20 Apr 1998
HKSAR v. YONG SENG CHEN and Another
- Citation
- HKSAR v. YONG SENG CHEN and Another
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1165/1997
The convictions were unsafe because the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the appellants were engaged in bookmaking on the specific charged date (16 March 1997); the magistrate relied on inferences drawn from the premises' character and past use rather than primary facts establishing activity on that date, so the necessary inferences could not fairly be drawn.