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<p>The <unclear>day's</unclear> income shall be computed <del>upon</del> <add>from</add> <lb/><del><gap/> as </del> the years income reckoning upwards from <lb/>the quarter day next preceding the day <add>of</add> [on which the<lb/> <sic>offence</sic> [was committed.] </p> | <p>The <unclear>day's</unclear> income shall be computed <del>upon</del> <add>from</add> <lb/><del><gap/> as </del> the years income reckoning upwards from <lb/>the quarter day next preceding the day <add>of</add> [on which the<lb/> <sic>offence</sic> [was committed.] </p> | ||
<p>If any man the major part of whose subsistence <lb/>is derived from landed property or from a <lb/>periodical settled income <add>has <add>lost or</add> hazarded</add> <gap/> at play <add>at any one time</add> during the <lb/>course of any one meeting a sum equal to 1/4 <lb/>of his annual income or at any two times within<lb/> a week <add>of each other </add> or at any <del>four</del> <add>4</add> times within a fortnight<lb/> | |||
or at any times within three weeks or at any <lb/><gap/> times within 4 weeks his punishment shall<lb/> be as follows</p> | |||
<head>Punishment</head> | |||
<p>1.He shall be deemed a prodigal and his estate<lb/> shall be put in sequestration for a time not less <lb/>than one year nor more than 20 years, at the<lb/> discretion of the Judge. </p> | |||
<head>Exposition</head> | |||
<del>The warrant</del> By what a man has lost is here <lb/>meant the <del>next ballance <add><del>greatest sum</del> <add>total amount</add></add></del> | |||
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> 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>
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