25 Apr 1985
LAM KIN YIU AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- LAM KIN YIU AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA175/1985
Where evidence is consistent with either engaging in bookmaking (s7(1)(a)) or assisting bookmaking (s7(1)(c)) and it is not possible to determine which offence was committed, a conviction under s7(1)(a) is unsafe because the s19(3) presumption does not assist s7(1)(a); presence alone is insufficient to convict; however, evidence permitting inference of knowledge can sustain a conviction for suffering premises to be used as a gambling establishment (s15(1)(a)).