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Criminal law 2018 BCSC 2405

R. v. Elphicke

Sentencing reasons for Michael Gordon Elphicke after fraud, theft, and unauthorized lottery convictions involving OEHA funds and a planned hockey trip.

  • Fraud over $5,000
  • Theft over $5,000
  • Unauthorized lottery scheme
  • Conditional sentence (house arrest)
  • Restitution
  • Probation
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Criminal law [1949] SCR 652

Roe v. The King

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Red River Derby was not a lottery under the first branch of s. 236(c) because skill as well as chance was involved, but upheld the second charge.

  • Lotteries
  • Criminal code s.236(1)(c)
  • Mixed games of chance and skill
  • Ejusdem generis
  • Criminal-law
  • Statutory-interpretation
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