Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000762/1988 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The Appellant was the third of three defendants named in the same information containing 20 charges designated A to T. None was a joint charge. The, defendants were brought together for joint trial because the charges against the Appellant alleged that he offered advantages to D1 and D2 whilst those against D1 and D2 alleged that each had accepted corresponding advantage from him contrary to s. 9 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance ("the, Ordinance"). Each pleaded not guilty. The Appellant