Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000563/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 March 1999.
1. On 18th May 1998, the Appellants (D1 and D2 respectively) were each convicted on two summons es, following a trial before Mr. Tong Man in Western Magistrates' Court. On 8th December 1998, the matter was listed as an appeal before Beeson J. After hearing representations from both sides who were agreed that this matter should be heard in the Court of Appeal and, in pursuance of section 118(1)(d) of the Magistrates Ordinance, Cap. 227 , the judge then directed that these appeals should be argued