Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000327/1984 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The appellant, a woman of 55 years of age, was convicted in the Magistrates' Court of a single offence of pickpocketing. The occasion of the offence was in February, 1984 when she entered the Che Kung Temple, Shatin in which there were already present a number of worshippers. Among them was the first prosecution witness. He was carrying a sum of $3,900 in his left trouser pocket. He felt a hand being inserted into this pocket. He seized the hand and discovered that the person who was endeavou