Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000676/1987 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The appellant appeals against his conviction on a charge of common assault. He was initially charged with wounding contrary to section 19 of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance but at the conclusion of the prosecution's case the learned trial magistrate ruled that "on the basis of the evidence presented the charge is reduced to one of common assault". I have quoted the actual words used because it is the circumstances surrounding this ruling which forms the only ground of appeal left to