Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-25
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Balance 5,9G5
$685.
SG,735
ram the sdms paper.

FI0m the snns paper.
ihk 1AMbLEns-Prcvious TO the groat clearing
out OF Monday night tho police Ind been at work in
nrresting these men under tho migrant Inv On
FRIDAY William Tallcy was brought up before tho
Mayor and set at liberty, it appearing tina. he
had property with which to manla n himself. Sat
urdsy morning tho police produced two others,
John Rowland and William McEleot Rowland
was nm old man, ~ very feooe health, ard The
Mayor having reason 10 believe thu, he had not
eemoed FOR ncnrly twelve months prev Gus TO his
arrest, suffered HIM to 90 al large McElIigot WAC
required 10 give security for his good behaviour
failing to do which. he was handed over to IL
Scrjennt and is now probably playing with lis o..
gers In tho Guy jail instead of Faro al tho Eaglt--
on employment certainly more innoccn thpn is re
| cent avocations.
We cannot suffer this occasion to escape ls..f#
out pointing out the stupid and blundcsng i,cfi.-
cheney OF the present laws. II gambler is arrested
and he be poor and without friends, some wretch
driven 10 his infamous employment by the hard
pressure of want and the Calling Of a bad reputa-
ton the law requires that he should oNier into re-
| cogn'zanee with responsible security to keep the
peace AMI not 10 play AT cards foi certain period
This he Is unable 10 do, and is hurried of 10 Jail
| Tor some two or three months, 10 expiate-not his
offences against The law which would 20 unpun-
| shed could he give security, but his poverty On
| the other hand let tic vigilance Of the police sue.
| coed IN urresting ono Of the weather. blncklegs~-
some fellow who clears his two thousand month
| --ih" Mayor requires bond in tho penalty of Eve
hundred-he signs it, gives his security good 10
ten times the amount-s,rus on, of court laughing
IN his sleeve at the paper punishment Of the law.
and perhaps that very night wins moro money at
his Roulette and F'no table, than would pay tho
penalty ofthe bond twice over. TINS is simple
statement of facts well known. McEigol's case
WIS one of the iorn,er-Taey's the last
al,
should the Legislature be again so improvident us
to refuse TO al er something should be done by tho
officers a ticc TO cqualize its practical operation
1t wopld be well if the gamblers could all be made
10 undergo periodical confinement in the iail, so
long as they persist III violating tho laws but the
mag sirntcs are not authorised to confne them un.
less IN The event OF their failing TO give security
for future good behaviour One thing, however.
they are authorized by the law and required by
their duty, to do-to require bonds for good beha.
viour in sums large enough to give real security
| that oil further gambling will be put stor to, Tor
the period at least, of The respective rcogz U.S.
The pcnoty (amply secured by substsnrial nam.s}
should be SO large that he principal would be afrad
10 run tbs risk OF foreiting it, by ever yenarir 10
play. The consequence Of this would be- tia, if
the security were given the individual arrest. d
would be forced 10 quit his vocation as gambler
or II he failed to give such security, that the weak
'hler oiackiegs, would, like The one who had acqu-
red less property, bc conpctied to submit to .ho
wholesome discipline Of . PRISON.
I And here We may rcm,sk, that we do not recon-
mend that extrasagam sse,wisy should be requi-
red, but such only as lawful and proper security
that will render the law efFec,ual, instead of what
! II but too often is, dead letter. The ease with
| which the gamblers enabled to furnish Sc
curity IS owing to the fact that the penalty ia 60
small, that the earnings Of few nights, perhaps
single one, will pay il of. Bind Gambler in a
penalty Of five hundreJ dollars not to play at cards,