Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-07-01
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and te punished by imprisonment in a
county jail not less than six months nor
more than one year; or by fine not less
than three hundred nor more than six
hundred dollars, or both such fine and
imprisonment
Sec. IL. Every person who shall
knowingly lease, or let to another. o,
house or other building for IT," ,,,,,.,' %n5
of setting up or KEEPING ,rore;r Po ap p0S Of
the gaming tables oonlSe W. , nthnr " aamb.
my oe' ''' prohibited by the preceding
,Isions of this act, or for the
purpose Of being used or kept as gam
ing house, brothel or bawdy house, shall,
on conviction, be adjudged guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and be punished by imprls-
onment in county Jail not less than
three nor more than six months, or by
fine not less than two hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars, or by both
such fine and imprisonment
Sec. 3. Every person appearing or
acting as master or mistress, or having
the care, use or management for the time
of any prohibited gaming table, bank or
device, shall be deemed a keeper there
of; and every person who shall appear
or act as master or mistress, or having
the care, use or management of any
house or building in which any gaming
table, bank or device is set up or kept,
or of any gaming house, brothel or baw-
dy house, shall be deemed 10 be the
keeper thereof.
Sec. IA. Whenever any lessee Of any
house or building shall be convicted Of
suffering or permitting any prohibited
gaming table, bank or device to be set
up, kept or used therein, for the purpose
of gaming or keeping in the same a
.bawdy house, brothel or common gam
ing house, the lease or agreement for
letting such house or building, shall be-
come void, and the lessor may enter up
on the premises so let, ard shall have
the same remedies for the recovery
thereof as in the case of tenant hold
ing over his term.
Sec. 10. Mcpherson shall.be incapacita-
ted or excused from testifying on behalf
of the State, touching any offense com
United by another or against any of the
foregoing provisions relating to gaming
by reason ofhis having betted or played
at any of the prohibited games or devi-
ces, but the testimony which may be
given by such person shall in no case be
used against him.
Sec. 10. Whenever any Judge, Justice
Of the peace or police justice, shall have
knowledge or shall receive satisfactory
information that there is any prohibited
gaming table or gambling device kept
or used within his county, it shall be his
duty forthwith to issue his warrant, di-
rected to the sheriff or any constable, to
seize and bring before said Judge or
Justice such gaming table or gambling
device.
Sec. II. If any judge or justice have
knowledge or shall be satisfactorily in
formed Of the name or description ofthe
keeper Of any such prohibited gaming
table or device, bawdy house, brothel or
common gaming house, he shall issue
his warrant to apprehend such keeper
and bring him before such judge or JUS
tice, to be dealt with according to law.
Sec. IS. The officer who shall be
charged with the execution Of any war
rant specified in either of the two last
sections, shall have power, if necessary,
TO break open doors for the purpose Of
executing the same, and for that pur-
pose may summon to his aid the power
of the county.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty of every
Judge, justice Of the peace or police JUS
tice before whom such prohibited gam
ing table or device shall be brought, to
cause the same to be publicly destroyed
by burning or otherwise.
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torney, sheriff, constable or police officer
shall have knowledge or receive salts
factory information of a breach Of any
of the provisions Of this act, by any
person, it shall be the duty of such dis
trict attorney, sheriff, constable or police
officer, to arrest or cause to be arrested
the person 50 offending, and to bring
him before some judge or justice Of the
peace, or police justice of the proper
county, or before some court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, to be prosecuted and
punished as provided in this act.
Sec. 81. 1t shall be the duty Of all dis
trict attorneys, sheriffs, deputy sherifs,
constables and police officers in their
proper county, to complain and give in
formation of any breach of any of the
provisions of this act OF of the act to
which this act is amendatory and
if any of the above named officers shall
fail to complain and give information of
any breach Of any Of the provisions of
this act which shall come or be brought
to his knowledge, or if any of the above
named officers shall neglect or. refuse to
perform any of the duties enjo ned upon
them by any of the provisions of this
act, he shall forfeit his Office, and may
be removed from the same by the Gov
ernor giving to such officer copy of
the charge against him, and an oppor-
tunity of being heard in his defence.
Sec. %. Every person who shall have
been guilty Of violating any of the pro-
visions Of this act, or the chapter to
which this is amendatory, shall be ineli
gible to any judicial office in this State
for three years thereafter; and every
person holding any judicial office who
shall have SO offended orwho shall offend
during his term of office, shall be imme-
diately removed from his office and his
Office shall be and is hereby declared
vacant.
Sec. %. The Judge of each circuit
court, shall, at each term thereof, give
this act in special charge to the grand
jury.
Sec. "a, Nothing in this act shall be
construed to prohibit the right of appeal
as in other eases of like nature, before
justices of the peace.
Sec. rs. So much of chapter 1873 of
the Revised Statutes entitled "Of often
ces against Public Policy" as conflicts
with the provisions of this act, is hereby
repealed.