3 Jun 1983
THE QUEEN v. MAK TAT-KUE AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. MAK TAT-KUE AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC162/1983
A charge alleging operation of a gambling establishment across two consecutive days was not duplicitous where the gambling was a single continuous activity; 'operate' under s5(a) encompasses persons who bring influence to bear on the running of the establishment and may include persons remote from day-to-day management; the statutory presumption in s19(1) was not rebutted by isolated evidence of social visits where the predominant purpose was gambling; admitted confession statements lawfully supported convictions and appellants' failure to give evidence permitted adverse inferences — appeals…