Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000013/1984 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 30 March 1984.
1. The appellant, a detective sergeant of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, appealed against his conviction, on the 9th December 1983, for stealing $29,781.18, the property of the Hong Kong Goverment, for which he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. After delivering an extempore oral judgment, I dismissed his appeal. Due to the lateness of the hour, I was not able to deal in detail with the very able and painstaking arguments of his counsel, but undertook to give fuller reasons in writing