Can a property be disposed of solely by chance?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Young, 1978 ALTASCAD 410 (CanLII):
It is clear that the disposition of property must be by chance alone if it is to fall within s. 189(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. In Roe v. The King 1949 CanLII 44 (SCC), [1949] S.C.R. 652 it was affirmed that a mode of chance involves the absence of any skill.
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