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C
Gaming
be considerable to bear any thing of a proportion to the
expence of training such a horse, the liberty of wagering
must in such a case be allow'd a considerable
latitude. The expence of keeping a running horse in England
is generally commonly at about £100 a year
If the Deft It lies upon the Deft to prove that his
income for the time in question is more than the
sum alledged.
The day's income shall be computed upon from
as the years income reckoning upwards from
the quarter day next preceding the day of [on which the
offence [was committed.]
If any man the major part of whose subsistence
is derived from landed property or from a
periodical settled income has <add>lost or hazarded</add> bets at play at any one time during the
course of any one meeting a sum equal to 1/4
of his annual income or at any two times within
a week of each other or at any four 4 times within a fortnight
or at any times within three weeks or at any
times within 4 weeks his punishment shall
be as follows
Punishment
1.He shall be deemed a prodigal and his estate
shall be put in sequestration for a time not less
than one year nor more than 20 years, at the
discretion of the Judge.
Exposition
The warrant By what a man has lost is here
meant the next ballance <add>greatest sum
total amount </add></del> of that has at any particular
moment during the same setting meeting been lost by
him over and above what has been received even by
him down to the same moment. As if the meeting con-
-tinue
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