Read the full judgment text of HCMA 664/2015 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 August 2016.
1. The appellant was convicted in the Eastern Magistracy before Mr Lee Shiu-ho, sitting as a Permanent Magistrate (“the Magistrate”) on a charge that between 21 May 2014 and 8 June 2014 engaged in bookmaking contrary to section 7(1)(a) of the Gambling Ordinance, Cap 148 (“the Ordinance”). He was sentenced 12 months’ imprisonment and the Magistrate also ordered that cash totalling HK$417,000 found in his premises to be forfeited.
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