Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000976/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 May 2000.
1. The appellant was acquitted on 3 September 1999 of one charge of indecent assault which was said to have taken place on the Mass Transit Railway on a journey between Admiralty and Tsim Sha Tsui. Upon acquittal, an application was made by his counsel, Mr Jenkyn Jones, for costs and the magistrate refused that application on the basis that the applicant had brought suspicion upon himself, and it is that order which is now appealed.