notes of less denoni, ftase receipts. nation than five dollars. 1. Any free person who shall keep or exhibit a gaming table, con- Gaming tablte monly called A B C, or E 0 table, or faro bank, or a table of the like rthhitttd. kind, under any denomination whatever, whether the game or such table be played with cards, dice, or in any other manner, or be part- ner or concerned in interest in the keeping or exhibiting such table or faro bank, shall be punished by confitement in the jail not less than two, nor more than twelve months, and by fine not less than one hundred nor exceeding one thousand dollars. And any such table or 1'F tie scized and faro bank may be seized and burnt by order of any court of record, hi-rit. or justice of the peace, having jurisdiction over the place where the B1Y wtoae order. same may be found ; and all money exhibited for the purpose of al- 1 fbreltcd. luring persons to bet at such table or faro bank, or actually staked thereat, may be seized by a justice of the peace, or tiny person there- to authorized by the warrant of a justice of the peace, or order of a court of record, and the money so seized shall be forfeited to the commonwealth.

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