ART. 27] LOTTERIES. 873

1888, art. 27, sec. 177. 1860, art. 30, sec. 112 1860, ch. 388, sec. 4.
1894, ch. 310

282. The owner of any house or office who shall permit the
same to be used as a place for selling lottery tickets, or any of
the things in the nature thereof mentioned in the preceding
section shall be liable to indictment, and upon conviction shall,
in the discretion of the court, be fined a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned for a period not
exceeding one year, or shall be both fined and imprisoned; and
any person who shall know that his house or office is used for
such purpose shall be considered as permitting the same.

Ibid sec. 178 1860, art. 30, sec. 113. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 5. 1894, ch. 310.

283. If any person shall bring into this State any lottery
ticket, policy, certificate or anything by which the vendor or
other person promises or guarantees that any particular
number, character, ticket or certificate shall in any event, or
on the happening of any contingency in the nature of a
lottery, entitle the purchaser or holder to receive money, prop-
erty or evidence of debt, or if any person shall have in his
possession in this State any book, list, slip or record of the
numbers drawn in any lottery, whether in this State or else-
where, or any book, list, slip or record of any lottery ticket,
or anything in the nature thereof mentioned in this section, or
of any money received or to be received from, or for the sale
of any such lottery ticket or thing in the nature thereof as
aforesaid he shall be liable to indictment, and upon conviction
shall in the discretion of the court be fined any sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned for a period
not exceeding one year, or shall be both fined and imprisoned;
provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any
person who may have possession of any of the articles herein
mentioned, for the purpose of procuring or furnishing evidence
of violations of any of the provisions of law relating to lotteries.

Ford v. State, 85 Md. 474.

Ibid, sec 179. 1860, art. 30, sec 114. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 6.

284. If any person shall by printing, writing or in any
other way publish an account of any lottery, stating when or
where the same is to be drawn, or the prizes therein, or any of
them, or the price of a ticket or a share therein, or where any
ticket may be obtained therein, or in any way aiding or assist-
ing in the same, he shall on conviction be subject to a fine of

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