Read the full judgment text of CACC 000164/1979 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 31 July 1979.
1. This Appellant was charged in the District Court with robbery. He was charged in Kowloon District Criminal Case No. 426 of 1978 and he was the only person charged in that case. Four other men had been charged in Criminal Case No. 332 of 1978 and the 2nd Accused in that case was alleged to have committed the same offence as this Appellant. However, the two cases came before the District Court on separate days and at no time was this Appellant joined in the charge with the 2nd Accused. It is no