3 Feb 1981
The conviction was quashed because the charge was defective: keeping a disorderly house is a cumulative offence whose essential element of persistent or habitual user was not alleged or particularised, and a charge limited to a single date fails to plead that ingredient.
7 Apr 1978
Because the record contained no evidence that the appellant kept, owned or was otherwise responsible for the premises, the conviction for keeping a disorderly house was unsupported; accordingly the conviction and sentence were set aside and the matter remitted to a magistrate for re-hearing on a plea of not guilty, with bail continued.
6 Apr 1977
The premises constituted a disorderly house because the nightly indecent performances met the common law test; the club was a sham open to the public so membership was fictitious; registration, possession of the framed certificate, managerial conduct and presence during operations warranted inferences that the first three appellants actively managed and kept the house and the fifth and sixth participated in its keeping; section 89 renders aiders and abettors liable as keepers; accordingly convictions of the first, second, third, fifth and sixth appellants are upheld and the fourth appellant's…