Read the full judgment text of CACC 000449/1988 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 April 1989.
1. On the 2nd April last year one Au Kwoh Hing ("the Defendant") was intercepted in the street and found to be in possession of a total of 62.47 grammes of a mixture containing 2.89 grammes of salts of esters of morphine. These were contained in 8 small packets inside a larger paper packet in his overcoat pockets. He told the police that he had purchased the drugs out of race winnings that day and denied "using (them) for sale".