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1. The appellant was convicted by a magistrate of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, contrary to section 39 of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance. The circumstances out of which the charge arose concern an unpleasant incident which occurred at about 8:00 p.m. on the evening of the 6th August when Lam Ming-hon, a police officer, off-duty, was walking up a staircase in Hang Hing House of Hing Wah Estate. He was passing by that building when a dog suddenly ran out and chased him. He too