HKSAR v. Siu Kwun Ho

Read the full judgment text of HCMA 390/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 August 1997.

1. The appellant was convicted after trial on a charge of assault and attempt to rob. He is appealing against that conviction and has appeared today in person. He has put forward quite a number of reasons in support of his appeal. However in a long and careful review of the evidence, the trial magistrate has covered virtually all the points raised by the appellant. He had the advantage of seeing and hearing the witnesses give their evidence, including the appellant. It is essentially a matter of

Case No.HCMA 390/1997
Court
High Court CFI
Date21 Aug 1997
Judge
Case Document
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HCMA000390/1997

1997, NO. MA 390

IN THE HIGH COURT OF

THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

(Appellate Jurisdiction)

MAGISTRACY APPEAL

(On Appeal from TMC3497 of 1996)

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BETWEEN
HKSAR Respondent
AND
SIU Kwun-ho Appellant

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Coram: Deputy Judge Hawkes in Court

Date of hearing: 21 August 1997

Date of judgment: 21 August 1997

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J U D G M E N T

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1. The appellant was convicted after trial on a charge of assault and attempt to rob. He is appealing against that conviction and has appeared today in person. He has put forward quite a number of reasons in support of his appeal. However in a long and careful review of the evidence, the trial magistrate has covered virtually all the points raised by the appellant. He had the advantage of seeing and hearing the witnesses give their evidence, including the appellant. It is essentially a matter of credibility and I can find no fault in the magistrate's reasoning.

2. In all the circumstances, the appeal is dismissed.

(R.N. Hawkes)
Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance

Representation:

Mr A.A. Bruce, Senior Counsel & Miss Lily WONG, Senior Government Counsel, for Respondent

Mr SIU Kwun-ho (Appellant) in person

I/we certify that to the best of our ability and skill, the foregoing is a true transcript of the audio recording of the above proceedings
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B. PIRIE Date: 22 October, 1997