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17. The next case cited is M.A. Adams v. Emperor . The material facts of that case are : The police armed with a warrant under Section 46, Calcutta Police Act, raided the premises of the Harelquin Club, 15 Park Street, Calcutta. In one room they found a Billiard Table, bench and locker. In the adjoining room were a card table, chairs, and a small aide board. A number of people and some betting slips were found on the premises. Costello J., found that 'M.A. Adams was running this club himself and took the subscriptions of the members, or at any rate he took the profits accruing from the use of the Billiard Table, or from the sale of refreshments, or, money accruing in respect of bar account and so on. 'He also held that it was not a case of Adams making a profit by way of charge for the instruments, nor was there any suggestion that any profit or gain accrued to Adams otherwise than by reason of the fact that he was running this club as one man concern.' The Court found that the betting slips were instruments of gaming and that the accused were rightly convicted. In this case there was no occasion to consider whether profit or gain merely from the gambling would be sufficient to justify a conviction.