APPEAL BY A LICENSEE
- . The appeal of Francis Joseph Oakes, - licensee of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, s who was convicted by Mr. S. E. M Cars' thy, S.M., of permitting or conniving at I gambling on the said was l * heard yesterday by tho Chief Justice. Ii Mr. M. Myers appeared for the appel--3 lant anil Mr. J. Prcndevillo for the 3 Crown. e The grounds of the appeal were that i- the decision of the Magistrate was er- ; i roneous in point of law, and also in matI- ter of fact; Hint there was no evidence l ' of the commission of the oll'ence; that s no gambling within the meaning of 1 hat ® term was proved to have taken place on 0 the premises; thai: the conviction was '1 against the evidence, or alternatively 8 against tlie weight of evidence; thai appellant was not guilty of the oll'ence oi any olfeuee. Certain law points were reserved, ami >e will bo heard this morning by three d Judges.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 250, 10 July 1918, Page 6
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169APPEAL BY A LICENSEE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 250, 10 July 1918, Page 6
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