Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000652/1989 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 4 August 1989.
1. On the 5th May 1989, the appellants together with another defendant (D3) were convicted after trial of an offence of "Obtaining services by deception" contrary to S.18A of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210 of the Laws of Hong Kong. The particulars of the charge are that they on the 14th April 1989, at Kowloon, dishonestly obtained for themselves the services from Lau Hoi-sau, namely a taxi service travelling from Kwun Tong pier to Yau Yu Bay by a deception, namely by falsely representing that the