Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000281/2004 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 April 2004.
1. The Appellant is a man in his late 20s. He faced a charge of possession of dangerous drugs contrary to s. 8(1)(a) and (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Ord., Cap. 134. These drugs consisted of 0.59 gms of a mixture containing 0.43 gms of heroin hydrochloride and 28 tablets containing 0.37 gms of midazolam. He was found in possession of these drugs on 12 January 2004 in a street in Shek Kip Mei. On 20 February 2004 he appeared before H A Mierczak Esq. in the Magistrate's Court at North Kowloon, and p