Read the full judgment text of CACC 001018/1976 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was found guilty of handling stolen goods, to wit, a suitcase, knowing the same to have been stolen contrary to the provisions of section 24(2) of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210 and he was fined $500. The case for the Crown briefly was that the accused who is a revenue inspector of the Commerce and Industry Department and who on the 11th November 1975 was working in the Customs Hall at Kai Tak Airport received a suitcase that had been stolen by a friend of his, a Mr. Chu, who was