March 8, 2010
Dublin Authorities Prevent the Corruption of Youth, 1755
“IRELAND. Dublin, March 1. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, went to several of the Billiard Tables of this City, broke them down, and then burnt them before the Doors. The Attention of our Magistrates in destroying those destructive Allurements to Gaming, must give the highest Satisfaction to the Inhabitants of this City, as they are generally the original Causes of most of the Evils which befall the Youth thereof, they being frequently being obliged to rob their Masters and Parents to make up the Losses they meet with at those Places.”
The London Evening-Post, March 8, 1755.
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