Read the full judgment text of DCCC 000290/1980 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment.
1. The accused faces a total of 18 charges, the majority involving offences which come under the broad classification of corrupt acceptance and the remaining allege his participation in certain conspiracies designed to defraud the Hong Kong Telephone Company, Limited. For convenience I propose to consider the evidence as it relates to these charges in three categories although recognising that some of my findings will, of necessity, be relevant to more than one. The first group of charges with w