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GAMING ACT 1845 - SECT 3

Justices may by warrant authorize constables to enter houses suspected of being common gaming houses, &c.

3. In every case... in which the justices of the peace in every shire, and
mayors, sheriffs, bailiffs and other head officers within every city, town,
and borough, within this realm, now have by law authority to enter into any
house, room, or place where unlawful games shall be suspected to be holden, it
shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, upon complaint made before him
on oath that there is reason to suspect any house, room, or place to be kept
or used as a common gaming house, to give authority, by special warrant under
his hand, when in his discretion he shall think fit, to any constable, to
enter, with such assistance as may be found necessary, into such house, room,
or place, in like manner as might have been done by such justices, mayors,
sheriffs, bailiffs, or other head officers, and, if necessary, to use force
for making such entry, whether by breaking open doors or otherwise, and to
arrest, search, and bring before a justice of peace all such persons found
therein as might have been arrested therein by such justice of peace had he
been personally present; and all such persons shall be dealt with according to
law, as if they had been arrested in such house, room, or place by the justice
before whom they shall be so brought; and any such warrant may be in the form
given in the first schedule annexed to this Act.

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