Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001140/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. Originally the appellants were jointly charged with attempted theft and each faced an alternative charge of loitering. The attempted theft charge specified that on the 6th January 1985 at Kowloon, the appellants did attempt to steal property from an unknown person. The appellants pleaded not guilty to the charges. The learned Magistrate found that there was no case to answer on the alternative charges and dismissed them. The appeal before me is against a conviction on the attempted theft char