Read the full judgment text of CACC 000687/1978 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal by way of Case Stated from a decision of a District Judge dismissing five charges. The Charges arose out of incidents on 12th November 1977 at the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club's premises at Happy Valley: they relate to illegal book-making and illegal betting. The Appellants were apparently arrested and we are told that they were not charged until 20th December. They were then brought before a magistrate on 21st December and, with remarkable alacrity, the matter was apparently