Read the full judgment text of CACV 000233/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 17 February 1998.
1. This is an appeal against the dismissal on 12 November 1997 by Deputy Judge Hartmann [1997] 2 HKC 210 of a motion for a writ of habeas corpus in extradition proceedings. It raises one issue. Whether at the relevant time in extradition proceedings, the magistrate had jurisdiction to entertain and adjudicate upon a plea of autrefois convict.