Read the full judgment text of DCCC 000079/1982 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 23 August 1982.
1. On the night of February 11, this year, the Defendant, a Filipina then aged 29, was stopped by Immigration Officers at Kai Tak Airport shortly after her arrival from Manila. Among other things which the police found in her luggage were a fifty dollar note in United States currency and 13 traveller's cheques also in that currency. The police suspected that the bank note was counterfeit and that the traveller's cheques had been stolen or unlawfully obtained. The Defendant was arrested. As far a