Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000402/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 September 1996.
1. The appellants were convicted on 5th February 1996 of cheating in gambling and were sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. The prosecution relied principally upon the evidence of one Chan Koon Man, who said that he had come into contact with the appellants as a result of his advertising the sale of a property. He then became, he said, involved with the appellant in a scheme to trick one Mr Leung in gambling. He gave evidence that he was shown how to cheat at the game of "Fan Tan", and that the
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