Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000472/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 December 1999.
1. The appellant was convicted of a charge of possession of obscene articles for the purpose of publication. No evidence was adduced at the trial and all the evidence, including that from the defence, was agreed on paper and placed before the trial Magistrate. The trial Magistrate convicted the appellant and patently relied on the presumption in s.32 of Cap.390. Section 32 is not the easiest section in the Laws of Hong Kong to try to read and understand. What it does say is a defendant shall be