Read the full judgment text of CACC 000402/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 February 2000.
1. The original charge sheet preferred against the Applicant contained 13 charges of evasion of liability under s. 18B(1)(b) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210 (Charges 13-25 in the amended charge sheet). All the charges were framed in identical terms with the exception of the amount, the name of the victim, the number and date of the cheque and there were also variations of the date of the offence in respect of some of the charges. To take Charge 13 as an example, the particulars of offence are :