Read the full judgment text of CACC 000200/1989 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 November 1989.
1. This is an application for leave to appeal against conviction. The defendant faced 15 charges before Deputy Judge Surman in the District Court. Five charges - the lst, 2nd, 4th, 14th and 15th charges - were of evasion of liability by deception, contrary to section 18B(1)(b) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210. The remaining ten charges were of obtaining property by deception, contrary to section 17(1) of that Ordinance.