Read the full judgment text of CACC 000172/1984 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of an offensive weapon, that weapon being a 5" ice pick which was said to have been found in the right-hand hip pocket of the jeans of the defendant when he was arrested on other charges. The explanation said to have been given at the time was that he had it for his personal use. That was on the night of the taxi riots, i.e. Friday the 13th of January this year. The defendant was arrested at 11:50 p.m. in Tung Choi Street near the old Sincer