Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001165/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 April 1998.
1. This is an appeal against conviction of the 1st Appellant for an offence of being engaged in bookmaking contrary to Section 7(1)(a) of the Gambling Ordinance Chapter 148 and against the conviction of the 2nd Appellant for an offence of assisting another person in bookmaking contrary to Section 7(1)(c) of that same Ordinance. The Defendants were jointly charged with the offence of bookmaking contrary to Section 7(1)(a), the statement of charge of particulars of the offence reading as follows: