13 Sept 1985
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. WONG YIP AND OTHERS
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. WONG YIP AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA694/1985
The Court held the learned Magistrate was wrong to find there was no case to answer: admissions and the evidence gave rise to a prima facie case that mahjong was being conducted by way of business; the burden under s18 was not discharged and the ambiguity about the hire charge meant the presumption was not rebutted; accordingly each respondent had a case to answer and the appeal was allowed and the matter remitted for trial.