Read the full judgment text of CACC 000309/1985 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. At about 6 a.m. on the 17th March, 1985, a group of police officers led by Senior Inspector Lam went to a wooden hut at the Hon Man Tuen in the New Territories. On entry they found D1 and D2. D1 was the mother of D2 and D3. D1 was found sleeping in a room and D2 in a cockloft. D3 was not there. After a brief search 3 bottles of prepared opium and opium water were found in the room where D1 was sleeping. D1 gave evidence and was acquitted. D2 also gave evidence but was convicted, based mainly