Read the full judgment text of CACC 000395/1995 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 June 1996.
1. The applicant faced two charges of theft. In the first it was alleged that he, on 21st September 1992 in Hong Kong, stole a chose in action, namely a debt of $1,360,500 Hong Kong currency owed by the China and South sea Bank to Rising Sail Trading Limited. The second alleged that on 7th October, in Hong Kong, he stole a cheque bearing No.379916 drawn on the account of Waymax Development Limited maintained with the Sin Hua Bank in the sum of $880,233.96 Hong Kong currency, the property of Waym