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5 place

the eyes of the virtions, and to temptation in the pathway of the

76 publish a bandbook

innocent? - %

is it were of the hamute of vice, or to set up finger posts pointing to the localities of its favorite resort? 5 . The object of a system of licenses as a measure of police is, I suppose, to place all gaming houses under direct supervision, because professional vilains

of bad character frequent them, and because gaming fruitful sover

and men.

in the

of disorder and crime. I think that the object will not be

by these means. The licensed

attained

houses would be less reluctant to

call in the police in case of disturban but the lower classes of gambling shops, where alone serious disturbaves

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are to be apprehended, will probably

Thieves and

not be licensed at all..

ates

pirates a

are too wire in their generation

to make a needless

needless public exhibition

of themselves, and means will not be wanting to them by which their tastes may be gratified as secretlyar before.

b.

6. Past experience in regard to there

houses

to brother

les and to

Server to

print

to the conclusion that the best policy

lies

in a middle course between a

undue severity and open

shew

and open toleration:

is refrain from molesting such as so much respect for the laro as to abortam from ito opeworolation, but to punish all such as

force themselves upon the public attention

as

or are the occasion of rist or serious