Read the full judgment text of CACC 000378/1983 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was tried in the High Court with three other men upon an indictment containing two counts. The first was a count of murder and the second a count of robbery. At the outset of the trial the fourth defendant, Lee Kwong-ming, pleaded guilty to the robbery but maintained his plea of Not Guilty to the other charge. The trial proceeded and at the conclusion of the prosecution case the let defendant, Ma Hon-ming, and the 3rd defendant, Chan Hing-chuen, also pleaded guilty to the robber