Read the full judgment text of CACC 000503/1977 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is a somewhat unhappy case. The Appellant was originally charged under s.5(a) of the Gambling Ordinance 1977 with operating a gambling establishment. Before the trial an alternative charge was proffered (and it was accepted) of permitting premises to be used as a gambling establishment contrary to s.15(1) (a) of the same Ordinance. The Appellant pleaded, to both charges, Not guilty and the trial proceeded.