Read the full judgment text of HCCC 001459/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The Appellant was convicted on two charges of theft. The offences were alleged to have been committed shortly after 9 a.m. on the morning of Sunday 28th August 1983 on a crowded train of the Kowloon-Canton Railway shortly after it had left the Kowloon Tong Station on its way to the Border. The first charge relates to a red purse (Exh. 1) belonging to Madam Hui Pak Mui (P.W.2) containing $670 in notes and a few coins which was removed from a handbag that was hanging on her shoulder as she stoo