Read the full judgment text of CACC 000374/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was convicted of attempting to obtain property by deception contrary to s.17(1) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210. She and her two brothers had been charged with attempting on or about the 16th December 1975 dishonestly to obtain from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club the sum of $138,585 by deception namely by a false representation that a single quartet race ticket upon which they based a claim for that dividend was a genuine and valid ticket. The brothers were acquitted and she a