Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000800/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 January 1994.
1. On 7th September 1993 at South Kowloon Magistrates' Court, the Appellants were convicted, after pleading not guilty , of an offence of obtaining property by deception . They were each fined $1,500.00. They now appeal against their convictions . At the conclusion of the hearing of the appeal, I said that their appeals would be allowed, and their convictions would be set aside, though I said I would give my reasons later. This I now do.