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When any cards, dice, gaming-tables, cloths, boards or other instruments of gaming are found in any house, room, tent, endosure, space, vehicle, vesselor place entered or searched under the provisions of section 5 of this Act or about the person of any of those who are found therein, it shall be evidence untilthe contrary is made to appea( that such house. room, tent, enclosure, space, vehrcle. vessel or phce is used as a common gaming-house and that the persons found and pre.sent therein wFre for the purpose of gaming, although no play was actually seen by the Magistrate or the polic€ officer or any of their assistants.