The essence of Section 6 of the Public Gambling Act, 1867 can be summarized as:

Section 6 provides that instruments of gaming found in a place entered or searched under section 5 "shall be evidence, until the contrary is made to appear", that the place is a common gaming-house. It does not make possession of cards an offence, does not brand every house with cards a gaming-house, and says nothing about the owner's sole liability.