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1. The Appellant pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court to a charge of assisting in the management of a vice establishment contrary to section 139 of the Crimes Ordinance. The offence was alleged to have been committed at 389 Lockhart Road, 1st floor. During the course of the trial the learned magistrate amended those particulars by adding the words "Room 214". The effect of his amendment was that the Appellant was then charged with the offence of assisting in the management of a vice esta